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Maintains the battery charge on your towed vehicle while it is being flat towed. Uses up to 15 amps from your RV's battery.
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi, everybody, Andy here with etrailer.com, and today we're gonna take a brief look at this Brake Buddy towed vehicle battery charge kit. This is going to maintain the battery charge on your towed vehicle while you are flat towing it. It uses up to 15 amps from your RV's battery to keep your towed vehicle's battery charged. So you're never going to have to worry about a dead battery on your vehicle after unhooking it from being towed behind your RV. Our customers seem to be overall very happy with this kit, and they say it's very easy to install. And it's just gonna give you the peace of mind knowing that your car is gonna be ready to go when you arrive at the campsite or at the RV park, and your vehicle will be ready to go after you unhook it from your RV.
Well, that's gonna conclude our brief look today. I do hope that it was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me..
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (105 Customer Reviews)
Maintains the battery charge on your towed vehicle while it is being flat towed. Uses up to 15 amps from your RV's battery.did not know how to attach these pictures to the site you provided in your email so I am sending to you like this. First, my overall rating is five stars. Second, the installation was not hard at all and took me less than an hour. Third, the lack of instructions leave a lot to an individual's imagination but with so many different vehicles I understand why. However, a link to the general instructions in your video file would help a lot.
These pictures show my installation of the battery maintainer on my 2014 Fiat 500 L.
Picture 1 is of the mounted fuse unit on the driver's side fender firewall.
Picture 2 shows the ground wire (White wire attached to the front quarter panel attachment bolt.
Picture 3 shows the Black wire attached to the Positive terminal on the battery.
Picture 4 shows the charge unit and fuse mounted on the driver's side fender firewall together.
Picture 5 shows the vehicle taillight wiring lines being followed down to the six way plug on the front of the towed vehicle.
Had it installed yesterday. Very well done but came with the flat connector instead of the round 6 pin connector so had to modify to include the battery charger. This company is not part of Blue Ox tow bar manufacturer which is confusing. It all checks out so think it will work good but above issues is why the 3 stars.
Katrina B.
8/15/2022
We are not connected to Blue Ox besides distributing their products.
Frank
8/10/2023
Working just fine
Lousy. No led light to let you know if you're getting any power to charger.No lights to let you know if battery is charging. No hardware or instructions for installation.Ifyour wifi is down or no internet you can't get online to see installing info. Most often black wire is ground and red is hot on DC batteries. Not on this charger so if your not familiar with electrical hook up, well your pretty much at a stand still until you can go on line.
etrailer was a great resource when setting up my 2021 Wrangler Islander for flat towing! The BrakeBuddy works great... we haven't had any problem with the battery at all. Would highly recommend it!
Although i haven't installed any of the products yet, everything looks to be the right parts as described on etrailer's web site.
Worked for towing our Jeep Cherokee 4XE
Once I watched the video and was certain which color was + and which was - a super easy install.
fast ship great service
Kit does not have a diode to prevent back feeding Motor Home battery when stopped for the night or for meals while on the road. Requires unplugging to prevent drawing down Motor Home Battery while Motor Home engine is not running.
Katrina B.
12/8/2022
It is recommended to unplug the unit when your destination is reached to prevent unnecessary draw on the battery.
Very easy and straightforward on the installation. I installed this myself, no issues or problems. Checked the system before flat towing…worked without issue.
2018 Open Road 36UA, flat towing 2020 Jeep Cherokee TrailHawk, using Brake Buddy 3
Easy to install!
easy to install, I do hope it works once I get rolling!I chose this one over Roadmaster's because of the ease of install.
Working fine keeping the jeep battery charged while towing
Arrived on time and as ordered.
Work good!
Great produce and super easy to install. would give it 5 stars if it was set up for 3 wire instead of two. I love the plug and play but since Hopkins went that far, doesn't seem like much more effort to make it 3 wire, or at lease make the additional diode kit also plug and play. Still very happy with this and etrailer is wonderful to work with. it arrived sooner than was expected.
Home
8/6/2021
After using the wiring kit for a oit a year and thousands of miles I am still very happy. I have had no issues and it works flawlessly.
Everything worked as expected. Install videos were spot in
Haven’t installed yet, however a few pages of printed instructions would have been nice. 2ndly your tracking was not terrible good, but your follow up call was refreshing.
Jenny N.
6/11/2022
I recommend watching the video installation that we have on 2021 Ford Ranger. It may not be your exact vehicle however it does give an idea of what you would be looking for.
Excellent service and extremely fast sh ipping.
As described, great shipping speeds
Easy install.Followed the videos and bam!tow my f150 about 7000 miles no problem
Arrived Quickly and was very easy to install along with the baseplate and taillight wiring
So, I purchase this kit from you and you and when asking for instructions on you say there are NO Instructions from the manufacturer". So how do you all propose I proceed? So NO wiring diagram, NOTHING???
Sure NOT the kind of service I come to expect from etrailer.
Heather A.
7/2/2021
Thank you for your review. Since this part is designed to be used with the Brake Buddy supplemental braking system you can use the instructions from that part to install the charger. I have attached a helpful link for your reference.
Helpful Links
Put this in my towed Chevy HHR to allow me to keep the power on so my brake lights would illuminate when the Brake-Buddy applied the brakes. Works great and install was very easy.
Thank you for the quick turnaround and great communication!
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James S.
5/26/2023
Excellent. I have had no problems I have recommended it to four friends.