Trailer Breakaway Kit Battery Charger

Hopkins Trailer Breakaway Kit - 20011

Replacement Battery Charger for Trailer Breakaway Kits

• Black wire is connected to the vehicle battery to get the charge
• Red wire is connected to battery in the breakaway kit on the trailer
• Blue wire is connected to the breakaway switch

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• Trailer Breakaway Kit Battery Charger Wire Functions
  
• Each of the wires on the Trailer Breakaway Kit Battery Charger, part # 20011, have a specific function, but none of them are grounding. The black wire goes to your vehicle battery, the red wire goes to your trailer breakaway battery, and the blue wire goes to your break-away switch.
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• Trailer Breakaway Kit Battery Charger 20011 Operating Temps, Current Draw, Type of Charging
  
• I spoke with a technical adviser at Hopkins, the maker of this charger and he said the safe operating temperatures for this Trailer Breakaway Kit Battery Charger, part # 20011, is between -20 degrees and 140 degrees Fahrenheit. The max current draw is 5 amps and uses a trickle charger, yet shuts down when the charger is full.
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• How Large Of Battery Can Hopkins Trailer Breakaway Kit Battery Charger # 20011 Trickle Charge
  
• I contacted our representative at Hopkins and he informed me that the Trailer Breakaway Kit Battery Charger, part # 20011 can charge batteries of different sizes, even large batteries, it will just take a bit longer. He informed me that part # 20011 will trickle charge your regular 12 volt battery just fine. If you do have the vehicle battery connected directly to the battery on trailer it will keep sending power to the battery even after the battery is charged, which could be bad for the ba
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• How Does a Break Away Battery Charger Wire Into a Trailer Break Away System
  
• A break away switch, like # HM20010, has a pin it that when pulled out completes a circuit from the battery mounted on the trailer to the trailer brakes. This allows the battery to apply voltage to the trailer brakes to stop the trailer should it become disconnected from the tow vehicle. The charger, # 20011, receives 12 volt power from the tow vehicle on the black wire. It sends this power to the break away battery on the trailer to provide a maintenance charge along the red wire. The blue w
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