BrakeBuddy Towed Vehicle Battery Charge Kit

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• How To Wire Brake Buddy Battery Charger 39339
  The BrakeBuddy Towed Vehicle Battery Charge Kit part # BB54FR comes with a the Brake Buddy Select 3 Portable Supplemental Braking System part # HM39524. I have attached a wiring diagram of how this is setup with the Brake Buddy.
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• Charging Battery on 2005 Jeep While Being Towed Behind Motorhome
  In order to get power from your motorhome to your 2005 Jeep while you're flat towing you'll need a working 7 way with 12 volts. Since the front of your Jeep has a 4 way flat on it you will need to change out the plug because all 4 wires are being used. The tail light circuit won't have enough power to charge the battery and run the lights on your Jeep, however you won't be forced to rewire everything, just the plug on the front of the Jeep. If you don't have 12V at the back of the 7...
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• Can Umbilical Between Motorhome and Flat Towed Vehicle Be Used to Charge Vehicle Battery
  You can certainly do that. You'll want to be sure to wire the pin on the vehicle side to correspond with the 12-v power supply pin on the 6-way motorhome trailer connector however. Some 6-ways use the center pin as the brake controller output, some use it as the 12-volt power feed, so you'll want to ensure both sides are wired the same way. Roadmaster offers a purpose-built circuit protected kit for this, part # RM-156-25. Keep in mind that the circuit is capable of providing a maintenance...
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• Wire to Run from Trailer 7-Way to Charge Trailer Battery
  There is a much less expensive, easier, and more effective way to charge your trailer battery from your 7-way by just running 10 gauge wire from the 1:00 pin of the 7-way to the trailer battery. We offer 10 gauge wire as part number # 10-1-1 which is sold by the foot.
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• When Does the LED Indicator on the Brake Buddy Towed Vehicle Charge Kit Light Up
  The LED indicator on the BrakeBuddy Towed Vehicle Charge Kit # BB54FR will only illuminate when the towed vehicle's battery is charging.
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• Switch that Could be Used with BrakeBuddy Towed Vehicle Battery Charge Kit Item # BB54FR
  If you wanted to be able to leave the # BB54FR attached to your tow vehicle without it possibly draining your tow vehicle's battery would be to add a switch like the part # D16740 on the red wire that runs to the charger so that you could cut off the connection when you didn't want it to. Aside from that you'd have to disconnect it every time.
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• Will the BrakeBuddy Charge Kit Back Feed to my Motorhome
  That depends on your towing vehicle. If there is constant power to the 7-way of the towing vehicle the BrakeBuddy Towed Vehicle Battery Charge Kit part # BB54FR will try to normalize or balance the vehicles when not being towed. If it does not have constant power it will not. Either way Brake Buddy recommends unplugging it when the towing vehicle is going to be parked for an extended period of time.
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• Does BrakeBuddy Towed Vehicle Battery Charge Kit Wire to 12 Volt Accessory Circuit of Tow Vehicle
  The # BB54FR that you referenced would work great in the setup you mentioned. It will connect to the 12 volt accessory circuit of your 7-way and will keep your battery topped off. The 14.6 volts you mentioned would not be an issue either.
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• Does Hopkins Brake Buddy BB54FR Toad Charger Need Ground Ran to Towed Vehicle Battery
  The BrakeBuddy Towed Vehicle Battery Charge Kit # BB54FR that you referenced does not need a ground wire ran to the tow vehicle's battery. The charger needs power and ground but similar to an alternator in a vehicle just the power wire from the charger would need to run to it.
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