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I'm towing my JLUR behind a 35' gas-powered Class A. I'm using a Blue Ox baseplate, tow bar and umbilical but a Roadmaster Invisibrake. I also use the additional Roadmaster wiring kit that illuminates a red light RMI on my dash when I press the brake on the motorhome to indicate that the Jeep brakes are also being applied. The Jeep has Push-to-Start and automatic transmission.
Three times last summer the Jeep battery was drained when I drove the motorhome for more than one day without unhooking and driving the Jeep. At first, I thought I might have left the ignition in ACC, and it was a user error. After the second time, I made a point of starting the Jeep and letting it idle for 5 minutes before towing it each day, but the battery died again after towing it four days in a row.
Roadmaster says they have another wiring kit I can buy to provide a trickle charge to the Jeep when I'm driving, but they said I needed to disconnect it when I'm parked overnight or it might drain the motorhome battery! Another RV owner suggested a solar charger to provide the trickle charge.
Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? I'd like an idiot-proof way to make sure the Jeep battery stays charged and I don't need to do anything special when I'm towing multiple days. In your response, please keep in mind that I know more about how the systems work in my motorhome than I do about how a car works under the hood!
Three times last summer the Jeep battery was drained when I drove the motorhome for more than one day without unhooking and driving the Jeep. At first, I thought I might have left the ignition in ACC, and it was a user error. After the second time, I made a point of starting the Jeep and letting it idle for 5 minutes before towing it each day, but the battery died again after towing it four days in a row.
Roadmaster says they have another wiring kit I can buy to provide a trickle charge to the Jeep when I'm driving, but they said I needed to disconnect it when I'm parked overnight or it might drain the motorhome battery! Another RV owner suggested a solar charger to provide the trickle charge.
Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? I'd like an idiot-proof way to make sure the Jeep battery stays charged and I don't need to do anything special when I'm towing multiple days. In your response, please keep in mind that I know more about how the systems work in my motorhome than I do about how a car works under the hood!
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