? about braking indicator light.
I have seen on here where some folks have a light (I take it is in the toad vehicle) that they use to let them know when the toad brakes are applied. This sounds like a good idea to me. So this is wha...
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Butch50,
As you can read, there are a few ways to approach this. The manor in which I did it was to help and alleviate a problem I had. You see, when I was towing our '04 Jeep Rubicon, I do, like always, setup the toad lights using the stock Jeep tail lights as toad lights. It works flawless every time. However, this method can present a problem in some cases.
In some vehicles, especially when using a secondary braking system like Ready Brake, Brake Buddy, Even Brake, and many more, when the toads brake pedal is depressed, the toads brake lights will be activated. That occurs even in some vehicles even if the toads key is completely out of the ignition, much less being in the "off" position.
So, what you have is, conflicting signals being sent to the same bulb back there. I could go on but you get the point. So, what I did was, like you stated, find the "Cold" side of the toads brake light switch and, cut that outgoing wire and then, send it to a tiny, two-way toggle switch I mounted in the door jamb of the Jeep.
Now, I wired one side of that toggle switch to a long wire (through the pig tail)all the way to the dash of the coach, to an LED indicator light I installed. I then wired the other side of the toggle switch right back to the cut wire on the toads brake light switch output side.
Now, when towing, I flip the switch forward so the Jeeps brake light switch sends its signal to the dash LED in the coach. That tells me the pedal in the Jeep is ACTUALLY BEING APPLIED by the Ready Brake I was using at the time.
Then, when driving the Jeep, I flip the switch to the rear and, that sends the brake light signal, right to the rear tail lights as it's supposed to go. I killed THREE BIRDS with one stone that way. It's a simple and very easy system to setup. Good luck.
Scott
As you can read, there are a few ways to approach this. The manor in which I did it was to help and alleviate a problem I had. You see, when I was towing our '04 Jeep Rubicon, I do, like always, setup the toad lights using the stock Jeep tail lights as toad lights. It works flawless every time. However, this method can present a problem in some cases.
In some vehicles, especially when using a secondary braking system like Ready Brake, Brake Buddy, Even Brake, and many more, when the toads brake pedal is depressed, the toads brake lights will be activated. That occurs even in some vehicles even if the toads key is completely out of the ignition, much less being in the "off" position.
So, what you have is, conflicting signals being sent to the same bulb back there. I could go on but you get the point. So, what I did was, like you stated, find the "Cold" side of the toads brake light switch and, cut that outgoing wire and then, send it to a tiny, two-way toggle switch I mounted in the door jamb of the Jeep.
Now, I wired one side of that toggle switch to a long wire (through the pig tail)all the way to the dash of the coach, to an LED indicator light I installed. I then wired the other side of the toggle switch right back to the cut wire on the toads brake light switch output side.
Now, when towing, I flip the switch forward so the Jeeps brake light switch sends its signal to the dash LED in the coach. That tells me the pedal in the Jeep is ACTUALLY BEING APPLIED by the Ready Brake I was using at the time.
Then, when driving the Jeep, I flip the switch to the rear and, that sends the brake light signal, right to the rear tail lights as it's supposed to go. I killed THREE BIRDS with one stone that way. It's a simple and very easy system to setup. Good luck.
Scott
