13pin adapters

 Possibly ....looks like it 😉 I just rewired my 12N/12S Lunar, though Lunar made it easy as the black & grey cables came from 2 fuse boxes so it was merely a case of removing them & wiring a 12 core cable with spade connectors & plugging them onto the relevant fuse .. .unlike my Coachman where the 12 core cable is run into a rats' nest behind the 'fuse box'

I will let you know when my fails

"unlike my Coachman where the 12 core cable is run into a rats' nest behind the 'fuse box'"

yup my Coachman is similar that is why i chose the connector, + i am useless as DIY

I rewired our 2008 Swift group van to 13 pin as soon as we got it, making the mod inside the van via a dedicated junction box, but I believe you can get a cable from Sargents that plugs directly into the existing connectors on Swift group vans.

On our 1998 van, back in 2007, I had just put the 2 cables into the 13 pin plug, which was a little tricky but worked OK.  Using a new cable was much easier.

 Make  sure you buy a good quality plug.

I've been using a compact type adaptor for the last 3 years without any issues at all, I paid about £8 for it from fleabay, I used to remove it and keep it in the car boot, but for the last 2 years it's been left attached to the caravan wiring, so i just have to connect that to the car. I give it an occasional wipe over and squirt of GT85 (like WD40) and ditto the 7 pin plugs at the start of the season. Sure, if my wiring got damaged i'd rewire it to 13 pin [thanks for the posts with the links to the figure eight grommet version], but the adaptors work fine (over 100 nights away and several thousand miles of touring (in 2018-19!) March to October in the UK and France).

Hi all

As a complete newbie who has inherited a 2006 Caravan with a 7 pin , we are having a towbar fitted with a 13 pin plug. Maybe in time we will rewire the caravan, but for now we intend to get a 13 to 7 adaptor.

However, we have been warned that where the socket is put on the car these days (it will be a removable towbar) it's possible that the lead on the caravan may not reach. We can get a simple plastic  13 to 7 adaptor, or get one with a lead (which I know we'll have to secure).

Looking online though, the only ones with a lead have both the black lead and the grey lead.  Can you get one with just the black lead?

Thanks

Unless the cable on your c/van has been shortened for some reason it should easely reach the car socket ,or the socket on your  car is fitted  Incorrectl

are you sure there is only the one black lead/plug on your caravan? I'd have expected a 2006 caravan to have the grey lead/plug for caravan battery charging & the fridge too.