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Old Feb 17th, 2019, 10:56   #20
Ian21401
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Originally Posted by green van man View Post

Landrover doesn't have S plug and no idea if volvo 13 pin has split charge facility as never tried to charge battery on the run.

Paul.
When daughter acquired her XC70 she had tow hitch and electrics fitted by an independant specialist. Van has twin plugs but much to my annoyance he fitted 13 pin electrics to the car. Discovered this too late and daughter wasn’t of a mind to change things. Later found that there is no charge to the van battery as there is no connection via the 13 pin socket as the wiring simply isn’t there. Another thread somewhere suggests that this is now standard practice and 13 pin does not support charging the van battery. Info. I’ve found seems to show that only pin 10 is switched 12 volt and can be used for fridge or battery Is this correct? Looking at the gauge of the wiring to the socket it doesn’t look heavy enough for either and definitely not to have both by creating an internal connection somewhere in the 13 pin to twin 7 pin adapter, which I had thought of doing.
I fitted the hitch to my 940 myself with twin 7pin plug electrics and there is charge to the van battery.

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