Berlingo Van Towbar Electrics

[mickey z]

Are there any known problems when wiring the towbar electrics...????

Is it a straight scotch-lock connection into the rear light wires or is there a special way of doing this..???

I looked on my friends van and his is wired like this, although instead of having the left and right hand side light wires

wired up individualy to the towbar loom, they are wired together as one light..

It appears that whoever wired it has just saved sending a wire across from one side light to another...

also there is no beeper fitted..???

I have heard that direct wiring into the loom can cause damage to vehicle electrics..??? Anyone..???

 

2002 Berlingo 2.0 HDi ( not the new facelift model.. )

Thanks for the replies and I have now done it, with bleeper fitted.... I was just wondering if there would be any problems such as stereo won't work, dash stop working etc.. I have wired towbars in before, but as you all know, alot of electrical problems do happen on this type of vehicle.. and I just wanted to be sure.

[pkbristol]

I've just fitted a towbar myself to my Berlingo.

Yes all the wires can be wired to one light, except one wire, there has to be a wire running from the other rear light, the indicator wire.

On my set up i've got all my wires scotchlocked to the passenger side light except the drivers side indicator, this single wire has to be run across from the other side, or else how is the trailer indicator going to flash ?

 

Paul.

[Johndouglas]

I've connected on to my rear lights using Scotchloks on my C5 although I wired them into a Smart7 relay. They've been done down for 5 years without any trouble. You've got to have an indicator beeper when towing - or a dashboard light - by law.

[Guest Snayke]

What year is your berlingo?

[mickey z]

2002 HDi 2.0 pre facelift model... thanks but I've done it now, I just wanted to be sure there were no problems with "hard wiring" it straight into the wiring loom. Some vehicles require an interface etc..