{"id":238,"date":"2013-06-02T19:42:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T02:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/?page_id=238"},"modified":"2013-10-14T14:23:36","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T21:23:36","slug":"my-hyundai-santa-fe-tow-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/?page_id=238","title":{"rendered":"My Hyundai Santa Fe Tow Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tow vehicle is a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport 2.0T AWD. Lots of pep.<br \/>\nMilage penalty for towing is about 10-15%.<\/p>\n<p>The hitch was dealer installed. I upgraded the 4-pin wiring to 7-pin myself, running 2 x #10 wire to the rear of the vehicle. I&#8217;m using frame ground, 2 places. In retrospect I probably should have run and extra wire as ground to Battery Negative. I may still do that but so-far it seems unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>After the first lengthy trip I added relays to the circuits going to the back so that I don&#8217;t have to disconnect the trailer on those quick overnight stops when trailer stays hooked up. With the relays the trailer receives power from tow vehicle only when it&#8217;s running.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0870.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[238]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-554\" alt=\"IMG_0870\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0870-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0870-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0870-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_0870.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I also added a 12 Volt outlet that is easily accessible from the rear cargo area where my portable Engel fridge will be located. In addition to the 12 Volt outlet I also installed a 110 Volt extension so that I can run the fridge on AC when hydro power is available, without hanging extension cords in doors or tailgate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BattGuard.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[238]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-536\" alt=\"BattGuard\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BattGuard-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BattGuard-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BattGuard-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BattGuard-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/BattGuard.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tow vehicle is a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport 2.0T AWD. Lots of pep. Milage penalty for towing is about 10-15%. The hitch was dealer installed. I upgraded the 4-pin wiring to 7-pin myself, running 2 x #10 wire to the rear of the vehicle. I&#8217;m using frame ground, 2 places. In retrospect I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/238\/revisions\/556"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}