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Title: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Seth on 01 March 2010, 19:15:22
Anyone know if there's a Vx loom/plug available to connect into when wiring the 12N socket from the towbar?

Or is it a case of using Scothlok-type connectors behind the N/S/R light unit?

Oh, it's my '99 mini-facelift estate that this concerns.
TIA.
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Entwood on 01 March 2010, 19:17:12
There's a plug behind the plastic rear face in a saloon boot .. but no idea about an estate .. :(
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Andy B on 01 March 2010, 19:18:55
If you have a box of Scotchlocks ..... bin them! Solder your connetions.  :y

Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Welung666 on 01 March 2010, 20:45:35
Estate Vx plug is in the rear of the spare tyre well, left hand side :y
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Hannah Judes Dad on 01 March 2010, 21:16:32
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Estate Vx plug is in the rear of the spare tyre well, left hand side :y

Near or behind the jack
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: alfie on 01 March 2010, 21:17:30
Vauxhall plug in system was priced at about £99+vat about 3 years ago,so god only knows what they cost now.
Alfie.
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: feeutfo on 02 March 2010, 10:24:48
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Vauxhall plug in system was priced at about £99+vat about 3 years ago,so god only knows what they cost now.
Alfie.
Fairly sure its been discontinued, wanted one for my saloon.
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Entwood on 02 March 2010, 10:34:06
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Vauxhall plug in system was priced at about £99+vat about 3 years ago,so god only knows what they cost now.
Alfie.
Fairly sure its been discontinued, wanted one for my saloon.

Still available from Germany I believe .... at a price !!!
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Andy B on 02 March 2010, 10:36:15
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Vauxhall plug in system was priced at about £99+vat about 3 years ago,so god only knows what they cost now.
Alfie.
Fairly sure its been discontinued, wanted one for my saloon.

Still available from Germany I believe .... at a price !!!

You haven't got the loom that uses the original socket in the boot though, it's like mine & plugs onto the loom around the tail lights.  :y
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Lazydocker on 02 March 2010, 10:36:42
Just solder the connections :y :y
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Sixstring on 08 March 2010, 13:41:23
This little plug in the spare wheel well of the estate.........Can you just trace which wire goes to indicators, brake, and sidelight on that plug, and just solder the 7 core wires on to it???
would make fitting an awful lot tidier for me when I fit one!
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Andy B on 08 March 2010, 13:51:39
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This little plug in the spare wheel well of the estate.........Can you just trace which wire goes to indicators, brake, and sidelight on that plug, and just solder the 7 core wires on to it???
would make fitting an awful lot tidier for me when I fit one!

Car ................. lamp ............12n
Black/blue ....... rear fog .......blue
black/white.......left turn .......yellow
black/green .....right turn ......green
grey/lack ........left tail .........black
grey/red .........right tail .......brown
black/yellow ....stop lamp ....red
brown ............earth ..........white

be aware though, that the brake light is wired via a relay base behind the glove box on facelift cars/above the driver's feet prefacelift cars, for the 'trailer check control' So you either take the feed directly from the stop lamp or bridge the terminals of the base or buy the check relay which will extend your brake light check to your trailer when connected to your car. IIRC £16 from the dealer ... the part number is on the site if you look hard enough  :y
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Sixstring on 08 March 2010, 14:59:00
Thanks Andy,
I owe you one!

Mike.
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Andy B on 08 March 2010, 16:24:14
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Thanks Andy,
I owe you one!

Mike.

Found it - Trailer check control..... 90463123  :y  :y

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1175364013/all
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: splott on 08 March 2010, 17:18:53
You will have to get a solid state relay to fool the lamp check. Readly available at the towbar suppliers.
Had one fitted last year, no prob at all. Not expensive either. :y
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Andy B on 08 March 2010, 18:08:55
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You will have to get a solid state relay to fool the lamp check. Readly available at the towbar suppliers.
Had one fitted last year, no prob at all. Not expensive either. :y

No you don't!  :-?  ;)

I guess that your towbar supplier told you so, & he just happened to sell them  ::)  ::)  ::) The Omega electrics aren't clever enough to need these types of relay  ;)
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: splott on 08 March 2010, 18:17:32
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You will have to get a solid state relay to fool the lamp check. Readly available at the towbar suppliers.
Had one fitted last year, no prob at all. Not expensive either. :y

No you don't!  :-?  ;)

May be you don't have to.
I did, as I had problems with the lamp test. The caravan was affecting it and my trailer too.
Easier to fit it than take the risk, ;) and it cured the problem.
Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: Andy B on 08 March 2010, 18:31:18
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You will have to get a solid state relay to fool the lamp check. Readly available at the towbar suppliers.
Had one fitted last year, no prob at all. Not expensive either. :y

No you don't!  :-?  ;)

May be you don't have to.
I did, as I had problems with the lamp test. The caravan was affecting it and my trailer too.
Easier to fit it than take the risk, ;) and it cured the problem.

What risk? There was another problem then that's being masked by the relays. As said an Omega doesn't need to use them.

Title: Re: TOWBAR ELECTRICS
Post by: splott on 08 March 2010, 18:40:08
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You will have to get a solid state relay to fool the lamp check. Readly available at the towbar suppliers.
Had one fitted last year, no prob at all. Not expensive either. :y

No you don't!  :-?  ;)

May be you don't have to.
I did, as I had problems with the lamp test. The caravan was affecting it and my trailer too.
Easier to fit it than take the risk, ;) and it cured the problem.

What risk? There was another problem then that's being masked by the relays. As said an Omega doesn't need to use them.

Maybe your right, as I have just posted a few electrical problems, this evening, that I'm having. :'(