Mopar brake controller

JK5756
JK5756 Member Posts: 25
edited February 2016 in Battery/Electrical & Solar
I just installed the Mopar brake controller in my wife's 2012 Grand Cherokee.  Pretty simple plug and play.  However, the red led light remains on when the vehicle ignition is off...is this normal?? Does the brake controller stay hot all the time?  Sorry if this is a silly question but I'm a newbie and don't want to wake up to a dead battery.  Thx
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  • db_cooper
    db_cooper Member Posts: 749
    The Prodigy stays lit 10 or 15 minutes and then goes out.  If yours doesn't go out after a time I'd definitely find out if its right but it might be OK. My security system blinks continuously and I sometimes go two weeks between starts on the vehicle.
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  • JK5756
    JK5756 Member Posts: 25
    Guess I was a little impatient...went back and checked and the light is now out.  Thx db! 
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  • jkjenn
    jkjenn Member Posts: 6,417
    JK5756 said:
    I just installed the Mopar brake controller in my wife's 2012 Grand Cherokee.  Pretty simple plug and play.  However, the red led light remains on when the vehicle ignition is off...is this normal?? Does the brake controller stay hot all the time?  Sorry if this is a silly question but I'm a newbie and don't want to wake up to a dead battery.  Thx
    Where did you mount it? I have a temporary mount to the left of the steering wheel but there think I am going to move it to the little media cubby in the center.

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  • JK5756
    JK5756 Member Posts: 25
    I mounted it under the steering column area just to the right side.  Not real sure I like this location, may be moving it.  

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  • jkjenn
    jkjenn Member Posts: 6,417
    JK5756 said:
    I mounted it under the steering column area just to the right side.  Not real sure I like this location, may be moving it.  

    That's just about where my temporary mount is.

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