If you need to move house, go on vacation with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is fairly handy. In this post, we will explain the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Renault Kadjar . Obviously, even if the set up procedure is not difficult, it is necessary to describe some details to consider this task without any problem. First of all, we will discover 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 Renault Kadjar .
What’s the wiring harness for a Renault Kadjar hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Renault Kadjar?
So we will start our article by explaining the basics of a wiring harness of a Renault Kadjar. In order to understand how it works, you must previously understand its necessity. Whether you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is fundamental and earlier all mandatory by the highway code to respect certain laws, 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 regulations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Renault Kadjar . We will concentrate on this in this post, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a Renault Kadjar, please discover our article on this subject.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Renault Kadjar?
We will now fairly quickly explain how the electrical connection of your hitch works. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your motor vehicle to power the hitch lights on your Renault Kadjar. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Renault Kadjar trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be determined on all Renault Kadjar hitches. This electrical connection will enable you to transmit all the lighting functions necessary for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will find 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 Renault Kadjar: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that involve 12 volts inside to supply the various 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 motor vehicle is switched on).
How do I hook up the wiring harness of a Renault Kadjar?
To conclude this article, we will fairly quickly explain you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Renault Kadjar .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Renault Kadjar?
To mount the wiring harness of an old Renault Kadjar, 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 motor vehicle electrician to do this intervention because it is difficult, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be accomplished:
- Take out the trunk lining from your Renault Kadjar 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 Kadjar?
For recent Renault Kadjars, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find particular ones for your Renault Kadjar 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.
- Take out the trunk lining from your Renault Kadjar so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Renault Kadjar and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the circumstance 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 Kadjar?
Finally, to conclude this article we will fairly quickly explain you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Renault Kadjar . To do this you will automatically have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to choose the one that means 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.
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