willald wrote:
tropical36 wrote:
willald wrote:
..If this is truly required, I'd bet that 99.9% of all toad setups are illegal, then.
In all the wiring kits I've seen, and RV technicians I've talked to over the years that set up toad wiring...Not ONCE have I ever heard mention of ANY wiring done to make the toad's license plate lights work.
Toad setups are almost always done in one of 3 ways (and none of these 3 involve wiring in license plate lights):
1. Magnetic lights
2. Separate bulbs installed and wired into tail lights
3. Existing tail lights wired up to work from MH, using diodes
Suffice it to say, if this (not having working license plate lights on a toad) is illegal, then almost ALL of us are illegal and have been for a very long time. I find that a bit hard to believe. :)
Personally, I have much more important things to worry about..
OR....you use none of the above and instead a COOLTECH plug in and play harness on your Jeep JK Wrangler and even your toad's side markers, along with the front parking lights will work as well....:)
Good point, I did not realize that Cooltech wiring kits did that.
However, Cooltech only makes that harness for Jeeps. There are a LOT of other kinds of vehicles being towed behind MHs.
Will
Yes and whatever is the most popular and will generate the most sales, so most sure that they have some of the others or will in the near future.
Really, the answer for others is quite simple if you don't want to mod anything and all you need is to run a wire cable from the toad's front to rear with the proper connectors on each end. Then make up a light bar or use a hitch haul for mounting the lights and plate as well if you want. Now you just slip it in the toad's hitch receiver and plug it in, when needed. If you choose to leave it there when not in use, you can also plug it in to the receivers connector and have some extra lighting back there. We use a hitch haul (though not for lighting) for a variety of uses and it also doubles as a bike carrier.
