If you need to move house, go on vacation 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 Lincoln Continental . In truth, regardless if the installation process is not difficult, it is required to explain some details to consider this intervention without any problem. First of all, we will discover what the electrical wiring harness of your car hitch contains, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Lincoln Continental .
What’s the wiring harness for a Lincoln Continental hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Lincoln Continental?
So we will begin our article by detailing the fundamentals of a wiring harness of a Lincoln Continental. In order to figure out how it works, you must previously figure out its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is important and earlier all mandatory by the highway code to respect 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 meet all the electrical regulations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Lincoln Continental . We will concentrate on this in this article, if you want to find out how to install the hitch of a Lincoln Continental, please discover our article on this subject.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Lincoln Continental?
We will now quickly show you how the electrical connection of your hitch works. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your car to power the hitch lights on your Lincoln Continental. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Lincoln Continental trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be determined on all Lincoln Continental hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions needed 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 Lincoln Continental: This plug system is principally used for caravans that necessitate 12 volts inside to supply the different electrical gear in the cabin. This type 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 car is switched on).
How do I hook up the wiring harness of a Lincoln Continental?
To finish this article, we will quickly show you you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Lincoln Continental .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Lincoln Continental?
To install the wiring harness of an old Lincoln Continental, you will have to go and get all the required cables in the rear lights of this one. We advise you to call in a car electrician to do this intervention because it is difficult, but we will nevertheless summarize the most important steps to be carried out:
- Remove the trunk lining from your Lincoln Continental to access the rear light unit.
- Identify 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 Lincoln Continental?
For recent Lincoln Continentals, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find specific ones for your Lincoln Continental 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 Lincoln Continental so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Lincoln Continental and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the case in the trunk properly.
- You don’t have to retrieve your cables from the trunk and connect them to your outlet.
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How do you hook up the power to a trailer on Lincoln Continental?
Finally, to finish this article we will quickly show you you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Lincoln Continental . To get this done you will automatically have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to choose the one that points 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.
To find more tips on the Lincoln Continental, take a look at the Lincoln Continental category.
