( NOTE: We recommend or for help creating a second umbilical. The Towed Battery Charger cannot get a hot 12V from the motorhome through a 4-pin umbilical. In order to bring the correct 12V to the bumper of the towed for the Towed Battery Charger to tie into, you'll need to either: I have a 4-pin umbilical, will the Towed Battery Charger work?Ī. When the Towed Battery Charger is installed, the motorhome is running and the umbilical is plugged in, the towed battery stays topped off. A 6-pin umbilical has the 4 pins you need for the light system, as well as a pin for electric brakes and a 12V hot pin. The Towed Battery Charger is specifically designed to work a 6-pin connector on the towed. How does the Towed Battery Charger charge the battery?Ī. For a frame of reference, your brake lights pull 4 amps. All models of RVibrake are extremely power friendly. The max amp draw of RVibrake is 8 amps. If I own an RVibrake is a Towed Battery Charger required?Ī. No. No more need for a charge line that gives you zero feedback. It is a great peace of mind product when towing. The Towed Battery Charger will prevent unseen parasitic loss on your towed vehicle battery, while giving charging feedback. Many towed vehicles today have a large current draw on the battery when towing. There are not many things worse than a dead towed battery. Why do I need the Towed Battery Charger?Ī. If you choose to install them yourself, Trail Pals will not be responsible for any damage caused to yourself or your property.Q. We recommend that all parts and accessories be installed by a professional. This gives you between 10-25 minutes to chock the tires and stabilize the trailer before the battery charge depletes. If your breakaway system is working, the second the trailer becomes disconnected, the pin pulls out of the switch & engages the electric brakes -and the trailer STOPS. If that happens, the heavy trailer with your animals in it could roll into oncoming traffic or into a ditch and land on it’s side. An accident or a mistake in hitching the coupler to the ball can cause the safety chains or ball mount to break or come out of the receiver. WHY is it important to have your breakaway system working? There are several ways the trailer can become disconnected from the tow vehicle. We never pull the pin from the switch, except to check if the switch is working or if the battery is charged. ![]() Pulling the pin out ANYTIME depletes the battery, and that’s why we recommend clipping the cable to the tow vehicle with it’s own clip. Never loop it through the safety chains! If the cable is not attached to the tow vehicle, the breakaway system will not work in case the trailer becomes disconnected from the tow vehicle. The wire cable must be fastened to the tow vehicle independently. Pin & Cable: The pin must be inserted into the switch, facing the rear of the tow vehicle, with the attached wire cable in a direct path to where you secure it to the tow vehicle. ![]() It contains a pin that is attached to a wire cable, 44-48 inches long. Switch: The breakaway switch is wired to the battery in the battery case & is mounted between the battery and the tow vehicle. When checking the charge on the battery, first disconnect the trailer plug or you will be checking the tow vehicle’s battery charge instead. If it’s not fully charged, it can deplete in 10 minutes or less. The entire battery can be depleted if the pin is pulled out of the switch for 20-25 minutes, IF it’s fully charged. If you have a charger installed, it can charge the battery by plugging the trailer plug into a running tow vehicle for twenty minutes. These 12 volt batteries often have a life of only two years, and since new batteries are not always fully charged, you must charge them before connecting the system. Or, you can install a small maintenance battery charger inside the battery box. If there are only two wires, there is no way that the battery can be recharged from the tow vehicle, and you must charge it by hooking an electric or solar battery charger to it. If there is a third wire, it’s hooked to a small charger that charges the battery off the tow vehicle, through the trailer plug. The second wire (hot) connects to the breakaway switch. There are two wires connected to the battery at the top. ![]() You must have operational electric brakes on the trailer, the 12 volt battery must be charged & the switch cable must be attached to the vehicle.īattery: At the front of your trailer is a black plastic case that holds a 12 volt battery. The Trailer Breakaway System is designed to bring a trailer to a safe stop by activating the electric brakes on the trailer, should the trailer be disconnected from the tow vehicle while driving.
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