Do your Trailer Lights Work, Brakes?, "they did when I left the house officer."

If They Don't, First Thing You Check is the Connection, Right?

Trailer Electronic Technology for Safer, Easier Connection

review by: H. Kent Sundling

EZ - Connector  http://ezconnector.com/ 

News Just out: EZ-Connector 7 pin RV plug adaptor, so now you can use EZ-Connector on all your trailers and tow vehicles. You can buy a plug or socket to use your old wiring system until you switch all your trailers and trucks over to the "Last Trailer Plug You'll Ever Buy." The EZR7 is backward-compatible male and female adapter with a tighter fit and tolerance than conventional 7-blade connector.

Go to http://ezconnector.com/ or call (559) 686-5889 to order.

Picture above is what I tour the country with going to horse expo's. All my trailers have EZ-Connector, and my trailers go through blizzards, black ice and torrential rains 25-30k a year.

What is your #1 problem when towing? The majority of folks I ask that question say, trailer wiring, not sure if lights or brakes are working. If you have to wiggle your trailer plug it get the lights to work, you know there's a problem. If you hit a bump or drive in the rain, you may not have taillights, blinkers or even trailer brakes. New to towing you may not relate how wonderful the EZ Connector is. If you are a veteran trailer dude or dudette and spent time with that little screw driver redoing your trailer plugs after they pulled apart or using your knife to scrape the crap (corrosion) off the trailer plug blades and of course using the straight edge screw driver to bend the blades so they will connect to the male plug, you'll relate to a better way. Trailer brakes in general need monitoring and maintenance more than any other part of your trailer for safety reasons. EZ-Connector will make the wire connection issue one thing less to worry about (when brake lights and blinkers aren't working and you don't know it.) Those of us that tow trailers every week, know how many times we drop the coupler on the ball and plug in the wire connection (and wiggle the connection for contact.) And what we used to do (picture right) to make the lights work (bungee cord and duck tape.)

EZ is a powerful earth magnet connection, with a face to face brass spring loaded contact, eliminating voltage drop instead of a friction blade contact of the RV 7 pin plug. Just get the male end near the female plug and "pop" it sucks together. A tab slot align the socket and plug to match the right connections. The male end has two silicone o-rings, the cables have water absorbing wadding inside, all to make the system water proof. If you can keep the water out, you can keep the mud and all the corrosive chemicals used to dissolve ice on the highway out.  http://ezconnector.com/

I've had trailers along time. Spent my share of nights with a flashlight in my mouth in the rain as I work on trailer lights. Fuel injection and electronics make our trucks more trouble free, now trailer wiring and electronics make tracing trailer wire problems a breeze. This is an ideal electrical connection for snow plows and farm machinery. I remember my big round balers and the guidance electrical system wiring exposed to all the dust and corn planters have sophisticated monitors that all could use a weatherproof electronic connection.

Because the EZ Connector is magnetic, it's a no brainer to understand that the system will breakaway if your trailer cable gets tangled or you forget to unplug it when unhooking your trailer. Right top picture shows the dummy plugs to keep dirt and water out of the EZ-Connector when you aren't using them. This is quality all the way. When you first look at EZ you'll be impressed that it's made to last with trouble-free function. And made in the USA with a Lifetime Warranty.

Picture left, inside of the plug is done right, you can see the crimped connectors, silicon O-rings and the indention for the cord O-ring.  Picture right, the cord O-ring seals the plug. The cord has a wadding in the center that absorbs water so water can't follow the wires into the plug. On other plugs you don't see where the water comes into the plug through the cord and rots the inside of a typical plug.

According to Joe Cardoza (the big cheese at EZ) inside the truck socket, the cable is crimped three times. It is also reinforced with a stainless steel hog-ring on the inside to take any strain.  Every unit is 100% tested, not a sample testing as is common in the electronic industry.  With the T-connector I used for a factory tow package, it only took 15 minutes to install on my truck. EZ-Connector also has a hard-wired version if you don't have a factory tow package on your truck or SUV. Bottom line, yes it's expensive, but you buy more expensive aluminum trailers for a reason. Quality is never cheap, being a farmer for decades means I'm naturally frugal. But I'd have no problem shelling out over $100 for this trailer wiring system. Piece of mind and safety have value. For more: http://ezconnector.com/

Nice box The cables, dummy plugs, wire connectors, heat shrink wrap and mounting bracket Quick T-plug for factory truck tow harness. A sealant is injected into the wire harness Seven floating spring-loaded pins in the socket, with powerful magnet in the middle. Trailer plug has fixed pins Comes with butt connectors and heat shrink tubes for sealing the individual trailer wire connections and the whole wire harness

I tow dozens of new trailers each year for reviews and have adaptors for 7 blade to 6 pin and 7 RV blade to 4 pin.   Semi truck connections will be out latter.

