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I have a small trailer.
The lights are playing up.
And my magnetic emergency towing lights are at the same.
When I fiddle with either set when plugged in, I get all lights, just never at the same time.
So.
Is there a better way to do things???
The socket is plastic and was pro wired.
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Phil H
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Pre-wired or “pro” wired?
A good blast with cleaner usually fixes the standard problem of corrosion on the pins but could also be an issue with the main earth (white IIRC) from the socket.
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Pro wired.
I had a melted wire years back and get them done for me nowadays.
I'll try the contact cleaner.
Gardi (police) are hot on trailors atm.
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Phil H
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Earth pin is the middle pin I think but might be worth seeing if you find where the earth wire has been grounded in the car and see if it’s a good connection - maybe add another temporary earth and see if that fixes it if the contact cleaner doesn’t work.
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Ryannn
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Parents trailer was playing up recently. Plug looked alright but when I tried it on my car the lights all worked. In the end I had to wire another plug in, still don’t know what went wrong with the old one.
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Is this a UK type plug / socket?
Not had a single issue since changing to the Euro 13 pin type in 2009 (I’m towing a number of different trailers every week).
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