SMI Brake Control - Coach Stop Light Switch

[Curt Sprenger]

Gardner,
Right. I'll find a place, such as what Dick Hayden recommended, and use
that.

Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.


Gardner Yeaw wrote:

> Curt,
> Doesn't your coach have a toad connector on the back already. I
> thought that was standard?
>
> Anyway, The SMI is only sensing the presence of 12 volts and not
> putting a load on it, so anywhere you get it from (brake light, toad
> connector, brake switch) should be fine.
>
> I have a toad connector on the back of my coach so that is where I
> will get the signal for my SMI.
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> , Curt Sprenger
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm at the coach part of the SMI brake control install. I need to
> locate
> > the cold side of one of the two stop light switches. I opened up
> the
> > drivers front panel. I can see the stop light switches, they are
> located
> > next to the dual brake valve, but I can not get to them. Bennie
> > suggested getting to them from the generator compartment. That
> doesn't
> > work.
> >
> > Is there a floor plate in the drivers compartment that can be
> removed to
> > gain access to the dual brake valve and those switches?
> >
> > Or, it might be easier to locate a brake wire that gets hot when
> the
> > stop light switch is activated, and use that wire to activate the
> SMI unit.
> >
> > All input is appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.
> >
>
>