WE HAVE A 1997 AWARD CARAVAN AND WE USED TO TOW WITH A VOLVO 2002 S60 (WITH A VOLVO 13 PIN TOWBAR) AND THE FRIDGE WORKED OK. WE NOW HAVE A 2008 XC70 WITH A VOLVO TOWBAR AND THE FRIDGE WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS COMBINATION. ANY IDEAS?
I have been looking at the 13 pin plug and that seems ok . Looked in the boot and found that the no 12 pin is not connected.Have you checked whether appropriate leads are actually connected to pins 9,10,11 and 13? Chances are, they are not, in which case these will need to be added.
I have a caravaning friend and I was telling him my problem. He lent me a towsure adaptor to try. This one is sending a supply for the fridge according to my volt tester. But no battery charge supply. In the boot, number 12 has not been connected which looking in various books this is the battery charge. I will try the adaptor at the weekend and see if i can work it out.Tow bar fitted with 13 pin socket got all connections ok 12 volts were it should be, how ever when conected up to van relay was tripping in and out along with charger,so frige was not working so took the car to bits to find out why and the feed for the relay had been taken from the power socket in boot, not strong enough to power relay may be worth a look. Have now feed a feed from the battery and all is well. The moral of this tail is make sure you tow bar fiter knows what he is doing! wont be takeing it there in future.
Hi! The 13 pin adaptor that I was given, I stripped down and wrote down all the connections. Been up to the caravan today and removed the two 7 pin plugsb and connected everything intoIf the adaptor you have is a Volvo supplied one then it may be the problem. On ours the battery charging wire had not been connected, just cut off, so check the adaptor. They are easy to open up and rewire.
I don't think pin 12 is used for anything.