Ray D
Well-known member
OK, All I have left, to start towing my toad, is the hitch set up. I figure I can get that, in April. Give me some time to recover from all the purchases I have recently made - toad - scooters - loading ramps - etc.
I have read, here, about the brake lights, and understand some of it. It ocurred to me that there has to be a battery, somewhere, to operate them. Is this the coach chassis battery, or the toad battery? Inquiring minds want to know! Especially since the engine, and consequentially the alternator in the toad will not be running.
Also, running at night, it strikes me that the toad needs some kind of running lights. How is that done, and which battery supplies the juice?
Oh, well, the brakes, too. Something has to power the toad's braking system. I don't want to run the toad battery down. Same as lights? Seems to me that the power to the toad brake has to be on board the toad, since part of its function is to stop the toad if, for some reason, it comes loose from the motorhome. If so, what keeps it from running the battery down, on the toad?
Actually, I don't plan to ever drive at night. I plan to be laid out, sound asleep, every night. But who knows what will change my mind, some dark and dreary night, or for what reason? When I was trucking, (at a much younger age,) driving at night was the rule. Great time to listen to "White Line" music, and to get on down the road!
Ray D.
I have read, here, about the brake lights, and understand some of it. It ocurred to me that there has to be a battery, somewhere, to operate them. Is this the coach chassis battery, or the toad battery? Inquiring minds want to know! Especially since the engine, and consequentially the alternator in the toad will not be running.
Also, running at night, it strikes me that the toad needs some kind of running lights. How is that done, and which battery supplies the juice?
Oh, well, the brakes, too. Something has to power the toad's braking system. I don't want to run the toad battery down. Same as lights? Seems to me that the power to the toad brake has to be on board the toad, since part of its function is to stop the toad if, for some reason, it comes loose from the motorhome. If so, what keeps it from running the battery down, on the toad?
Actually, I don't plan to ever drive at night. I plan to be laid out, sound asleep, every night. But who knows what will change my mind, some dark and dreary night, or for what reason? When I was trucking, (at a much younger age,) driving at night was the rule. Great time to listen to "White Line" music, and to get on down the road!
Ray D.