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in other words you want to replace the cable from the van to the car? camp stores do stock cable. just wire it in, the same way you take the cable off. make sure you wire it up in the same way,

At the caravan end it should connect in to some sort of terminal block. If you trace it back then make a note of where each of the different colour connectors go (or take a photo)-it will be easy enough to buy a new length of 7 core cable and fit it.

http://www.towitall.co.uk/trailer_wiring/instructions.htm

 Trailer Wiring I

Socket and plug wiring instruction
12N Normal Socket		12S Supplementary Socket
1)	Left indicator	1)	Reverse
2)	Fog	2)	Battery Charge **
3)	Earth	3)	Earth
4)	Right indicator	4)	Power feed
5)	Right side light	5)	Spare
6)	Brake	6)	Fridge **
7)	Left side light	7)	Earth for pin 6 (1998 on)
**NB It is essential that pin 6 is wired through a split relay from 1998 on!!

Pray tell, and only because we all need to learn from your experience...WHO and HOW did the cable "get" cut??

Iain

When my black cable came loose and trailed, causing it to wear through, I cut the damaged end off, and fed it back up into the gas locker, where I wired it into a new socket, fixed to the gas locker floor. Then I got a new length of cable, put a plug on one end, fitted this to the socket in the gas locker, and fed the other end back out of the locker and under the A frame as the original had been, Then I put a new plug on so it could be connected to the car as normal. This way, if the cable is damaged again, I can easily just access the length from the locker now to repair/ renew it.

Regards,

Al.