Hopkins Plug-In Simple Vehicle Wiring Harness with 4-Pole Flat Trailer Connector
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2016 Hyundai Santa Fe
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Quickly and easily install a 4-way trailer connector on your vehicle with this custom harness. T-connector plugs directly into existing wiring. Powered converter reduces strain on wiring system.
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This custom-fit T-connector plugs into your vehicle's wiring harness, which is located in your rear cargo area on the driver's side and passenger's side. You will have to remove some interior paneling to access this harness. Once you've plugged in the connector, run the red hot lead up to your car battery. Connect the included fuse holder, and then connect the fuse holder to the positive terminal on your battery.
Once installation is complete, the 4-way connector will be stowed in your rear cargo area.
It is recommended that you use a small amount of grease on all electrical connections - the plugs on your automobile and the 4-pole connector itself - to help prevent corrosion.
A tail light converter is built into this T-connector. This converter is a battery-powered unit that bypasses the electrical routes that are used by a basic wiring harness. As a result, there is virtually no draw on your tail light circuits.
Because most trailers run on a two-wire system - wherein the brake and turn signals are carried on one wire - the separate brake and turn signals from your vehicle's three-wire system need to be combined so they are compatible with the wiring system of the trailer. This converter combines the brake and turn signal functions of your automobile so that they run on one wire to properly activate your trailer's tail lights. Note: This will not affect how the tail lights on your vehicle operate.
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Today we're going to be taking a look at the Hopkins plug in simple vehicle wiring harness with the 4-pole flat trailer connector. This product fits certain years of the Volvo xc60. It's going to provide a 4 way flat connector at the back of your vehicle to power your trailer's signal lights. It is compatible with 5-pole, 6-pole, and 7-pole adapters. Adapters are sold separately. It comes with a dust cap that way you can cover up the connection points when the plug is not being used.
It just goes over the connection terminals there, and just protects all of those connection points. The unit's also going to feature protective connection terminals to resist corrosion. The black box is the included power tail light converter. This is going to connect directly to the vehicle battery through the wiring to avoid overloading the vehicle's electrical system. The unit is designed to connect quickly and easily. You don't have to worry about cutting or splicing any wires.
Locate your connection points in the rear cargo area, and then you're going to have two sets of connectors to get connected. One's going to go to one side of the vehicle, the other one's going to go to the other. Plenty of wiring included with the entire harness to get everything connected. Again, it's custom fit for your vehicle. These plugs are going to match up perfectly with the ports on the vehicle, and they're going to snap-lock together for a nice, tight, secure fit.
Once you have those plugged in, you'll need to make a ground connection. That's going to be your white wire with with the ring terminal attached to it. You want to get that grounded to a nice, clean metal location or surface with the included grounding screw. Then you want to mount your converter box with the included cable ties. Then you can run the hot lead to the vehicle batter. The hot lead is going to be this red wire here with the butt connector attached to it.
This gets connected to one end of the bundle of wiring. The other end of the bundle runs to the vehicle batter, gets connected to one half of the fuse holder here at the butt connector. The other end of the fuse holder has a ring terminal attached to it, that gets connected to the positive post of the vehicle battery. It also comes with a 20 amp fuse. It goes directly in there, and it's got the fuse cap that goes over and keeps it safe and protected. Once you have all that done, you'll need to secure any excess or slack in the wiring with the included cable ties. Once the install is complete, the 4-way connector is going to be stowed in the rear cargo area when it's not being used. When you do need to use it you just pull it out the rear hatch or the back of the vehicle and you got plenty of wiring here to reach it out the back and make your connection to power your trailer's signal lights. Then you can wind it back up, store it away in the cargo area when it's not being used. Really helps to protect it from the elements keeping it safe and secure. It's also recommended that you use a small amount of grease on all your electrical connections, like the plugs on the vehicle and the 4-pole connector itself. The grease is included. That's just going to help prevent corrosion to the connection points. That's going to do it for today's look at the Hopkins plug in simple vehicle wiring harness with the 4-pole flat trailer connector.
Super easy, although I wish there was an alternate connection from the fusebox for power rather than going straight to battery.
Noel
8/23/2024
Thank you! The trailer is still working great for me! There isnt too much rust despite the MN winters and road salting.
Part arrived on time and as expected
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Mike L.
10/6/2022
A powered taillight converter will need to draw its power from a direct connection to the vehicle battery, and will gain its switching information via its connection to the vehicles taillight harness or tow package connector. Years ago, taillight circuits in vehicles used higher gauge wire and had enough capacity to handle the draw of the vehicle taillights as well as those of a trailer. Now that the price of copper has gone through the roof and vehicle manufacturers try to save all the weight and expense they can, the taillight circuits use smaller gauge wire that can handle the load from the vehicle taillights but not much else. Drawing the power directly from the battery also serves to isolate the tow vehicles sensitive electronics from any short circuits that might occur in the trailer wiring. Connecting the converters power feed anywhere other than the battery or where the converters manufacturer recommends can leave your vehicles electrical system exposed to possible damage. Which would be bad.