Hi all

 

First up a great thanks for those that have posted to the technical section and the forum in general.

Couldn't see the access to the hidden screw at the top RH side of the glovebox

a 2 minute search fixed that - glovebox out

 

Now regarding the power connection

Have looked at the Technical section and done a Forum search but could not find what I'm looking for.

 

We have a MY13 Yeti 103TDI DSG and I'm in the process of fitting the electric brake controller. 

Here in Australia over-ride brakes are not used so have to go with the electric option - would have saved some $100 and a lot of work 

 

It was quite a problem finding a van that could meet the 80kg ball limit

Eventually settled on this  http://www.jurgens.com.au/Range/Caravans/Sungazer.aspx

A locally built Euro style van

 

 

I would like to use one of the vacant fuse locations in the front fuse box but can't work out how to even get access to it.  There is a bolt in the center of the fuse box that is captive indicating it might be used for jacking the top plate off, but I'm frightened of breaking it if that's not the intended purpose.

This will be for the 20 amp charge wire to the Anderson plug on the van and will be taken off an ignition "live" supply or have a relay to isolate it when the engine is not running.

 

 

With the  brake controller, I was going to piggy back on to one of the other circuits and put in another fuse, probably not the best way, but then when reading through the results of the search, I read that a good fused supply is the power socket which also happens to be quite close to where the controller will be.  So thanks again

 

Any comments regarding towing with the DSG would also be appreciated

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

 

 

Sorry, I'm out of my pay grade with regard to electrics but there'll be someone else along in a moment to sort that out, no doubt. 

 

Regarding towing with the DSG, I asked the same question a couple of years ago as part of my Yeti vetting process.  Have a look through http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/230223-towing-with-the-dsg/ - there's some informed comment there.  Or go straight to my post #20, which summed up my actual initial experience. 

 

Good luck!

On European yeti's the fuse box is behind the cover on the end of the dash ( drivers side ) there is definitely a switched live there... Hope this helps.....

If you take a wire from the front of the battery box, its 12V, add a fuse there. then the cable goes through a rubber grommet which is behind the battery box. This appears in the LH passengers foot well, and then can be used to feed your caravan.

Alternatively, in the LH front passengers side, remove the carpet which is against the door sill, one of the wires there is a live 12V, which you can tap off from , and add a fuse. This is what my local tow bar installers did on my 1st Yeti. On the 2nd Yeti, I used the Westfalia cables and did all the job myself properly. 

Look at the Westfalia web site to download their installation manual which shows all the cable routing.

Brijo Thanks for the link on the DSG - very reassuring Our van has a maximum weight of 1600kg so do not expect any trouble Have no intention to go "off road" so that won't be a problem either Jurgen (originally from South Africa) are the only local builder here to have less than 120kg tow ball loading so for the Yeti, it's about the only horse in the race Fireblade thanks also Will pick up the supply wire for the power socket behind the fuse box, then double up to an an empty fuse slot for the brake controller The Electrics kit I got has a stack of wires and connectors that weren't required with the towbar prep, so I will just use some of them a65rocket I was hoping to use one of the spare fuse slots inside the front fuse box to avoid having the inline fuse holder floating around at the front of use box. There are plenty of them so a pity one can't be used Do you know how to get the inner top fuse plate out of the fuse box to gain access to the cabling underneath ? The screw in the centre of the plate (red arrow in photo) has a captive cover for no apparent reason I'm hoping it is a jacking plate to lift that top plate, but I'm not game enough to try in case I'm wrong All the fuses will have to be removed first but a close photo will enable them to go back in the right spot

Sorry about the formatting or lack of it - got removed when I posted it and "edit" just locks up

Probably done it with this as well

Hi all

 

First up a great thanks for those that have posted to the technical section and the forum in general.

Couldn't see the access to the hidden screw at the top RH side of the glovebox

a 2 minute search fixed that - glovebox out

 

Now regarding the power connection

Have looked at the Technical section and done a Forum search but could not find what I'm looking for.

 

We have a MY13 Yeti 103TDI DSG and I'm in the process of fitting the electric brake controller. 

Here in Australia over-ride brakes are not used so have to go with the electric option - would have saved some $100 and a lot of work 

 

It was quite a problem finding a van that could meet the 80kg ball limit

Eventually settled on this  http://www.jurgens.com.au/Range/Caravans/Sungazer.aspx

A locally built Euro style van

 

 

I would like to use one of the vacant fuse locations in the front fuse box but can't work out how to even get access to it.  There is a bolt in the center of the fuse box that is captive indicating it might be used for jacking the top plate off, but I'm frightened of breaking it if that's not the intended purpose.

This will be for the 20 amp charge wire to the Anderson plug on the van and will be taken off an ignition "live" supply or have a relay to isolate it when the engine is not running.

 

 

With the  brake controller, I was going to piggy back on to one of the other circuits and put in another fuse, probably not the best way, but then when reading through the results of the search, I read that a good fused supply is the power socket which also happens to be quite close to where the controller will be.  So thanks again

 

Any comments regarding towing with the DSG would also be appreciated

 

Thanks in advance

Things are very different to the uk

Here is a picture of 2 wires and fuses. One goes to the three way fridge in the caravan and the other to to charge the caravan battery when travelling. I assume both are only live when the car engine is running

Thanks a65rocket