Regardless of you need to move house, go on vacation with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is really handy. In this post, we will show you the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a skoda fabia . In fact, even if the installation process is not complex, it is required to clarify 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 skoda fabia .
What’s the wiring harness for a skoda fabia hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a skoda fabia?
So we will commence our content page by detailing the basics of a wiring harness of a skoda fabia. In order to understand how it works, you must previously understand its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is necessary 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 skoda fabia . We will focus on this in this post, if you want to discover how to install the hitch of a skoda fabia, please see our content page on this topic.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a skoda fabia?
We will now fairly quickly show you 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 skoda fabia. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a skoda fabia trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be located on all skoda fabia hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions required for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will locate 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 skoda fabia: This plug system is specifically used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical gear in the cabin. This kind 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 skoda fabia?
To conclude this content page, we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your skoda fabia .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old skoda fabia?
To mount the wiring harness of an old skoda fabia, 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 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 skoda fabia to access the rear light unit.
- Locate 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 skoda fabia?
For modern skoda fabias, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will locate particular ones for your skoda fabia 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 skoda fabia so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your skoda fabia and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the circumstance 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 skoda fabia?
Finally, to conclude this content page we will fairly quickly show you you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your skoda fabia . To achieve 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.
If you need more tutorials on the skoda fabia, go to our skoda fabia category.
