Toad battery
we are towing a 2011 Ford Edge on all four FWD with a 2013 Fleetwood Discovery 40X. The Edge owners manual says to tow in neutral with accessory power on. The battery goes dead after four hours of t...
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Fishinghat wrote:
I only know of two modifications that seem to work for most people. One is to pull the fuse that powers the accessories. The other is to run a charging line from your coach to the toad's battery to keep it charged up. If you use a braking system that uses the toad's battery, this would be the preferred method of keeping the battery charged up. If you pull the fuse, the electrical plug may not be powered, so the charging line may be your only good solution.
Finally, you could stop every few hours and run the toad's engine to recharge the battery.
what parasitic loads do you have?
for the braking system I solved that problem a third way. I carried a small jumper battery jobby that I wanted to have along anyway and plug the brake system into that.
bumpy
