Keeping Tow Car Battery Charged while Towing!
I have read a great number of comments about keeping br Towed's Battry charged whole underway but still have a few questions from the experts on this. Forum! #1. I have a live when Key On Circuit a...
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I have been watching this thread for ideas as I have a similar problem.
I have a 2002 Dakota, four wheel drive with automatic transmission. When the key is in the unlocked position, as far as I can tell, there is no power to anything except the shift display.
I have a mechanical surge brake that is connected to the Dakota brake pedal which activates the Dakota brake lights when stopping.
After a long day of towing the battery in the Dakota discharges. Three times it has discharged the battery completely.
I ran a powered wire to the rear of the RV and connected it to the positive post of the Dakota battery.
I was thinking this would be the simplest way to keep the Dakota battery topped off.
This thread interested me because I was wondering about the drawbacks of doing this or if there was a better way to do it.
Some have mentioned using a diode in this type of setup in order to prevent the discharge from the toad from affecting the RV battery.
So I was just wondering if there is any issue with just simply running a powered line to the toad without any extra stuff such as diodes and the like.
I am also wondering if there is a better way to do this that is simple and easy.
I have a 2002 Dakota, four wheel drive with automatic transmission. When the key is in the unlocked position, as far as I can tell, there is no power to anything except the shift display.
I have a mechanical surge brake that is connected to the Dakota brake pedal which activates the Dakota brake lights when stopping.
After a long day of towing the battery in the Dakota discharges. Three times it has discharged the battery completely.
I ran a powered wire to the rear of the RV and connected it to the positive post of the Dakota battery.
I was thinking this would be the simplest way to keep the Dakota battery topped off.
This thread interested me because I was wondering about the drawbacks of doing this or if there was a better way to do it.
Some have mentioned using a diode in this type of setup in order to prevent the discharge from the toad from affecting the RV battery.
So I was just wondering if there is any issue with just simply running a powered line to the toad without any extra stuff such as diodes and the like.
I am also wondering if there is a better way to do this that is simple and easy.
