Ford C-Max toad brake indicator light
I recently installed a ReadyBrake to prepare my 2013 Ford C-Max Energi as a toad, and to make sure it's working properly and to be alerted if the brakes are being applied when they're not supposed to ...
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OldBlackWater wrote:
tropical36, that's exactly what I was hoping to do, but my brake lights are basically inactive while being towed so there's no power to trip the relay.
neschultz, that sounds like my best bet at this point.
Thank you both for the replies!
If anyone else has thoughts on this or my other question on accessory vs. off while towing, I'd appreciate hearing from you, too.
Steve
I get what you're saying now and one of the reasons NSA went with the brake switch on the READYBRAKE mechanism, itself. I wouldn't call it fail safe, but pretty dependable and as long as you don't forget to hook up the brake cable to the toad. So......you might be wanting to use that, like the majority of users or at least until you figure out something else.
All this assuming your READYBRAKE is fairly modern, as I'm thinking that the originals didn't have such.
Speaking of NSA, you might want to give them a call, as they sell optional kits as an alternative and may have one for your application.
