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Quickly and easily connect your towed vehicle to your RV with this durable, insulated electrical cable. Includes car-side 6-way, round plug.
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Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the Blue Ox seven-wire to six-wire coiled electrical cord designed for use when towing vehicles behind your motor home. Part number is BX88206. Now this flexible coil kit's going to be the perfect solution for this kind of situation. We've got our vehicle behind our coach and we need to get signals and power through to our car. Now when comparing this to other flexi coils, I like that the coils that we have here are smaller in diameter than what you're typically going to see. They're not so large and they don't take up as much room.
You can see they lay down pretty nicely.Now this is a nice tight coiled cable. You don't have a lot of stretch to it if you don't want it. It is capable of stretching up to seven feet, so even with the longest combinations this is probably going to be a really good option for you.Now the importance of the coiled design is from the expansion and contraction that it's going to offer. As we make turns right and left, this cord is going to be pulled out slightly and pulled in slightly. With that coiled design we're not ever going to have to worry about it dragging on the road behind us causing damage.The quality of materials seems to be right in line with what we see with most of our other connectors.
The seven-pole at the RV side, the six-pole at our car side, they're right in line. Same quality, same construction. You can see our six-pole end here. It's act kind of like a seven-pole. It's got the keeper tab on it right there.
It's designed to fit in right behind that so you're not going to have to worry about that coming unplugged until you intend it to. Lift up on our cover, just wiggle it to separate there. You see our cover, it's got the nice stainless steel spring on, holds that door down in place really well. It's going to help to prevent the moisture, debris from getting inside there and causing corrosion. Really easy to connect.One thing we would recommend, just like on really any connector you have, little bit of dielectric grease on your plug and socket can go a long way for you in helping to additionally protect from corrosion.
If you don't have that at home, we sell it as part number 11755. Here the same thing with our seven-pole. You can see really nice, well constructed, and the tab designed to hold it in place.Now the reason you would want to use a six-pole on the front of your towed vehicle as opposed to maybe a four-pole would be the two additional inputs that we're going to have. Now these additional ports are going to allow for some wiring that's sometimes pretty important in flat tow setups. Often with braking systems you have a monitor light. Instead of running an additional wire, you can simply run it right through your six-pole, coming out of your seven-pole off the back of your RV. Another thing is the charge line kit. A lot of vehicles have the tendency for their batteries to drain as they're being flat towed. By using an additional wire through there from your 12-volt power outlet on the seven-pole, you can run that right into your battery and keep a trickle charge running to that so you don't have to worry about that rundown situation.Now there is one situation where I don't think a coiled wiring cable is the way to go. That's going to be if your tow bar has channels that are designed in it to accommodate your wiring and your safety cables. In that situation I would go with a straight cable so you can run it through that channel and it'll be kept contained that way rather than using the coiling effect. That's going to complete our look at the Blue Ox seven-wire to six-wire coiled electrical cord, part number BX88206.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (156 Customer Reviews)
Quickly and easily connect your towed vehicle to your RV with this durable, insulated electrical cable. Includes car-side 6-way, round plug.
The cable assembly is good. Only problem I encountered was the male 6 pin end would not fit into my existing Blue Ox female 6 pin connector. I had to replace the new connector with my old one.
David - 09/13/2020The blue ox and the patriot three brake system work fantastic with my jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4 x 4 with Quadra track And pulled behind my 27 ft Newmar Baystar
Cord to the Motorhome, good tight fit. Read the female plug with an ohm meter to determined running lights etc... All's good except the plastic socket fasting to the base plate. Cracked the mounting ears.. I didn't think I "over torque".. I thought I fastened "snug tight". Regardless, off to the auto part store for another one. :(
Well, I made a mistake and plugged the charge wire into the wrong pin hole and when the system was activated it fried the charge wire from the battery to the plug. The 7 to 6 cord also got slightly hot. I checked for Continuity’ and it was good but I did not trust the thing so I bought another one. So far it has worked perfect. With a little care it should last for years. Nice product....
Went well except for instructions installing baseplate for my 2017 Silverado. After grille removal was not close to the instructions. I [looked for installation videos for] 2018 model and instructions for grill and bumper removal was right. Nice project and saved a lot on install. etrailer is great at putting together the equipment you need. Love website to research products. Have not pulled truck any where yet. [(Covid)]
Two words; Build Quality! After receiving my order yesterday afternoon I realize my why original Blue Ox electrical coil cable fell to pieces! Today I will do install and anticipate it to work but, have concerns about longevity. I have fifty years manufacturing (skill-trade) experience and it brakes my heart to pay hard earned money CHINA products!
Victoria B - 09/23/2019I am new to the world of towing a vehicle behind an RV and found a lot of articles/videos on the interweb, not having a clue what to expect except what I've read and watched on the web I reached out to etrailer.com and Courtney B answered all my questions, removed all my doubts of what i was doing and provided everything we needed in the timeframe we needed it at a reasonable price! I can't thank her or etrailer enough!!! I will buy here again and trust in they're how to videos without question. Thank you
I purchased this as a direct replacement for a cable that came loose from my motorhome connector and the 7-pin connector and cable was destroyed. I like the coiled construction but it has too much tension in its construction that it causes constant pulling at both ends of the cable. If the coiled part coule be "relaxed" it would not put so much stress on the 7-pin and 6-pin connectors or their "keepers". I do have to applaud etrailer for their promt service/delivery and will come to them again.
Cheapest that I've found for the Blue Ox line of products. Everything in stock and great shipping. Will be installing my light kit this week. Have installed these before and they work well.
I bought this over a year ago because my older one dragged on the pavement and almost became unusable. The new cable works/fits perfectly. I strap it to the tow bar now so it doesn’t drag. All is great one year later.
Good service from etrailer. The Blue Ox tow bar makes hook up quick and easy. Great product.
As described, good price and quality is good.
Perfect for hooking up lights and a charge wire. There is a spare pin to use for one more accessory (brake controller?) if needed. Very heavy-duty.
Just as pictured and works fine however I wish the toad mounted plug would have been metal instead of plastic.
Clifford - 06/26/2019I am completely impressed and satisfied with this incredible product. Fits perfectly on my F150 to charge battery while towing. I was most impressed by the quick response and service of etrailer, it shows they truly value and care about customer needs.
Great product good people to deal with prompt delivery everything we needed to finish our project
Tommy - 07/19/2020Another must have accessory easy to ins tall.
etrailer has always done me good. Their prices are very reasonable and the products are just what they say they are. Shipping is timely and free on if you spend enough. Good place to shop.
etrailer has always followed thru!
This product is performing very well. Connections are sturdy and secure. No cracking or hardening of the insulation yet after one year of use. I use it it to tow a Ford Fusion Energi behind my motorhome.
Exact cable that Blue Ox sells and arrived in 4 days with economy shipping! Outstanding service!
Dennis - 06/10/2019Excellent product and great quality. I have used this electrical cord several times over the past year while towing my 2015 Jeep Wrangler behind my Forest River FR3 motorhome without any issues or problems. The cord connects and disconnects with ease and so far there are no issues with any part of the cord. I will definitely purchase the same electrical cord again in the future if I need another one.
Michael - 04/18/2019
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