Hi
I have a 2015 VW CC 2015. I am towing an Opus Folding Camper and I'm connected with a 7 to 13 pin adapter. When not towing the camper I also use a Thule 927 tow ball mounted cycle carrier (7 pin) with its own light bar.
I now want to bolt a tow ball on to the back of my camper chassis and run electrics to the cycle carrier as well as the trailer meaning the lights on both trailer and carrier will operate at the same time.
Having looked at the law, my trailer complies in that it has all the necessary lighting (360).
It looks like that by adding in my cycle carrier to the circuit I will be overloading the lighting circuits (including car rear lights I will have 6 x 21W brake lights operating meaning this will be 10.5A). The fuse rating on my CC is 10A on the brake light circuit.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can overcome this? It's not an option to just use the cycle carrier lights as it would appear to break the law in that my trailer would not be lit (as it's wider than my car).
Any help/advice is appreciated.
Cheers
I have a 2015 VW CC 2015. I am towing an Opus Folding Camper and I'm connected with a 7 to 13 pin adapter. When not towing the camper I also use a Thule 927 tow ball mounted cycle carrier (7 pin) with its own light bar.
I now want to bolt a tow ball on to the back of my camper chassis and run electrics to the cycle carrier as well as the trailer meaning the lights on both trailer and carrier will operate at the same time.
Having looked at the law, my trailer complies in that it has all the necessary lighting (360).
It looks like that by adding in my cycle carrier to the circuit I will be overloading the lighting circuits (including car rear lights I will have 6 x 21W brake lights operating meaning this will be 10.5A). The fuse rating on my CC is 10A on the brake light circuit.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can overcome this? It's not an option to just use the cycle carrier lights as it would appear to break the law in that my trailer would not be lit (as it's wider than my car).
Any help/advice is appreciated.
Cheers