If you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is really handy. In this article, we will show you the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Peugeot Traveller . In actual fact, even if the set up procedure is not difficult, it is necessary to clarify some details to consider this task without any issue. Firstly, we will find out what the electrical wiring harness of your motor vehicle hitch contains, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Peugeot Traveller .

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What’s the wiring harness for a Peugeot Traveller hitch trailer?

Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Peugeot Traveller?

So we will begin our article by detailing the principles of a wiring harness of a Peugeot Traveller. In order to discover how it functions, you must already discover its necessity. Whether you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is fundamental and above 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 Peugeot Traveller . We will focus on this in this article, if you want to find out how to install the hitch of a Peugeot Traveller, please find out our article on this subject.

What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Peugeot Traveller?

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 Peugeot Traveller. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:

  • The 7-pin electric plug for a Peugeot Traveller trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be discovered on all Peugeot Traveller hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions needed for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will discover a plug for each objective (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 Peugeot Traveller: This plug system is principally used for caravans that necessitate 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical devices 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 motor vehicle is switched on).

How do I hook up the wiring harness of a Peugeot Traveller?

To end this article, we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Peugeot Traveller .

How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Peugeot Traveller?

To mount the wiring harness of an old Peugeot Traveller, you will have to go and get all the necessary cables in the rear lights of this one. We advise you to call in a motor vehicle electrician for this intervention because it is difficult, but we will nevertheless summarize the most important steps to be performed:

  • Take out the trunk lining from your Peugeot Traveller 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 Peugeot Traveller?

For modern Peugeot Travellers, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:

  • You can use a multiplexable box, you will discover specific ones for your Peugeot Traveller 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 Peugeot Traveller so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Peugeot Traveller and connect them to your fuse box.
  • Install the case in the trunk effectively.
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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 Peugeot Traveller?

Finally, to end this article we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Peugeot Traveller . To get this done you will automatically 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.

If you want more tutorials on the Peugeot Traveller, go to our Peugeot Traveller category.