Toad wiring

[Gardner Yeaw]

Curt,
That is one issue I was contemplating. If I have a light bar, and the
toad brake lights are not in synch with the light bar, then it might get
confusing for someone behind me. If I use diodes then the toad lights would
be in synch with the RV and the confusion would be eliminated. However, I
still need to deal with the turn signals. So it looks like a combination of
separate turn signal lights and diode operated toad lights will be required.

Gardner
78FC33

-----Original Message-----
From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Curt Sprenger
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 10:42 PM
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Toad wiring

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
>
>



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]