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5085315 Pro Series Breakaway Kit with Premium Integrated Charger
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Jeff: Hello everybody. This is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today we're going to take a look at this Reese Towpower Push to-Test Breakaway Kit with the Integrated Charger. Now, this breakaway system will activate your trailer's electric brakes if your trailer happens to disconnect from your tow vehicle. It does include this 12-volt rechargeable battery in the box with the charger and the breakaway switch with the cable.Now, this is a push-to-test battery feature on the top here, which will offer fast and easy battery testing. This test button right here, the blue button, it says push to test, this will indicate with LED lights if it will display the battery status.
So right now if I push it, I don't know if you can see it, but I push it and you can see the green button over here is lighting up. The green means that it's charged, so it's 12.8 volts or higher right now. If I pushed it and it showed yellow, that would mean it would be charging. And then if I pushed and it showed red, that would mean low battery and it needs to be charged.It does have a built-in charger which will automatically refuel the battery. It has a float mode which will maintain voltage while you tow without overcharging to prolong battery life and then a smart adjust feature which automatically switched to the float mode when the battery is fully charged.
This is a top loading case. You can see right here, you just push in on it. I'm going to pop it open for you. There you go. If you push it in, it'll pop open.
There's your battery and your connections all made and then when you close it, it'll snap shut. If you notice, it's a nice polymer construction, protects the battery from moisture and debris.Now the mounting hardware to install this is not included and this is a lockable lid. You can see the holes line up here. You could actually put a padlock through there to prevent theft. The padlock we do sell separately.
Also on top of the lid, they do have the wiring code. It shows you that to white wires . There's three wires that need to be connected. The white wire goes to ground, the black is to the battery for power and the blue goes to one of the wires on the breakaway switch. Now this breakaway switch this will install on your trailer's frame. Drilling is required to install this.You can see this cable here. This will attach to your tow vehicle and what happens in a runaway situation where it comes disconnected, it would pull this pin out which would activate the brakes to stop the trailer. There are two black wires on this. One goes to the blue wire on the battery box and the one connects to the electric brake trailer feed. The wire feed length on these is about 7-1/2" and the cable length, if I undid that, it would go out to about 4' long. Now, this is DOT, Department of Transportation compliant application. Application - this is for single, tandem and triple axle trailers with electric brakes. The battery capacity in this is 5 amp hours.Give you a few dimensions on this, on the battery box itself. Overall length, top is about the widest. It's 5-1/2". Width on it, 4-1/4" wide and the overall height is about 4-1/4" tall. The mounting holes on the back here that should mount to your trailer, distance between those center-to-center horizontally is about 5-5/8". And vertically center-to-center is right about 1". It does come with a nice set of detailed instructions that'll describe how everything hooks up and how it operates. But that should do it for the review on the Reese Towpower Push-to-Test Breakaway Kit with the Integrated Charger.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (123 Customer Reviews)
Easy installation; Works as advertised! I added this to electric-over-hydraulic disc brakes on my 18' boat trailer to replace surge brakes. I highly recommend this system. My thanks to George for the help!
Easy install works great! fair priced products!
Jim M - 04/29/2021I was recommended this drop hitch by an etrailer employee (to use with a trailer that I completely refurbished, with parts almost exclusively from etrailer.com), and have been using it for a year now. It has been absolutely fantastic, and just what I needed. I am always confident that I'm using a quality product to tow my trailer with, which is imperative when my fur babies are along for the ride! My only complaint, is that the hitch does not come with a square cap to prevent water from sitting within the tubing of the hitch - it's cheap and not hard to find, but would be nice to accompany the hitch at the time of purchase.
Battery was fully charged when received, but put it on a float charger for a day just to be sure. Nice kit, easy to check the charge using the button and LED indicator on the top of the battery box. Install was easy (deciphering the rats nest of wiring in my cargo trailer was another story - thanks Pace America!). Should work well going forward and will be easy to check the charge before trips, like the fact that the controller will handle charging the battery while underway on the road as well.
Both Products arrived in a timely matter. Packaged to be shipped safely and received in excellent condition. Extremely simple to install in about 30 minutes time. Highly recommend the products and etrailer .com to everyone who asks me where to get trailering products and equipment needed to tow their trailers safely.
The breakaway kit is exceptionally well made and priced far below most other suppliers of trailer parts.
Mike - 06/01/2020Easy replacement for an old version that burned up after a few years. Installed easily using existing wiring.
Great website, easy to find what you need Check out is fast Delivery was on time Phone no. available for questions or problems Would recommend to a friend
I appreciate working with etrailer.com and the excellent customer support. Highly recommend!
Nice product but poor packaging by trailer. Product arrived damaged and since I needed to use my trailer the next day, I repaired it myself. Etrailer should have place the thin product box inside a better shipping box. They may have saved cost on their end but now have an unhappy customer.
Sal F - 05/26/2016I have been having trouble with my trailer brakes and noticed that the existing battery was no longer bolted to the trailer, but was loose in the storage compartment. Since it was several years old I decided to replace the whole system. The new one has a charging system , which will keep the battery charged. I will have to do some rewiring,but that will not be a problem. Thanks . This looks like a good system and i can't wait till I get some good weather to work on the trailer.
Mike L - 12/21/2018
Excellent!!!! Good prices, quality products and outstanding customer service. I placed my order on a Sunday, and got an email that evening that one of my items was on back order. They suggested an alternate item in stock in case I didn’t want to wait a week for the back ordered item. Customer service doesn’t get any better than that. Thank you!
Can't really say much except no issues! Good instructions. Good price from etrailer. Complete kit... Hopefully I will never have to find out "how well" this works. I like the charge indicator light. I'd say very good product for a very fair price for a lot of insurance (and required in CA). A year with no issues. Battery charges. Light indicates. Decent enough instructions to wire it up. "Easy and done"
This was a great replacement for the old battery box that came on the trailer. I like that it charges the battery. There is a light on the top that doesn't serve a purpose really, It tells you that the battery is charging. There is a button to push to view it the battery is charged or charging, I am always worried that the light staying on will drain my battery on my truck. Other then the light staying on I would have given it 5 stars.
The breakaway battery and charge works great! It keeps the battery charged all the time. I don't have to charge the battery with another charger its automatic as long as you use the trailer once in a while or at least hook it up to a vehicle for a while.
They are still working as intended.
Being in business for 45 years it is great to find a company that has the knowledge of the products and excellent service. Great product lines. A+
Easy to install. The instructions are written in plain English and easy to follow for an average technician with basic electrical knowledge.
Eric G - 06/26/2015
Great products
This break away kit is nice and easy to install. The indicator buttons on the top, are a really nice feature. It works good.
As always my shipment was delivered on time. Package contents were all in good shape. The instructional tapes are great. The best thing is the price.
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