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BrakeBuddy Towed Vehicle Battery Charge Line Kit

BrakeBuddy Towed Vehicle Battery Charge Line Kit

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Brake Buddy Accessories and Parts - BB54FR

  • Tow Bar Braking Systems
  • Wiring
  • Battery Charge Line Kit
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Maintains the battery charge on your towed vehicle while it is being flat towed.


Features:

  • Keeps your car's battery charged while it is being flat towed
  • Pulls up to 15 amps from your motorhome's battery
  • Shows LED light when charging


39339 Hopkins Brake Buddy Toad Battery Charger





Video of BrakeBuddy Towed Vehicle Battery Charge Line Kit

Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.




Video Transcript for Review of Brake Buddy Towed Vehicle Battery Charge Kit - BB54FR

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..

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BrakeBuddy Towed Vehicle Battery Charge Line Kit - BB54FR

Average Customer Rating:  4.6 out of 5 stars   (121 Customer Reviews)

Maintains the battery charge on your towed vehicle while it is being flat towed.

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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.

James S.

5/26/2023

Excellent. I have had no problems I have recommended it to four friends.



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Installation was simple and straightforward, fortunately etrailer had a video as no instructions were included in the box. I have not road tested yet but as soon as I plugged the car to the RV a blue light on the charger illuminated showing it was receiving power. A quick check with a voltage meter showed the battery was receiving a charge.



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Dealing with Sheila was amazing. I had a rather confusing situation to overcome and after explaining it to her, she came up with the best result possible. She is a credit to Etrailer and it’s the people like her that make me coming back to the site.



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Working fine keeping the jeep battery charged while towing

Dudley

12/7/2023

Has worked great no more dead battery when we stop for the nght

Etrailer Expert

Mike L.

12/7/2023

@Dudley We're glad to hear that!


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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.

Etrailer Expert

Katrina B.

8/15/2022

We are not connected to Blue Ox besides distributing their products.

Frank

8/10/2023

Working just fine



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The ease of installation, I haven't got to use it yet.



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I received my shipment quickly. There are a couple items that have not arrived yet. I have an install date of mid-June. From what I can tell, I will have everything I need.
I want to thank Kimberly. She was great!



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Meets all expectations. Etrailer was very helpful it helping me through the process of what to order.



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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.



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Straight forward to install. Works as a dvertised.



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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!



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Worked for towing our Jeep Cherokee 4XE



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Works as expected and easy to install



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Although i haven't installed any of the products yet, everything looks to be the right parts as described on etrailer's web site.



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Just good customer service and fast del ivery



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You all always do a great job!!!



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Fair price, prompt delivery.



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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.

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Katrina B.

12/8/2022

It is recommended to unplug the unit when your destination is reached to prevent unnecessary draw on the battery.



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Once I watched the video and was certain which color was + and which was - a super easy install.



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fast ship great service



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Easy to install!



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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.



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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



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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.



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Arrived on time and as ordered.


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