If you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is fairly handy. In this post, we will describe the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Volkswagen ID.3 . Indeed, even if the installation process is not complex, it is required to explain some points to consider this task without any problem. Firstly, 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 Volkswagen ID.3 .
What’s the wiring harness for a Volkswagen ID.3 hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Volkswagen ID.3?
So we will commence our article by explaining the basics of a wiring harness of a Volkswagen ID.3. In order to figure out how it functions, you must previously figure out its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is necessary and earlier all mandatory by the highway code to follow 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 Volkswagen ID.3 . We will look into this in this article, if you want to discover how to install the hitch of a Volkswagen ID.3, please see our article on this topic.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Volkswagen ID.3?
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 Volkswagen ID.3. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Volkswagen ID.3 trailer, 7 pins : This is the classic plug that will be determined on all Volkswagen ID.3 hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions necessary for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will locate 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 Volkswagen ID.3: This plug system is specifically used for caravans that require 12 volts inside to supply the different electrical gear in the cabin. This type 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 Volkswagen ID.3?
To end this article, we will fairly quickly describe you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Volkswagen ID.3 .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Volkswagen ID.3?
To install the wiring harness of an old Volkswagen ID.3, you will have to go and get all the required cables in the rear lights of this one. We advise you to call in a motor vehicle electrician to do this intervention because it is complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the main steps to be performed:
- Remove the trunk lining from your Volkswagen ID.3 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 Volkswagen ID.3?
For modern Volkswagen ID.3s, the wiring harness is much less complicated to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will locate particular ones for your Volkswagen ID.3 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.
- Remove the trunk lining from your Volkswagen ID.3 so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Volkswagen ID.3 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 Volkswagen ID.3?
Finally, to end this article we will fairly quickly describe you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Volkswagen ID.3 . To achieve this you will inevitably have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to choose the one that points 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.
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