Toad wiring

[Curt Sprenger]

Gardner,
You bring up a good point. I wondered about that too. I get around the
potential issue by using a light bar. I made up a tail light bar that is
inserted into the towed vehicle hitch receiver, and ran separate wiring
from the coach to that light bar. With the SMI unit I'll have stacked
brake lights at the rear of the toad...starting to look like Volvo tail
lights on the later Birds...

Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.



Gardner Yeaw wrote:

> I have my SMI brake system installed, by Blue ox tow bar, my Blue Ox
> tow bar base for my 1995 Jeep Cherokee Sport. Now to the wiring of
> the lights. It seems I have no choice but to use separate lights for
> the turn signals since the SMI will activate the normal brake light
> circuit in the toad, so I will not be able indicate a turn when the
> SMI is active. I believe I will also need to use diodes at the brake
> lights so the lights work with both the RV and the toad brake
> lighting without feeding back into either vehicle.
>
> Also, dumb question: Does the 78FC use the same lights for the
> brakes and turn signals? Mine is at the storage facility and I
> completely forgot to check this when I was there.
>
> Has anyone out there had experience with this and can you add any
> comments to what my observations.
>
> Thanks
> Gardner
> 78FC33
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