Can someone help design a 5 volt circuit
Yes I realize this is an RV forum but the post is related to wiring on my tow vehicle. I have a diagram below of what I am trying to do. But I will spell it out as best as I can first. My hope is that...
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I have to say I love the people on this forum. Sure there are differing opinions. But each post might have that one nugget of information that is missing from all the other posts.
As far as the ideas coming in. time2roll, I have definitely considered adding a switch of some kind on the linkage. But haven't had a chance to crawl under and see if there is even room to do so. I know from adding an aftermarket kickdown cable that space is tight in the transmission tunnel.
As far as the adding a relay, I think I'm going to spend a couple of bucks on Amazon to get some relays and mock it up on the bench as suggested. I might not be able to mock the 5v part, but I'll figure something out. my thought is in the end I'm going to have to go back to the bottom picture in my original post and see if it will work. But I plan to try out BruceMc's idea of grounding through the starter solenoid first to see if it will work or if it will cause a constant crank. On the bench of course.
It was suggested or asked why not allow code pulling when driving down the road. I don't have an answer to that except I would be concerned that the sensors are not in a range that the computer is expecting so I'll get a bunch of sensor out of range false positives.
Thanks again for all the thoughts.
As far as the ideas coming in. time2roll, I have definitely considered adding a switch of some kind on the linkage. But haven't had a chance to crawl under and see if there is even room to do so. I know from adding an aftermarket kickdown cable that space is tight in the transmission tunnel.
As far as the adding a relay, I think I'm going to spend a couple of bucks on Amazon to get some relays and mock it up on the bench as suggested. I might not be able to mock the 5v part, but I'll figure something out. my thought is in the end I'm going to have to go back to the bottom picture in my original post and see if it will work. But I plan to try out BruceMc's idea of grounding through the starter solenoid first to see if it will work or if it will cause a constant crank. On the bench of course.
It was suggested or asked why not allow code pulling when driving down the road. I don't have an answer to that except I would be concerned that the sensors are not in a range that the computer is expecting so I'll get a bunch of sensor out of range false positives.
Thanks again for all the thoughts.
