Installing Blue Ox tow plates

willald wrote:

Wrong Lane wrote:
Willald:

The wireless lights cost $100.00 on sale. You can find them on e-bay and at many automotive shops. Cheap - no but only about the same cost as the Blue Ox bulb kit.

Each light takes 4 AA size rechargables. A charge is good for a couple of days. I got a recharger (Energizer) and 8 batteries on sale at Walmart for $19.99. So -- no big deal. I plan to buy 8 more rechargable batteries when I see them on sale next and then I will always have a set charged and ready to go.

Thanks for the clarification. Yes, I've seen those. Definitely something to be said for the simplicity of it, and not having to route any wires to them.

As I alluded to in my previous post, if they'd make a set of these that you could just connect directly to 12V power on your toad and forget completely about batteries, I could have been tempted. I do not want anything else that uses batteries, though. Already got waaaay too many things to deal with that require batteries. :)

Hmmm, those things take 4 AA batteries...Wonder if it needs 12 volts and gets that by connecting those 4 1.5V AA batteries all in series? If that was the case, you might could just hard-wire them up to 12V power from the toad like I said, and forget about batteries?

Of course, if you're wiring up to 12V on the toad, you might as well just run the 4 wires from the front and use the cheaper wired magnetic lights, haha.

Will

Four 1.5v batteries would only give you 6v. Running the lights off the toad battery could drain the battery. I used the BlueOx diode block to wire my lights. A wiring harness already ran under the sill plate, the plastic piece between the carpeting and exterior, under the door. I ran the new wires with the existing harness then tapped into the taillight wiring in the trunk.