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 article, we will show you the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Mercedes Classe Cls . In fact, even if the set up process is not complex, it is required to describe some points to consider this work without any problem. First of all, we will see what the electrical wiring harness of your motor vehicle hitch involves, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Mercedes Classe Cls .
What’s the wiring harness for a Mercedes Classe Cls hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Mercedes Classe Cls?
So we will start our content by detailing the principles of a wiring harness of a Mercedes Classe Cls. In order to figure out how it functions, you must already 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 respect certain rules, 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 Mercedes Classe Cls . We will focus on this in this article, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a Mercedes Classe Cls, please see our content on this subject.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Mercedes Classe Cls?
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 Mercedes Classe Cls. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Mercedes Classe Cls trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be determined on all Mercedes Classe Cls hitches. This electrical connection will enable you to transmit all the lighting functions needed for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will find a plug for each action (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 Mercedes Classe Cls: This plug system is principally used for caravans that necessitate 12 volts inside to supply the different electrical equipment in the cabin. This type of connection needs 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 Mercedes Classe Cls?
To conclude this content, we will fairly quickly show you you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Mercedes Classe Cls .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Mercedes Classe Cls?
To mount the wiring harness of an old Mercedes Classe Cls, you will have to go and get all the required 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 complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the most important steps to be carried out:
- Take out the trunk lining from your Mercedes Classe Cls 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 Mercedes Classe Cls?
For modern Mercedes Classe Clss, the wiring harness is much simpler to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find particular ones for your Mercedes Classe Cls and universal models. It’s up to you to select according to your budget, know that a universal version costs between 30 and 60 euros.
- Take out the trunk lining from your Mercedes Classe Cls so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Mercedes Classe Cls and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the case in the trunk effectively.
- 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 Mercedes Classe Cls?
Finally, to conclude this content we will fairly quickly show you you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Mercedes Classe Cls . To achieve this you will inevitably have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to select the one that corresponds to your model and your budget. After you have conducted 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 Mercedes Classe Cls, take a look at the Mercedes Classe Cls category.
