gavinwibrow
12th January 2021, 12:57 PM
Weird Trailer Wiring
Considering the various wiring bits were done by 3 separate electricians, guess I should have expected something like this - maybe Tim @ Traxide has a logical answer/explanation?
1 - about a year ago after purchase, had connections fitted including ESC to the D4, to enable towing the van.
2 - just recently, had resistors added so the car would recognise the van with its all LED lights arrangement.
Pre last trip, I was travelling home after picking up the van from storage, and a kind motorist told me that both L & R indicators came on when I indicated to turn left (I won't know about right turns until I check later today, because I forgot to check at the time after resolving the initial problem as below).
I then turned on the forgotten to do "in car" over-ride switch to activate the resistors and bingo all is well/indicators working perfectly - (all of my towed bits are now LED lights, hence the in car switched resistors approach, with still the ability to tow non LED by switching off the resistors).
I doubt the "all indicators on" scenario is intended to occur when the LED control switch is in the off position, so presumably there must be a wiring error somewhere?
Considering the various wiring bits were done by 3 separate electricians, guess I should have expected something like this - maybe Tim @ Traxide has a logical answer/explanation?
1 - about a year ago after purchase, had connections fitted including ESC to the D4, to enable towing the van.
2 - just recently, had resistors added so the car would recognise the van with its all LED lights arrangement.
Pre last trip, I was travelling home after picking up the van from storage, and a kind motorist told me that both L & R indicators came on when I indicated to turn left (I won't know about right turns until I check later today, because I forgot to check at the time after resolving the initial problem as below).
I then turned on the forgotten to do "in car" over-ride switch to activate the resistors and bingo all is well/indicators working perfectly - (all of my towed bits are now LED lights, hence the in car switched resistors approach, with still the ability to tow non LED by switching off the resistors).
I doubt the "all indicators on" scenario is intended to occur when the LED control switch is in the off position, so presumably there must be a wiring error somewhere?