Relay Guide | Bypass Relay Checklist

The following checks will tell you which bypass relays to use.

1. Check the vehicle's display to see if it detects the removal of bulbs. If a fault shows on the vehicle's display when you remove a bulb, you need a relay

2. Check the fuses AND wire sizes in the vehicle loom to see whether additional current can safely be carried to supply the trailer road lamps directly. (Determine wire capacities by counting the strands, not by looking at the apparent wire thickness. Thinwall cables may look thinner but have higher capacities than previous "conventional" cables. (See cable chart.) If you are in any doubt, you are probably wise to fit a bypass relay

Once you have identified which circuits need bypass relays, use the checklist below.

Reversing Lamps: Capacity built into the seven way relays

Vehicle Circuit Relay
Stop lights only (Single) TF1011
Tail lights only (Double) TF1013
Flashers only (Bypass Relay) TF110R
Stop lamps and Tail lamps (3 lamp) TF1013
Stop and Tail and Fog (4 lamp) TF1014
All lamps (Universal) TF2217LOGIC a& TF2218
Fog lamp only TF1011
If you decide to cut out the vehicle's foglamp when towing, use one of the following:
Fog cut-out (Single) TFC1
Fog cut-out (Twin) TFC2