Regardless of you need to move house, go on vacation with a caravan, get rid of of green waste, or have a hitch is fairly handy. In this article, we will explain the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Renault Trafic 3 . In truth, even if the set up procedure is not complex, it is necessary to explain some details to consider this task without any problem. First of all, we will find out what the electrical wiring harness of your car hitch involves, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Renault Trafic 3 .
What’s the wiring harness for a Renault Trafic 3 hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Renault Trafic 3?
So we will commence our article by explaining the basics of a wiring harness of a Renault Trafic 3. In order to discover how it works, you must already discover its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is important 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 Renault Trafic 3 . We will concentrate on this in this article, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a Renault Trafic 3, please find out our article on this topic.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Renault Trafic 3?
We will now fairly quickly explain how the electrical connection of your hitch works. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your car to power the hitch lights on your Renault Trafic 3. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Renault Trafic 3 trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be discovered on all Renault Trafic 3 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 Trafic 3: This plug system is principally used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical gear 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 car is switched on).
How do I hook up the wiring harness of a Renault Trafic 3?
To finish this article, we will fairly quickly explain you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Renault Trafic 3 .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Renault Trafic 3?
To install the wiring harness of an old Renault Trafic 3, you will have to go and get all the necessary cables in the rear lights of this one. We recommend you to call in a car electrician for this intervention because it is complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be performed:
- Take out the trunk lining from your Renault Trafic 3 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 Trafic 3?
For recent Renault Trafic 3s, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find particular ones for your Renault Trafic 3 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 Trafic 3 so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Renault Trafic 3 and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the case 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 Renault Trafic 3?
Finally, to finish this article we will fairly quickly explain you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Renault Trafic 3 . 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.
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