Anderson plug

[blueanlou]

OT I spoke to my sparky today and he agreed with pretty much what you said but instead of connecting to the ignition to isolate the power feed he will install some inline gizmo that detects voltage drop from the tug battery and shuts the feed to the van down thereby avoiding nasty surprises.

Neil

[Old Techo]

Neil, that is a more sophisticated and likely more expensive solution.

As an electronics tech I prefer to use simple components and techniques. Sometimes 'smarts' have a mind of their own or even lose their mind

The other thing I like to have is a green monitor LED on the tug dashboard to confirm that it is working.

[PeterD]

OT I spoke to my sparky today and he agreed with pretty much what you said but instead of connecting to the ignition to isolate the power feed he will install some inline gizmo that detects voltage drop from the tug battery and shuts the feed to the van down thereby avoiding nasty surprises.

Of course he will recommend that. He will make more profit out of a $150 VSR than a $15 relay. In the end they will both do a similar job. It will be interesting to hear the speal he gives to pressure you into spending more money.

[rredbeak]

Tar Trekker.
never thought of the cord idea.the old one was tight but not so hard to install..

I like the Handle idea tho I must admit that BRC put up.only not sure how far out it extends for tight reversing.mines mounted beside the tow ball within 6" of it as well as my 12 pin..

But lifes going to be far easier now LOL.

rod

[Old Techo]

Rod, tightish is good for electrical connectors

Give it a squirt of WD40.

[rredbeak]

agreed OT but this is OVERLY tight..like putting on a 10 yr old pair of jeans LOL...it will wear in or ill get used to it one of the two lol

[Old Techo]

Fair enuff Rod,

Why not get another matching brand plug and replace the one on the tug?

[blueanlou]

OT
I reckon you should hit the road in your trusty rig with tools on board and do a lap whereby you could make a few bob doing some of this tech stuff have a holiday at the same time and get paid for it.

Neil

[rredbeak]

the place that did the job is long gone now.well out of his territory.. but ill buy a quality brand SET n replace them both

[Bundyrumandcoke]

Tar Trekker.
never thought of the cord idea.the old one was tight but not so hard to install..

I like the Handle idea tho I must admit that BRC put up.only not sure how far out it extends for tight reversing.mines mounted beside the tow ball within 6" of it as well as my 12 pin..

But lifes going to be far easier now LOL.

rod

Here you go Rod. And the beauty is, they are only about 5 or 6 bucks each.