Ever since I fitted the towbar on my car, the wiring for the trailer’s left indicator hasn’t worked. I’ve checked it over and over again and finally concluded that the problem was something to do with the little beeper alarm unit that you have to wire in nowadays that tells you if your trailer’s indicators are working or not. It remained distinctly silent whenever I activated the left indicator and, of course, the trailer left indicator light didn’t flash. I felt so strongly that the problem lay with the beeper unit that I even contacted the towbar supplier and got them to send me a new one, which they very kindly did, probably with a big sigh, although I’ve never got around to fitting it as I’ve not needed to tow anything since I brought the X-Air home. One of the things I took with me yesterday was my new trailer board that I’d never had to use up till then. The trailer’s previous owner had said in his ad that the electrics are ‘a revoir’ (need fixing) so I thought it would be a good idea to take it, and as he’d forgotten to remove his old number plate it was lucky that I did. So I came all the way home with my number plate and an almost full set of trailer lights except for the left indicator.<\/p>\n
This morning despite the continuing rain, I thought that as the trailer was still on the car I’d nip up to the ‘d\u00e9chetterie’ (waste disposal site) in Rouffignac and get rid of an old metal swinging hammock frame left by the previous resident of my house that has been outside my back door ever since I arrived here and that I cut up a few days ago. I started the car and swung it around and then put it into reverse to back the trailer up towards where the bits of frame were lying. As I engaged reverse I heard an instantly recognizable tell-tale beep and I immediately knew what it was. I disengaged reverse and the beep stopped only to restart when I engaged reverse again. <\/p>\n
What a twerp! I’d wired the trailer’s left indicator into the car’s left reversing light! I have no idea how I managed to make such a silly mistake because I’ve checked the cable colour code time and time again without spotting it. But how lucky to discover it now because although changing over the wire on the car’s rear lamp cluster is a relatively simple job (if and when the rain ever stops), replacing the beeper unit is much more difficult and involves stripping out quite a lot of rear trim. I’ll soon have the trailer indicator working but it just goes to show – no matter how careful you are, it’s still easy to make silly mistakes. Lucky it was only a little bit of trailer wiring eh, and not something more serious \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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