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Country Coach Restoration, Repair & Parts Forums => Country Coach Archive => Topic started by: Jjakenancy on March 18, 2006, 09:11:26 pm

Title: Pilot tow
Post by: Jjakenancy on March 18, 2006, 09:11:26 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 21762 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/21762)
Does anyone have a solution for charging the tow vehicle battery while being connected to the MH? This seems to be a problem for quite a number of people I have run into and figure that someone has the answer.
Title: Re: Pilot tow
Post by: Mikee on March 18, 2006, 11:44:22 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 21763 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/21763)
Hi,

i use a 6 pin connector to connect the toad the the coach and on one of the pins I ran a 12 volt hot line fused on both ends to kep the toad battery charged.

Mike

Does anyone have a solution for charging the tow vehicle battery while being connected to the MH? This seems to be a problem for quite a number of people I have run into and figure that someone has the answer.
Title: Re: Pilot tow
Post by: John on March 19, 2006, 03:22:11 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 21769 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/21769)
My approach is to keep the circuit of the MH separate from the tow vehicle. I used diodes when wiring the taillights to further follow this approach. The tail lights, etc, are isolated from the MH circuitry.

On our pickup, I have a light bar that sits in the trailer hitch and a harness that runs the length of the truck so there is no common connections, and i don't have to mess with the wiring at all. I made mine, but Blue Ox sells them (mine is cooler).

We stop every 5 or 6 hours to pee the puppies, and us, and run the Pilot for several minutes. This keeps the battery up, and lubes the transmission, per Honda's instruction. We have never had a dead battery and hopefully our little Pilot tranny is happy.

Call me parinoid I guess, but I like to keep things simple.

Lots of folks hook up the 12v, and that's cool for them ... just makes me nervous.

John and Terry
2005 Affinity

Quote from: jjakenancy
Does anyone have a solution for charging the tow vehicle battery

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Title: Re: Pilot tow
Post by: Ed Gardiser on March 19, 2006, 10:30:28 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 21770 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/21770)
Try going to LSL Products Toad Charge www.lslproducts.com/toadchargepage.html (http://www.lslproducts.com/toadchargepage.html)
Good Luck

Ed Gardiser
Escondido, Ca.
Title: Re: Pilot tow
Post by: Gene Clendenin on March 22, 2006, 10:49:00 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 21828 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/21828)
Run a hot lead from your MH hitch connection to the positive terminal on your toad battery.