If you need to move house, go on vacation with a caravan, get rid of of green waste, or have a hitch is really handy. In this post, we will show you the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Opel Zafira Tourer . Obviously, even if the set up process is not difficult, it is required to clarify some details to consider this intervention without any problem. Firstly, 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 Opel Zafira Tourer .
What’s the wiring harness for a Opel Zafira Tourer hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Opel Zafira Tourer?
So we will start our article by explaining the basics of a wiring harness of a Opel Zafira Tourer. 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 necessary and above all mandatory by the highway code to respect certain protocols, 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 Opel Zafira Tourer . We will look into this in this post, if you want to discover how to install the hitch of a Opel Zafira Tourer, please discover our article on this theme.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Opel Zafira Tourer?
We will now fairly quickly show you how the electrical connection of your hitch functions. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your car to power the hitch lights on your Opel Zafira Tourer. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Opel Zafira Tourer trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be located on all Opel Zafira Tourer 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 Opel Zafira Tourer: This plug system is principally used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the different electrical devices in the cabin. This sort 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 car is switched on).
How do I hook up the wiring harness of a Opel Zafira Tourer?
To end this article, we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Opel Zafira Tourer .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Opel Zafira Tourer?
To install the wiring harness of an old Opel Zafira Tourer, 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 car 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 Opel Zafira Tourer 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 Opel Zafira Tourer?
For modern Opel Zafira Tourers, the wiring harness is much simpler to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find particular ones for your Opel Zafira Tourer 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.
- Remove the trunk lining from your Opel Zafira Tourer so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Opel Zafira Tourer and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the circumstance 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 Opel Zafira Tourer?
Finally, to end this article we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Opel Zafira Tourer . To get this done you will inevitably have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to select the one that points 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 Opel Zafira Tourer, take a look at the Opel Zafira Tourer category.
