Discovery Towing sockets

Hi,
I have a 2001 TD5 DiscoveryII with a Tow bar and single socket for trailer
lights, and am in the process of buying a caravan.
As long as I promise to only tow it between 0100 and 0500 in the morning,
could someone answer my question?

To connect the second socket for power to the van , is any of the wiring
likely to be present or will I have to run cables from the front?

TIA

Mark

in article [email protected], Mark at
[email protected] wrote on 20/5/05 10:17 pm:

> Hi,
> I have a 2001 TD5 DiscoveryII with a Tow bar and single socket for trailer
> lights, and am in the process of buying a caravan.
> As long as I promise to only tow it between 0100 and 0500 in the morning,
> could someone answer my question?

Best time to go. Kids sleep most of the journey.
>
> To connect the second socket for power to the van , is any of the wiring
> likely to be present or will I have to run cables from the front?
>
> TIA
>
> Mark
>

Hi Mark
I had the same thing. The wring is all present. The towbar man that fitted
mine said "it was just matter of plugging the socket in the wiring behind
the light cluster on the o/s. It took him 30mins to fit, most of that time
was spent un-doing the ball hitch to fit the socket bracket.
Hope this helps.
Mick
P.S Will be heading to Cornwall on the 27th, will be going between the hours
of 0100 and 0500, no traffic kids and missus sleeping!!

"Mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have a 2001 TD5 DiscoveryII with a Tow bar and single socket for trailer
> lights, and am in the process of buying a caravan.
> As long as I promise to only tow it between 0100 and 0500 in the morning,
> could someone answer my question?
>
> To connect the second socket for power to the van , is any of the wiring
> likely to be present or will I have to run cables from the front?
>
> TIA
>
> Mark
>
>
>

On Fri, 20 May 2005 22:17:45 +0100, Mark wrote:

> To connect the second socket for power to the van , is any of the
> wiring likely to be present or will I have to run cables from the
> front?

Some of it is present just plug in(*) behind the rear offside light
cluster or in that void some where. There are some wires to the front
and an additional relay mounted next to the engine compartment fuse
box. I think the you need to get access to the under side of that fuse
box as well.

There are two versions of the auxillary wiring AFAICT, one with the
other without split charging. I had both trailer lights and auxillary
sockets fitted by the dealer along with the adjustable height tow bar
(aka rear plough) when I got my DII. They couldn't really answer the
"Is the aux socket also a split charge one?"

You are aware of the incompatible "standards" on the aux socket wiring
aren't you?

--
Cheers [email protected]
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

in article [email protected], Mick at
[email protected] wrote on 21/5/05 12:09 am:

> Hi Mark
> I had the same thing. The wring is all present. The towbar man that fitted
> mine said "it was just matter of plugging the socket in the wiring behind
> the light cluster on the o/s. It took him 30mins to fit, most of that time
> was spent un-doing the ball hitch to fit the socket bracket.
> Hope this helps.
> Mick
> P.S Will be heading to Cornwall on the 27th, will be going between the hours
> of 0100 and 0500, no traffic kids and missus sleeping!!

We're off to the Poole and Swanage area only I'll probably stay awake to
keep Bruce company. Kids and dog will be asleep though.
--
Nikki

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