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I mounted the socket under my old style RV 7 blade. I want to long term test the EZ in the road chemicals and sand that my truck tows trailers in You can see the triangle I had to cut out for the Ford factory connection in the socket EZ Connector just snaps into the factory wire loom connections, part of the factory tow option I bolted the bracket to my factory socket bracket on the receiver hitch frame You can see the back side of the EZ socket, 4 screws and sealed, just says "quality"

Don't do this at home. I need to use my old plug so I wired the new one into my old cable Rubber tape makes covering the wire connection easier When EZ-Connector comes out with the plug adaptors, I'll do this right and get rid of my old socket..... and use the butt connectors and heat shrink tubes that come in the EZ box Now I have two trailer cables, and three trailer sockets on my truck, but I test things, it's ok

  recommends EZ-Connector

EZ CONNECTOR SELECTED AS STANDARD TOWING CONNECTION BY SHADOW TRAILERS

Leading Trailer Manufacturer Integrates EZ Connector’s EZ Recreational 7-Pin (EZR7) Electrical Towing Connection System for its Domestic and International Customers

TULARE, Calif. – August 11, 2010 – EZ Connector Inc., developer and manufacturer of high-performance products for improving the safety and reliability of electrical trailer and towing connections, today announced that its EZ Recreational 7-Pin (EZR7) electrical towing connection system has been selected by Shadow Trailers as the standard for its aluminum horse, livestock and living quarter trailers.

EZ Connector’s EZR7 electrical connection system ensures that electrical components such as lights and brakes work every time a trailer or other equipment is towed. Available in several models including traditional and fifth-wheel versions, the innovative and patented EZR7 is designed as a universal configuration that can adapt to a variety of applications. Shadow Trailers is integrating the EZR7 as a standard convenience and safety feature in its heavy-duty horse and livestock trailers. Featuring aluminum frames, aluminum skin, aluminum roofs, and aluminum floors, Shadow Trailers’ popular trailers are becoming a great alternative to the high-priced custom all-aluminum horse trailer market given their high-quality construction and safety features.

"We have always prided ourselves on providing our customers with the safest and most convenient high-quality trailers available in the marketplace," said Larry Pruitt, President of Shadow Trailers. "By integrating EZ Connector’s EZR7 as the standard electrical towing connection system on all our trailers, we are turning up that level of quality even more. We believe that offering our customers the best, most reliable electrical connector available today, as our standard, is further proof of our commitment to our customers. We believe that our customers will be quite pleased with the end result, which allows them a safe and trouble-free

electrical connector to easily connect and disconnect their trailer while giving them the added assurance that their precious cargo is being transported in the safest way possible."

"We are pleased that our products have been selected as the standard electrical towing connection for Shadow Trailers’ popular horse and livestock trailers," said Joe Cardoza, President of EZ Connector. "I often see people traveling on the road returning from horse events in the evening with flickering or no taillights, and observe their brakes chattering because of a bad electrical connection. Generally they have checked them before they got on the road, and many times have even bent the contacts or scraped them to get them to work. The problem is that after that first good bump on the road, they probably stopped working. Since horses and other livestock are extremely heavy and are standing when traveling by trailer, consistent, reliable braking on horse and livestock trailers is of critical importance. Our EZR7 provides this consistency and reliability all within an easy-to-use, water- and corrosion-proof design. We believe that these features coupled with the attention-to-safety features are what make the EZR7 ideal for Shadow Trailers and its customers."

Unlike the common blade plugs available in today’s market, the patented EZR7 uses spring-loaded face-to-face contacts so that drawbacks such as arcing and contact abrasion from use are eliminated. The combination of spring-loaded pins and fixed contacts also allows for electricity to easily pass from socket to plug, and mitigates problems such as voltage drop due to increased contact deterioration and corrosion, and the resulting failure of brakes and lights. In addition, the EZ Connector product is the only vehicle-trailer connector that has been certified lab tested to the Society of Automotive Engineers standard for waterproof and corrosion-resistance when in use, given its built-in double o-ring seals. EZ Connector uses neodymium magnets to hold the plug and socket together rather than a latch. The sheer strength of these magnets provides additional support for keeping the plug and socket affixed in a variety of situations including vibrations, abrupt movements and bumpy road conditions, while allowing for both plug and socket to immediately release in case a user forgets to disconnect the trailer from vehicle. EZ Connector also offers backward-compatible male and female adapters designed to connect the EZR7 to legacy 7-blade RV connectors, thus enabling users to take advantage of the EZR7’s many benefits while converting their vehicles and trailers.

About Shadow Trailers

Based in Williston, Fla., Shadow Trailers makes aluminum horse, livestock, and living quarter trailers for the domestic and international markets. The company’s popular trailers are becoming a great alternative to the high-priced custom-all aluminum horse trailer market. Featuring aluminum frames, aluminum skin, aluminum roofs, and aluminum floors, Shadow Trailers have the quality construction and features found on the much more expensive trailer brands available. Shadow Trailers are designed by horse people, and it shows in the safety, convenience, and innovative items in each trailer. Shadow Trailers offer a great combination of quality construction, standard and innovative features, and one of the most competitive prices in the industry. For more information on Shadow Trailers, please visit www.shadowtrailer.com.

About EZ Connector Inc.

EZ Connector Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes the patented EZ Recreational 7-Pin (EZR7), which is the first plug/socket combination of its kind on the market to improve the reliability of the vehicle/trailer connection. Designed with ease-of-use, reliability and safety in mind, EZ Connector's electrical towing connection products are ideal for a variety of military, fleet, recreational, non-commercial and commercial applications, including boating, farming, RV, trucking and other activities. EZ Connector also manufactures an array of complementary products to enable a safer, simpler towing experience. The EZR7 is winner of Popular Mechanics 2008 Editor’s Choice Award for outstanding achievement in new product design and innovation, one of SEMA’s best by Truck Trend Magazine, and the 2009 Best New Product of the Year by the North American Trailer Dealers Association. Headquartered in Tulare, Calif., EZ Connector Inc. is a privately held company. For more information, purchase locations and selling opportunities, please visit www.ezconnector.com or call the company at +1-559-686-5889.