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chris d3

Member Since: 06 Apr 2010
Location: sunderland
Posts: 371

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Stornoway Grey

Tow bar electrics

Looking for some advice please I’ve got a 7 pin electrics on the defender and my trailer is 13 pin

What would be best twin plugs with the adapter or just putting the single plug are they just a straight swap TIA

23rd Mar 2021 12:42pm

familymad

Member Since: 13 Dec 2011
Location: Bucks
Posts: 3481

2016 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 HCPU Santorini Black

Get the adapter plug from 7 to 13. Quick fix 1951 80" S1 2.0
1995 110 300TDI
1995 90 300TDI

23rd Mar 2021 12:57pm

Leamreject

Member Since: 19 Dec 2020
Location: Middle Earth - Leamington Spa
Posts: 970

You’ll need something like this...

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Or this

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They do reverse ones also depending on your set up Ride like you stole it!!
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23rd Mar 2021 1:22pm

rallysteve

Member Since: 10 Feb 2014
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 2227

2002 Defender 110 Td5 DCPU Keswick Green

That top adaptor is the wrong way around (for 13pin vehicle to 7pin trailer).

Do you have both 12N & 12S (black and grey 7pin) sockets on the defender currently?

If you only have the black 12N one then I would just straight swap it for a 13pin socket. The 13 pin system is so much better than the old 7pin ones.

If you have both sockets on the defender it can be slightly more messy to wire both cables into a 13pin socket - still better in my opinion though.

Steve 02' 110 TD5 Double Cab Rebuild Thread

23rd Mar 2021 1:26pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17372

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

It shouldn't have a bearing on your solution, but you might want to bear in mind that if you replace the 7-pin socket currently on your Defender with a 13-pin socket, the new socket will be tested as part of the MoT test. Quite wjhat aspects of it are tested, I don't know, but 13-pin sockets are in-scope, 7-pin sockets are not.

23rd Mar 2021 1:43pm

rallysteve

Member Since: 10 Feb 2014
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 2227

Good point Blackwolf, MOT test should only cover:

Quote:
On vehicles fitted with a trailer 13 pin Euro-socket, use an approved device to check that the socket is wired to correctly operate the trailer:

position lamps
stop lamps
direction indicators
rear fog lamp

So only the functions of the standard 7pin 12N socket.

Steve 02' 110 TD5 Double Cab Rebuild Thread

23rd Mar 2021 2:03pm

chris d3

Member Since: 06 Apr 2010
Location: sunderland
Posts: 371

I’ve got the adapter but will it power the battery charger in the trailer

23rd Mar 2021 10:30pm

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

If you've only got a single black seven pin 12N socket then no, as the live for that function comes from the grey 12S socket.

If you've got two seven pin sockets and an adapter to convert to 13 pin then yes it will. Darren

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24th Mar 2021 6:19am

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4785

The 13 pin electrics on my 90 have never been tested (I always watch the MOT because I'm sad like that

)

13 pin in my opinion is a far, far superior connector than the 7 N+S setup in every way - more reliable too

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25th Mar 2021 6:48pm

chris d3

Member Since: 06 Apr 2010
Location: sunderland
Posts: 371

Where’s the best place to get the 13 pin?
Is it a straight swap on the defender

26th Mar 2021 3:46pm

Race.it

Member Since: 27 Aug 2019
Location: Algeciras
Posts: 817

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Alaska White

Brought mine from paddock spares and technically plugged it myself Searching for my first Defender...and started just as Covid hit, so talk about timing.

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26th Mar 2021 5:38pm

cradgebank

Member Since: 30 Dec 2008
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 308

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

grafty99 wrote:
The 13 pin electrics on my 90 have never been tested (I always watch the MOT because I'm sad like that )

Think it only became part of the MOT inspection from February 2021. Richard

Either a 90, 110 or 130.
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27th Mar 2021 4:38am

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4785

Mine was MOTd in March so should have been tested. Would have passed anyway as it all works as it should

28th Mar 2021 8:26pm

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