Marc,
Good job!!
<<Jim>>
Weimers wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Dunmyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >An outfit called "Hoppy" makes various "tail light converters",
> > one being billed as an "Isolator". I use one of these, mounted under the
> > hood of my truck, to power the trailer lights (tail, LH & RH, not backup
> > lights). It has a wire to the battery, 3 input wires from the truck's
> > lighting system, a ground, and 4 wires to the trailer connector.
> >
> > The reason I used this is to totally isolate the trailer lights from the
> > truck's
>
> I just made my own "isolator" over the weekend. I found four 12 volt ,
> 40 amp relays for 99 cents a piece from MCM Electronics. In my '71 GT
> there is a "7 way connector inspection plate" on the front wall "behind" my
> front sofa bed. This space is behind my pull-out drawers and it's quite
> spacious. it's about 12 inches high, 8 inches deep and the full width of the
> trailer. In other words, there was plenty of space to put my isolator.
> Removing the inspection plate revealed all the wires from the main
> connector, all sliced together with wire nuts. All I had to do was remove
> the wire nuts and put my relays in the circuit. The main positive lead (10
> gauge) from the car (and the trailer battery) provides the power. I put a 30
> amp circuit breaker in the line for protection. The wires from the car for
> the running lights, the two stop / turn signal lights and the reverse lamps
> are attached to the coils of the four relays I used. The relays are
> attached to the front wall, out of sight behind the front sofa bed.
>
>
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