How do I fit twin light boards

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Muppetdaze

Muppetdaze

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Hi all, am wanting to run two light boards on the back of trailer, 7 pin socket on the disco, is there such a thing as a splitter adaptor? All myvsearches keep coming up with 13pin to 7 etc, anyone know?

Cheers guys
 
Never heard of one & neither has the workshop foreman/manager of the caravan place I do bodywork for so it looks like you'll have to make one.
 
Muppetdaze said:
Hi all, am wanting to run two light boards on the back of trailer, 7 pin socket on the disco, is there such a thing as a splitter adaptor? All myvsearches keep coming up with 13pin to 7 etc, anyone know?

Cheers guys
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I have never heard of anyone doing that, and I was towing trailers most of my working life.

Also wonder if it would be legal, from memory, legislation requires that brake lights etc are between certain heights, so you may find it difficult to fit both sets in the right space.
 
As long as one set of lights are within the right height, which is quite a range, it would be ok.
Depends on use, permanent or not as to how to wire. But as said like for like. For one set to be removable splice a socket into existing wiring on the trailer for the extra light board.
 
Perhaps he's going to claim he's a showman & tow more than one trailer at a time.
 
Lol, it's more for visibility at night on an older caravan which doesn't like going fast so one in the normal place and one higher up, just so people can see it who aren't the vehicle directly behind me
 
In that case it would probably be easier to put lights on the caravan as you just piggy back the wiring to each other and then only run 1 wire with plug.
Does the caravan have lights now?

J
 
Do you use the light board for anything else?
Take the lights off and fit to the caravan piggy back the lights together, you don't need to be an electrical engineer to do that shirley 🤔

J
 
Legally you should have front marker lights on the caravan too. So rather than bodging two light boards together, strip out the existing non-working lights and install some new ones from scratch.
 
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