Regardless of you need to move house, go on holiday with a caravan, get rid of of green waste, or have a hitch is fairly handy. On this page, we will describe the electrical connection of a trailer hitch of a Kia Optima . In fact, even if the installation process is not complex, it is required to clarify some details to consider this task without any issue. Firstly, we will discover 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 Optima .
What’s the wiring harness for a Kia Optima hitch trailer?
Why do we have to connect a wiring harness with the hitch trailer of a Kia Optima?
So we will start our content page by detailing the principles of a wiring harness of a Kia Optima. In order to figure out how it functions, you must previously figure out its necessity. If you have a trailer or a caravan to tow, it is fundamental and above all mandatory by the highway code to respect certain protocols, 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 regulations, you will need to install a wiring harness connection on the hitch trailer of your Kia Optima . We will concentrate on this in this post, if you want to find out how to install the hitch of a Kia Optima, please discover our content page on this topic.
What is the electrical connection of the trailer hitch of a Kia Optima?
We will now quickly describe how the electrical connection of your hitch functions. The connection uses the 12-volt current from your car to power the hitch lights on your Kia Optima. There are two different systems of electrical connection for a hitch, here they are:
- The 7-pin electric plug for a Kia Optima trailer, 7 pins : This is the traditional plug that will be discovered on all Kia Optima hitches. This electrical connection will enable you to transmit all the lighting functions needed 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 Optima: This plug system is mainly used for caravans that involve 12 volts inside to supply the different electrical equipment in the cabin. This sort of connection needs 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 Optima?
To end this content page, we will quickly describe you how to make the connection of the wiring harness of your Kia Optima .
How to make the connection of the wiring harness of an old Kia Optima?
To install the wiring harness of an old Kia Optima, 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 carried out:
- Remove the trunk lining from your Kia Optima to access the rear light unit.
- Identify 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 Optima?
For modern Kia Optimas, the wiring harness is much easier to connect:
- You can use a multiplexable box, you will find specific ones for your Kia Optima and universal models. It’s up to you to select according to your budget, know that a universal version costs between 30 and 60 euros.
- Remove the trunk lining from your Kia Optima so that you can route the cables from your box to the front of your Kia Optima 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 Optima?
Finally, to end this content page we will quickly describe you how to make the electrical connection of a caravan on your Kia Optima . To do this you will automatically have to go through one of the previous steps, it’s up to you to select the one that points your model and your budget. After you have conducted 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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