Toad lights - wire length - Problem solved
I have a 2006 HHR toad. I Previously used magnetic lights but purchased a Hopkins adapter to use the HHR lights. Adapter came with about 20 ft of wire with 4 prong plug. I had run wiring front to ba...
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FIRE UP wrote:
Well Sir,
Personally, I wouldn't have done it the way you did. And, you see why. It's a known fact that, the longer a wire, the more of a voltage drop there is in any electrical operation. That's why they put out electrical wiring charts to show you what's lost, in a given amount feet vs the size of wire etc.
Where this situation is really going to matter is, when you're towing your toad and, the sun is at your back. If your in a traffic situation like freeway traveling or, crowded streets/roadways etc. and the sun is blaring onto those toad tail lights, a dimmer light will not show your intentions for turn, a lane change, STOPPING, and any other combo of intentions, to a following driver as a good set of BRIGHT, nice working tail lights will show.
This to me, is a safety thing. I want following drivers to really see what I'm intending or, asking to do, so they get a CLEAR message of my intentions. Your choice.
Scott
That's why I posted the question so I could get opinions and correct the situation.
