Whether you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, dispose of green waste, or have a hitch is fairly handy. In this post, we will show you the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Kia Carens . In fact, regardless if the set up process is not complex, it is required to explain some details to consider this intervention without any problem. First of all, we will see what the electrical wiring harness of your car hitch consists of, then, in a second step, how to make the electrical connection of the hitch of a Kia Carens .
What’s the wiring harness for a Kia Carens hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Kia Carens?
So we will start our content by explaining the fundamentals of a wiring harness of a Kia Carens. In order to discover how it works, you must previously discover its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is important and above all mandatory by the highway code to follow certain rules, here they are:
- A solid chassis for the trailer…
- Wheels that fit.
- An electrical connection.
- A license plate in plain sight.
- A stoplight repeater.
- A traffic light repeater.
- A blinker repeater.
- License plate illumination.
- A fog light repeater.
In order to fulfill all the electrical requirements, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Kia Carens . We will concentrate on this in this post, if you want to find out how to install the hitch of a Kia Carens, please see our content on this topic.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Kia Carens?
We will now quickly show you how the electrical connection of your hitch works. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your car to power the hitch lights on your Kia Carens. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Kia Carens trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be discovered on all Kia Carens hitches. This electrical connection will allow you to transmit all the lighting functions necessary for the rear signalling of your trailer, you will find a plug for each objective (left and right indicators, ground, fog light, left and right position light, left and right brake light).
- Electrical connection for caravan with 13-pin plug for Kia Carens: This plug system is principally used for caravans that involve 12 volts inside to supply the various electrical devices in the cabin. This sort of connection necessitates the use of an adapter. The extra pins will bring the 12 volt power permanently (to recharge a battery in the caravan) and the 12 volt power in use (to use the 12 volt equipment when the car is switched on).
How do I hook up the wiring harness of a Kia Carens?
To finish this content, we will quickly show you you how to produce the connection of the wiring harness of your Kia Carens .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Kia Carens?
To mount the wiring harness of an old Kia Carens, you will have to go and get all the required cables in the rear lights of this one. We suggest you to call in a car electrician to do this intervention because it is complex, but we will nevertheless summarize the most important steps to be accomplished:
- Remove the trunk lining from your Kia Carens to access the rear light unit.
- Locate the wires that correspond to each of the taillight functions.
- Connect them to the lugs on the wiring harness on your hitch.
- Close the whole thing down.
How do you connect the wiring harness of a recent Kia Carens?
For new Kia Carenss, the wiring harness is much simpler to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find particular ones for your Kia Carens and universal models. It’s up to you to choose according to your budget, know that a universal version costs between 30 and 60 euros.
- Remove the trunk lining from your Kia Carens so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Kia Carens and connect them to your fuse box.
- Install the case in the trunk properly.
- You don’t have to retrieve your cables from the trunk and connect them to your outlet.
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How do you hook up the power to a trailer on Kia Carens?
Finally, to finish this content we will quickly show you you how to produce the electrical connection of a caravan on your Kia Carens . To achieve this you will automatically have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to choose the one that means your model and your budget. After you have done this, the last step will be to buy an adapter that goes from a 7-pin plug to a 13-pin plug so that you can benefit from the 12 volt current in your caravan. These adapters come at different prices, you will need to count between 15 and 40 euros. All you have to do is plug it into your 7-pin plug.
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