Whether you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is pretty handy. On this page, we will describe the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Renault Grand Espace . Indeed, regardless if the set up process is not difficult, it is necessary to describe some points to consider this work without any problem. First of all, we will see what the electrical wiring harness of your car hitch consists of, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Renault Grand Espace .
What’s the wiring harness for a Renault Grand Espace hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Renault Grand Espace?
So we will begin our content page by explaining the basics of a wiring harness of a Renault Grand Espace. In order to understand how it functions, you must previously understand its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is important and earlier all mandatory by the highway code to follow 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 obligations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Renault Grand Espace . We will focus on this in this article, if you want to find out how to install the hitch of a Renault Grand Espace, please see our content page on this theme.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Renault Grand Espace?
We will now fairly quickly describe 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 Renault Grand Espace. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Renault Grand Espace trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be located on all Renault Grand Espace 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 Renault Grand Espace: This plug system is specifically used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the different electrical devices in the cabin. This sort of connection necessitates 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 Renault Grand Espace?
To finish this content page, we will fairly quickly describe you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Renault Grand Espace .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Renault Grand Espace?
To install the wiring harness of an old Renault Grand Espace, 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 car electrician for this intervention because it is difficult, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be performed:
- Take out the trunk lining from your Renault Grand Espace 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 Renault Grand Espace?
For new Renault Grand Espaces, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find specific ones for your Renault Grand Espace 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 Renault Grand Espace so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Renault Grand Espace 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 Renault Grand Espace?
Finally, to finish this content page we will fairly quickly describe you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Renault Grand Espace . 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 means 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 need more guides on the Renault Grand Espace, go to our Renault Grand Espace category.
