Regardless of you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, get rid of of green waste, or have a hitch is fairly handy. On this page, we will describe the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a seat ibiza . In fact, even if the set up procedure is not complex, it is required to describe some details to consider this work without any issue. First of all, we will see what the electrical wiring harness of your motor vehicle hitch consists of, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a seat ibiza .
What’s the wiring harness for a seat ibiza hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a seat ibiza?
So we will start our content page by detailing the principles of a wiring harness of a seat ibiza. In order to understand how it functions, you must already understand its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is necessary 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 obligations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your seat ibiza . We will look into this in this article, if you want to learn how to install the hitch of a seat ibiza, please see our content page on this theme.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a seat ibiza?
We will now fairly quickly describe 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 seat ibiza. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a seat ibiza trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be determined on all seat ibiza 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 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 seat ibiza: 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 car is switched on).
How do I hook up the wiring harness of a seat ibiza?
To finish this content page, we will fairly quickly describe you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your seat ibiza .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old seat ibiza?
To install the wiring harness of an old seat ibiza, you will have to go and get all the required cables in the rear lights of this one. We recommend you to call in a motor vehicle electrician for this intervention because it is complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the most important steps to be performed:
- Remove the trunk lining from your seat ibiza 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 seat ibiza?
For recent seat ibizas, the wiring harness is much easier to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find specific ones for your seat ibiza 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 seat ibiza so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your seat ibiza 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 seat ibiza?
Finally, to finish this content page we will fairly quickly describe you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your seat ibiza . To do this 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 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 guides on the seat ibiza, go to our seat ibiza category.
