2020 Equinox Charging Battery While Towing
I have a 2020 Equinox FWD that I will be setting up for towing. I wanted to share some information I was recently given about towing the late model Equinoxes. All my manual says is to put it in neutra...
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Geeze wrote:
I wanted to run a charge wire from our motorhome to the car to keep the battery up while towing it with the ACC on. I decided to go with the RVI Towed Battery Charger ...
I am not impressed !
What you really want is a DC-DC charger. Mounted near the towed vehicle battery, it will provide the correct voltage to maintain the battery.
Geeze wrote:
... a note on their website said owners of late model Equinoxes should also pull the fuse for the rear wiper when towing. I contacted RVI to find out why that was necessary and their response was that even when the wiper is not running it still pulls 6 amps and the charge from the motorhome wouldn't be enough to overcome the 6 amp draw from the rear wiper and the battery will likely still go dead. They also recommend unhooking their Towed Battery Charger when the vehicle isn't being towed to protect the Equinoxes electrical system. I wanted to share this information with other Equinox owners.
Those statements are totally illogical !!
If you have not installed the device, return it and buy a Renogy or Victron DC-DC charger.
