If you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is pretty handy. In this post, we will show you the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Land Rover Defender . In fact, even if the set up procedure is not difficult, it is necessary to explain some points to consider this task without any problem. First of all, we will discover what the electrical wiring harness of your motor vehicle hitch consists of, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Land Rover Defender .

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What’s the wiring harness for a Land Rover Defender hitch trailer?

Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Land Rover Defender?

So we will commence our article by detailing the basics of a wiring harness of a Land Rover Defender. In order to figure out how it functions, you must previously figure out its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is essential and earlier all mandatory by the highway code to follow certain requirements, here they are:

  • A solid chassis for the trailer…
  • Wheels that fit.
  • An electrical connection.
  • A license plate in plain sight.
  • A stoplight repeater.
  • A traffic light repeater.
  • A blinker repeater.
  • License plate illumination.
  • A fog light repeater.

In order to fulfill all the electrical requirements, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Land Rover Defender . We will focus on this in this post, if you want to find out how to install the hitch of a Land Rover Defender, please discover our article on this topic.

What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Land Rover Defender?

We will now fairly quickly show you how the electrical connection of your hitch functions. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your motor vehicle to power the hitch lights on your Land Rover Defender. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:

  • The 7-pin electric plug for a Land Rover Defender trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be located on all Land Rover Defender hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions necessary for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will find a plug for each function (left and right indicators, ground, fog light, left and right position light, left and right brake light).
  • Electrical connection for caravan with 13-pin plug for Land Rover Defender: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical gear in the cabin. This sort of connection requires the use of an adapter. The extra pins will bring the 12 volt power permanently (to recharge a battery in the caravan) and the 12 volt power in use (to use the 12 volt equipment when the motor vehicle is switched on).

How do I hook up the wiring harness of a Land Rover Defender?

To end this article, we will fairly quickly show you you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Land Rover Defender .

How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Land Rover Defender?

To install the wiring harness of an old Land Rover Defender, you will have to go and get all the necessary cables in the rear lights of this one. We suggest you to call in a motor vehicle electrician to do this intervention because it is difficult, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be performed:

  • Remove the trunk lining from your Land Rover Defender to access the rear light unit.
  • Find the wires that correspond to each of the taillight functions.
  • Connect them to the lugs on the wiring harness on your hitch.
  • Close the whole thing down.

How do you connect the wiring harness of a recent Land Rover Defender?

For modern Land Rover Defenders, the wiring harness is much easier to connect:

  • You can use a multiplexable box, you will find specific ones for your Land Rover Defender and universal models. It’s up to you to choose according to your budget, know that a universal version costs between 30 and 60 euros.
  • Remove the trunk lining from your Land Rover Defender so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Land Rover Defender and connect them to your fuse box.
  • Install the circumstance in the trunk properly.
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  • You don’t have to retrieve your cables from the trunk and connect them to your outlet.

How do you hook up the power to a trailer on Land Rover Defender?

Finally, to end this article we will fairly quickly show you you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Land Rover Defender . To do this you will inevitably have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to choose the one that corresponds to your model and your budget. After you have done this, the last step will be to buy an adapter that goes from a 7-pin plug to a 13-pin plug so that you can benefit from the 12 volt current in your caravan. These adapters come at different prices, you will need to count between 15 and 40 euros. All you have to do is plug it into your 7-pin plug.

If you want more tutorials on the Land Rover Defender, go to our Land Rover Defender category.