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Old 02-11-2012, 12:02 PM   #1
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Default run,tow switch for a toad

has anyone installed a switch (toggle?), for long tows, need to eliminate battery drainage...thks. jim
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Old 02-18-2012, 11:43 AM   #2
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Default Re: run,tow switch for a toad

You may care to check out the AutoFuse by TowDaddy if you just need to pull a fuse vs killing the power lead. It is automatic when you hook into your tow lighting from your coach.

http://www.towdaddy.net/products.htm
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Old 02-19-2012, 07:48 AM   #3
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thks david, will look into....j
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Old 02-19-2012, 10:10 AM   #4
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Default Re: run,tow switch for a toad

Yes, I use one and it is great. Though I think high in price for what it is.
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Old 02-25-2012, 10:18 PM   #5
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Default Re: run,tow switch for a toad

When my toad was wired for towing, the dealer where I bought the coach installed a small box inside the back end cap and it says it is some kind of diodes to eliminate any drain on the toad battery. I have never had a battery go dead yet. But I am no electrician, so I am not sure what kind of diodes they are. I never have to pull any fuses on my Honda Pilot EXL.
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Old 02-26-2012, 10:09 AM   #6
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Default Re: run,tow switch for a toad

In our case, a Saturn Outlook, it is not so much battery drain,which is a part, but also that bigger fact that without pulling a fuse it adds to the mileage of the Outlook as we tow it.
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