Great job ladies! I have a couple of small comments. Electrical tape rarely stays put for long unless you're using the factory stuff. Something I do is add a small zip tie on top of the tape to keep it from coming loose. Also. do yourself a HUGE favor, and solder every crimp connection, they will fail and then troubleshooting fun begins. I hate crimp connectors! They're good for a proof of concept, but then I go back and hardware them. Even factory ones fail. They are also more susceptible to corrosion, which leads to failure. Keep up the good work.
Those are GREAT suggestions! We don't own the Jeep anymore (nothing to do with the battery issue), but I'm so glad you commented in case anyone else has the issue. (PS: zip ties rock!)
We have this problem. We tow a 2010 Chevy Equinox 4 down. The RV is a 2021 Fleetwood Flair 29M class A. The tow vehicle is set up for towing when we towed with a class C. We follow the car manual as to what to do prior to towing. The battery does go dead. Per Fleetwood the RV is set with a charge line.
Pulling the fuse was just a temporary solution until we added the park light diode, which eliminated the backfeed. So once we added the diode, that fixed the invisibrake issue.
We are just having the same problem, but never before when we were towing our jeep, and earlier we bought a battery jump starter, since we had to use the RV to jump start the jeep the last 2 days.
Something is draining my car battery and yes I’ve got a trickle charger installed in car. A mechanic mentioned fuses. Where would this be? I’ve got a 6way plug.
There’s no way that new charge wire should have caused that issue unless the problem was in the 6 pin connector itself on the front of your Jeep. Some how that 12v was making its way into the other pin or pins. Anywho great video.
We had e-Trailer near St. Louis install ours. They actually made a video of our install and here is the link: www.etrailer.com/tv-install-roadmaster-invisabrake-2019-jeep-cherokee-rm-8700.aspx
Excellent analysis and problem solving of a common problem connecting tow vehicles!
Thanks for the feedback! Hope it helped you out. Safe travels.
Great job ladies! I have a couple of small comments. Electrical tape rarely stays put for long unless you're using the factory stuff. Something I do is add a small zip tie on top of the tape to keep it from coming loose. Also. do yourself a HUGE favor, and solder every crimp connection, they will fail and then troubleshooting fun begins. I hate crimp connectors! They're good for a proof of concept, but then I go back and hardware them. Even factory ones fail. They are also more susceptible to corrosion, which leads to failure. Keep up the good work.
Those are GREAT suggestions! We don't own the Jeep anymore (nothing to do with the battery issue), but I'm so glad you commented in case anyone else has the issue. (PS: zip ties rock!)
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We have this problem. We tow a 2010 Chevy Equinox 4 down. The RV is a 2021 Fleetwood Flair 29M class A. The tow vehicle is set up for towing when we towed with a class C. We follow the car manual as to what to do prior to towing. The battery does go dead. Per Fleetwood the RV is set with a charge line.
Sorry to hear you are having problems. Let us know if you figure it out.
Thank you, that was a great idea to add the park light diode, did you have a solution to eliminate pulling the fuse for invisibrake controller,
Pulling the fuse was just a temporary solution until we added the park light diode, which eliminated the backfeed. So once we added the diode, that fixed the invisibrake issue.
We are just having the same problem, but never before when we were towing our jeep, and earlier we bought a battery jump starter, since we had to use the RV to jump start the jeep the last 2 days.
Something is draining my car battery and yes I’ve got a trickle charger installed in car.
A mechanic mentioned fuses. Where would this be? I’ve got a 6way plug.
I would try to check your owner's manual for fuse locations. Good luck, and I hope you get the problem resolved.
Excellent! Thanks for the informative video!
You are welcome!
There’s no way that new charge wire should have caused that issue unless the problem was in the 6 pin connector itself on the front of your Jeep. Some how that 12v was making its way into the other pin or pins. Anywho great video.
We aren't experts, but all I know is that the diode fixed the problem for us. Thanks for chiming in on perhaps another thing to check.
We’re looking at “your” exact braking system. Did you install it also? Thanks for the video 👍🏽
We had e-Trailer near St. Louis install ours. They actually made a video of our install and here is the link:
www.etrailer.com/tv-install-roadmaster-invisabrake-2019-jeep-cherokee-rm-8700.aspx
“Charge line kit” 6 feet of wire, a fuse, zip ties and a few crimp connectors. $40. 🙄
We get it....probably could have done it cheaper.