Underseat electrical connections - tidying for LB install
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Can anyone shed any light on what these terminal connectors do? Specifically the two green, the red, the purple and the yellow. I’ve tried to decipher the diagrams but I’m no autoelectrician and I find it all very confusing lol. My plan,if I can, is to remove these and wire them all together- therefore allowing me to mount a swivel. Haven’t the height clearance with these terminal connectors in place. Is this a bad idea? Managed to move the SCR to under driver seat and I’m removing towbar electrics. It’s just these to go. I haven’t the slack to enable these to move to drivers seat. Thanks all.
That's not RAC specific, those are the VW OEM connections between the front and rear van looms.
If you lift the flooring a bit there are two wiring channels down either side of where a transmission tunnel would traditionally be and one across the van - most converters (owners and pros) can usually find enough slack to tuck them into these spaces.
Hardwiring them if you don't have to would be a bad idea and may cause a number of hard to trace electrical faults.
If you lift the flooring a bit there are two wiring channels down either side of where a transmission tunnel would traditionally be and one across the van - most converters (owners and pros) can usually find enough slack to tuck them into these spaces.
Hardwiring them if you don't have to would be a bad idea and may cause a number of hard to trace electrical faults.
Mod Note: Moved from RAC electrics thread as not RAC specific
Completely the wrong type of forum even?
Fitting a swivel, what to do with underwear electrics
I read what I write before posting! I certainly would not admit to having electrics in my underwear in open forum without expecting ribald comments.
Got to admit the typo in the title did make me chuckle too
What you got wired up in your underwear mate ?
What you got wired up in your underwear mate ?
As has been said, you can tuck those away under the floor to allow a swivel to be fitted.
Top tip, don't turn your ignition on whilst they are unplugged. You'll get error messages. The yellow ones are always to do with air bags.
It's not posting in the wrong place that got you that reaction. It is the auto correct in your thread title.
No worries, it's easy to get your knickers in a twist when you're stressed out trying to deal with van stuff. Good luck with the conversion, don't stop asking questions, the truth is out there...
You shouldn't need to do anything with those connectors if you're just fitting a swivel seat, there's acres of room in the seat base.
And even with a big leisure battery and various devices taking up 98% of space under there, you can still tuck them away. Mine are in the rear U shaped bit, behind the battery and in front of my inverter. And I've got a factory swivel seat.
And even with a big leisure battery and various devices taking up 98% of space under there, you can still tuck them away. Mine are in the rear U shaped bit, behind the battery and in front of my inverter. And I've got a factory swivel seat.
Got to love an autocorrect! I’ve got it wrong far too many times. The thread unfortunately has not gone where I was hoping!
Anyhow, back to the cables. Don’t go playing with the various coloured connectors. As said they are original and can cause issues if disconnected and power applied.
I have a swivel on a single passenger seat and those cables cause absolutely no issue at all. Mine were tucked under the rubber matting by the converter to clear the space under the seat. I have since moved my leisure battery and DC-DC charger to under the passenger seat and those connectors are now just moved to one side and protected with bubble wrap. They can be seen in the top right of the pic below. Swivel fits on top, then seat.
Anyhow, back to the cables. Don’t go playing with the various coloured connectors. As said they are original and can cause issues if disconnected and power applied.
I have a swivel on a single passenger seat and those cables cause absolutely no issue at all. Mine were tucked under the rubber matting by the converter to clear the space under the seat. I have since moved my leisure battery and DC-DC charger to under the passenger seat and those connectors are now just moved to one side and protected with bubble wrap. They can be seen in the top right of the pic below. Swivel fits on top, then seat.
Unless of course it’s a double swivel. Then as has been mentioned they will all fit in the channel to the rear of the seat base underneath the rubber floor. Just lay them neatly and don’t trap anything.
Ah, didn’t realise the double was different. As you say, they will tuck away in the channel running across the cab between the seats:
Ahh yeah true old double swivels. As above, tuck them under the carpet in the channel.
Well that will teach me to quickly tidy up threads on the phone while making a cup of tea 
Folks, please appreciate that when stuff get's moved to it's own thread it's the mod and not the OP that writes the title, at least I achieved my aim of helping it get more attention I guess
Folks, please appreciate that when stuff get's moved to it's own thread it's the mod and not the OP that writes the title, at least I achieved my aim of helping it get more attention I guess
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