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Personsalscustomsigns
19/5/2013 at 7:48pm
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Hi, dont know if anyone can advise - we are due to go on our first camping trip soon using a trelgo t40 trailer my husband bought off ebay. Worked fine when it was picked up, but tested it today and the right indicator doesnt work - works fine on car, but nothing on trailer and no beeping sound in car when indicator is on. We've tried replacing the bulbs, and checking all the connections on the bulb assembly and the plug that connects to the tow bar but still no luck.

Can anyone advise on what to check next ?

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PersonAndyR1969
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We had a similar thing, and I tracked it down to the pins in the connector on the trailer and in the socket on the towbar. I used a small screwdriver to "open up" the pins (they are a split design) so they made better contact with the sockets they go into. There should be six pins on the trailer side and 3 on the towbar side. Then give everything a spray of wd40.


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Hi, if you have no joy with the conections try the bleeper unit on the car, ive had these play up and cause this problem. Hope you get sorted.



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19/5/2013 at 8:59pm
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Have you dismantled trailer plug & checked connections? If ok then problem could be car socket. You need to check for power at car socket, with indicator flashing put voltage meter across earth pin3 & r/h indicator pin4 to see if you have power. If you have then problem is with trailer.


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19/5/2013 at 9:07pm
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Hi thanks for reply. Husband has just tried that, and has cleaned contacts on 7pin with sandpaper to make sure, but still no luck.


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19/5/2013 at 9:08pm
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Just be careful with the WD40 it eats plastic type materials just like the stuff on your plug and socket.
Ok now and again but it will eat away and distort the shape.

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19/5/2013 at 9:09pm
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OK thanks for second reply - need to get voltage meter to do this, but at least we know which to check !


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19/5/2013 at 9:11pm
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Towbar is dual electrics, as we towed a caravan with it last year, this shouldnt make any difference should it ?


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19/5/2013 at 10:13pm
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Dual electrics shouldn't be the issue. I always have trouble with the indicators and it is mostly down to the plug and socket not liking each other no matter how much fiddling with the pins and use of contact cleaner. I find that the most important thing is to not force the plug in too hard.

Another thing that it could be is that sometimes the main cable from the plug on the trailer goes to one light, then there are cable joins to the cable that feeds the other light. You can tell if yours are like this if you open both lights and find one has far more cables (or if you can see the back of where the lights are fixed, one has two cables going it to it with one of the cables going to the other).


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Also as a continue on from Tentz post, run twelve volts to the two contacts on the trailer plug side. This will prove that you don't have a break on this side of things. It's quite common for either side of the plug or socket connection, to suffer from bad contact where the wires are grub screwed into position

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Personshrew
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You should never spray electrics with wd as it contains oil just use contact cleaner


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20/5/2013 at 8:30pm
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All sorted now thanks, found it was loose connection on towbar wiring, so thanks for all the advice.


PersonBernie47
20/5/2013 at 10:19pm
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Quote: Originally posted by AndyR1969 on 19/5/2013
Then give everything a spray of wd40.


Don't spray WD40 on any steel components, it is paraffin based and causes extensive rusting.



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Also don't get any wd40 on your waterproof, goretex etc jackets or trousers as it will ruin them..

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I use brake cleaner for the connections to the car, also clean the hitch and towball with it.

Can't take credit for this, someone on here told me it was the best thing to use, and it is!

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Quote: Originally posted by Bernie47 on 20/5/2013
Quote: Originally posted by AndyR1969 on 19/5/2013Then give everything a spray of wd40.


Don't spray WD40 on any steel components, it is paraffin based and causes extensive rusting.




Wrong, see here

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