Prattline

morton01 posted:

Graeme,

Thankyou for the reply I will be trying each pin seperatly in the morning.

Tenpounder (SA) posted:

Following Graham's point, the black wire to Pin 2 may be wired within the car (ie at the towbar connector) as either aux power or as reverse light power. Obviously you can check this without the van being connected.
So if you plug in the van, turn on the ignition and select reverse, then, one way or the other, pin 2 should be live. If you then remove the dome or cover to one of the van lights (the easiest on ours is the external dome light), you should find power when you toggle all switches in sight!! (especially switches with brown toggles).

morton01 posted:

Van all fixed now. I found the 12v wires going to the seven pin plug. It was going to the correct terminal a few wires joined it before hand. Removed all wires and started again and placed the 12v circuit on its own 7pin plugs with the fridge.

Member - Barnray (NSW) posted:

If the car is not wired for the extras ie 12v power the you will have to use another source. Barnray

morton01 posted:

I already have a constant 12v feed a the back of the car for a fan to cool the fridge. Fan was already there when I bought the van. If I could trace the wires from the 12v lights its an easy fix but as all the wiring is hidden behind the panelling its a bit hard.

Member - Barnray (NSW) posted:

Is that thru the correct pin on the trailer connection. You need to make sure that all the connection are going to the right appliance. Barnray

morton01 posted:

Van all fixed now. I found the 12v wires going to the seven pin plug. It was going to the correct terminal a few wires joined it before hand. Removed all wires and started again and placed the 12v circuit on its own 7pin plugs with the fridge.

morton01 posted:

Van all fixed now. I found the 12v wires going to the seven pin plug. It was going to the correct terminal a few wires joined it before hand. Removed all wires and started again and placed the 12v circuit on its own 7pin plugs with the fridge.

morton01 posted:

Thanks john wiil keep the link. Van all fixed now. I found the 12v wires going to the seven pin plug. It was going to the correct terminal a few wires joined it before hand. Removed all wires and started again and placed the 12v circuit on its own 7pin plugs with the fridge.

Tenpounder (SA) posted:

Good news, morton01. On my van, I found that the 'normal' wiring via the 7 pin connector was woefully inadequate to meet the needs of the fridge. Our fridge is the habitual Electrolux/Dometic 3-way, which won't even get out of bed with less than 10 amps current flow. I have ended up, like many others, with a dedicated 12v supply via Anderson plugs from the vehicle. I have a 20AMP fuse plus a 15AMP auto-resetting circuit breaker in the vehicle. The standard trailer wiring is amazingly under-rated to cope with a 15 AMP load. Have fun with your new rig.
Kind regards

morton01 posted:

Tenpounder, Thankyou for the reply. I Just got back from work and now going away for me rnr with the wife and daughter. Maiden voyage with the prattline. Hope all goes well and I catch some fish