Hopkins Plug-In Simple Vehicle Wiring Harness with 4-Pole Flat Trailer Connector

Video Transcript for Hopkins Custom Fit Vehicle Wiring - Trailer Hitch Wiring - HM11141304 Review

Today we're going to be taking a look at the Hopkins plug-in simple vehicle wiring harness with the four-pole flat trailer connector. This product fits certain years of the Chevrolet Captiva Sport. You can use the vehicle fit guide located at Etrailer.com to ensure that this is a fit for your vehicle. It's going to provide a four-way flat connector at the back of your vehicle to power your trailer's signal lights. This is compatible with five-pole, six-pole and seven-pole adapters. Adapters are sold separately.

It does come with a dust cap for the four-way flat connector. That way you can cover up the connection points whenever your plug's not being used. The black box is the included taillight convertor. This ensures that your vehicle's wiring matches that of your trailer's. The power module connects directly to the vehicle battery through the wiring to avoid overloading your vehicle's electrical system. This unit is designed to connect quickly and easily.

It does come with detailed installation and instructions that are going to help walk you through that process step by step. Basically, what you'll need to do is locate your connection points. Those are going to be in the rear cargo area, and plug in your connectors. The connectors with the yellow wiring go to the driver side. The connectors with the green wiring go to the passenger side of the vehicle.

Locate your connection points, plug these in. These plugs are going to match up perfectly with the ports on the vehicles, and they're going to snap lock together for a nice, tight, secure fit. Once you get those done and those connected, you can make your ground connection. It's going to be your white wire, has a ring terminal pre-attached to it. You want to get that grounded to a suitable grounding location with the included grounding screw.

Then you'll need to mount the convertor box to a nice, out-of-the-way location. It's got a mount located on each side. That way you can get it secured, out of the way using the included cable ties. Next, you'll need to run the hot lead 00:01:39 to the vehicle battery. That's the red wire coming out of the convertor box. It's got a butt connector on there. This attaches to one end of the bundle of wiring. The other end of the bundle runs all the way up to the vehicle battery and gets connected to one half of the fuse holder here at the butt connector. The other half of the fuse holder gets connected to the positive post of the vehicle battery. It's got a ring terminal pre-attached on there. Then the unit also comes with your 15 amp fuse, goes directly in the fuse holder. It's got the cap that goes over it to keep it safe and protected. Once you have that done, you can secure any excess or slack in the wiring with the included cable ties. Then, your four-way connectors are going to be stowed beneath the vehicle near the trailer hitch. We do recommend using a mounting bracket to keep the connector secure and easily accessible. Mounting brackets are sold separately. It's also recommended that you use a small amount of terminal grease on all your electrical connections, like the plugs on the vehicle and four-pole connector itself. The grease is going to help prevent corrosion to the terminals and the packet of grease is included with the kit. When it comes to the maximum amperage for the stop and turn lights, we're looking at three amps per circuit. For the taillights, it's six amps per circuit. That's going to do it for today's look at the Hopkins plug-in simple vehicle wiring harness with the four-pole flat trailer connector.