1st trip towing Ford C-Max Hybrid, GREAT!
We are back home from a two week 1,200 mile trip pulling our C-Max as our toad behind our Motorhome. Everything went GREAT! We are 110% satisfied with it as a toad and a daily driver. We towed two ...
Forum Discussion
willald wrote:rocmoc wrote:
We installed a separate wiring harness with LED bulbs to the rear lights. Did not touch the Ford wiring harness in any way. A separate charge line to the engine battery keeps the battery charged. The toughest part was getting a cord that went from 7-way on the motorhome to 6-way on the C-Max. Found it online for under $50.
Sounds good. However, you didn't answer the question I asked earlier - Did you add a diode to the charge line?
I'm assuming (hoping!) you put a fuse on the charge line, on both ends as well.
If you could not have found the 7 way to 6 way adapter, you could always have just bought a 6 way connector, installed it on the back of MH and wired it in. Thats what I pretty much had to do, as only other connector on the MH was a 6 way connector that was wired for use with a Remco Lube pump (we also tow DW's van, which has/requires a lube pump). Now, we have two 6 way connectors on the back of the MH: One wired for lube pump for DW's van, the other wired with a charge wire for my Fusion. :)
Will
Sorry about that. No diode but there are two fuses. One in the Motorhome side and one near the C-Max battery. The charge line is also wired in so it only works when the Motorhome ignition is turned on.
I need the 7-way plug for my car trailer. I haul my Jeep with it when we do serious off-roading where I could break it. When in Mexico we pull the Jeep 4 wheels down and simply use a 4-way plug setup. C-Max is only for the States.
rocmoc n AZ/Mexico
