Broken Lead from caravan to Car

[Gordon_5081664]

The Black lead has trailed on the road and worn through. The lead goes under the caravan where is seperates to the rear light. There is no junction box or terminal block as I have had on previous vans.

How or where do I join the Lead to make a good proper repair

GL

 

[PaulCopaul]

Hi Gordon,i think you should replace the whole of the lead the connection these days are done with snap blocks which clamp the cable resulting in a connection.

Paul

 

[WatsonJohnG]

I did this for a friend last week as both cables had dragged on the road but luckily for him it was near the plugs(he was using the Y extension to the 13 pin socket)

On my van I have fitted curly cables by retaining the existing 7 pin plugs and replacing the fixed socket for the curly cables with trailing sockets which are connected under the A-frame cowling.

You could make a repair in the same way.

Cut off the black cable where its damaged and fit the 12N plug to the shortened end.

If you do one wire at a time in the plug you will not get them mixed up !!

You can then fit a curly cable with trailing socket to plug into.

The curlies come with a 12N/S socket like you have on the back of the car to fix to the A-frame cowling and a curly lead with a 12N/S plug on each end.

You could either fit them as supplied or replace one plug with a trailing socket to plug your existing lead into.I favour this method as the sockets fixed to the cowling always crack the plastic.

You can do all the above cheaper with a length of black 7 core cable with a 12N plug on one end and a 12 N trailing socket on the other to plug your shortened lead into.You can remove this when parked as an anti thief measure as well!

Sorry to disagree with Paul but Scotchlocks are usually used on the car rather than the caravan and I would avoid using them at all costs as the area of contact is very small and they usually give trouble,especially if moisture gets in.

Hope that helps.

 

[PaulCopaul]

I did this for a friend last week as both cables had dragged on the road but luckily for him it was near the plugs(he was using the Y extension to the 13 pin socket)

On my van I have fitted curly cables by retaining the existing 7 pin plugs and replacing the fixed socket for the curly cables with trailing sockets which are connected under the A-frame cowling.

You could make a repair in the same way.

Cut off the black cable where its damaged and fit the 12N plug to the shortened end.

If you do one wire at a time in the plug you will not get them mixed up !!

You can then fit a curly cable with trailing socket to plug into.

The curlies come with a 12N/S socket like you have on the back of the car to fix to the A-frame cowling and a curly lead with a 12N/S plug on each end.

You could either fit them as supplied or replace one plug with a trailing socket to plug your existing lead into.I favour this method as the sockets fixed to the cowling always crack the plastic.

You can do all the above cheaper with a length of black 7 core cable with a 12N plug on one end and a 12 N trailing socket on the other to plug your shortened lead into.You can remove this when parked as an anti thief measure as well!

Sorry to disagree with Paul but Scotchlocks are usually used on the car rather than the caravan and I would avoid using them at all costs as the area of contact is very small and they usually give trouble,especially if moisture gets in.

Hope that helps.

I stand corrected must be the hour i miss read,thought it was the car

 

[WatsonJohnG]

I stand corrected must be the hour i miss read,thought it was the car

Hi Paul I know the feeling

Off to Warwick for a week with the van later

After the mobile hairdresser has been !!

 

[Tony A.]

Gordon You could always fit a length of terminal block (from any diy shop )under the van at the front, and replace the lead from there to your plugs. the block can be covered with a plastic cover(home made)

 

[keith_5081818]

Hi there are quite a few ways of repairing your van.

1 replace the whole cable right into the rear lights, thats what i would have to do at work.

2 drill a hole through the floor under a front seat, bring the cable in, add a new length, go back out again to the front plug.

3 fix one of those black plastic external junction boxes to the underneath of the van & using a chocolate block connector add a new cable length.

there are others but i think thats enough.

I do like johns idea of socket joints.