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Lazy Daze Forums => Life with a LazyDaze Archive => Topic started by: desertdivanm on October 02, 2014, 10:16:47 pm

Title: Questions - Solar and Towing Components...
Post by: desertdivanm on October 02, 2014, 10:16:47 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 148806 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/lifewithalazydazerv/conversations/messages/148806)
Hi Everyone,

You probably thought I posted and left town (so to speak).  However, I've been busy cashing out one of my tax sheltered annuities, and setting up a date to pick up my (new to me) Lazy Daze.

I found out that the RV has the tow wiring in place as the first owners towed a car.  After much looking here's what I've found for towing my Honda CR-V.

TOTAL - $1,972.38

I have a mobile RV person that I use in Las Cruces who's very fair in price and quite knowledgeable/reliable.

At first I thought I'd have my RV repair guy take off the solar, etc... from my RV, but I think it's just as well to sell my Toyota Dolphin with the current set-up and start out fresh.  All I really care about for boondocking is to use my curling iron and run my XM radio, etc...

I'll run the about towing list past my RV guy, but I wanted to see if I'm on the right track.

By the way, the Lazy Daze already has a tire pressure monitor for someone who commented about that earlier.

Thanks! Cheryl
Title: Re: Questions - Solar and Towing Components...
Post by: Larry W on October 03, 2014, 01:45:29 am
Yahoo Message Number: 148808 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/lifewithalazydazerv/conversations/messages/148808)
Cheryl

The BrakeBuddy 39332 Towed Vehicle Battery Maintainer connects the LD's and toad batteries together, all the time, towing or not.. If you were to leave the interior lights on in the toad for a day or two, it would kill both the LD and toad's starting batteries.
Preferable is a device that disconnects the batteries when the LD's engine is not running and producing 12-volt power.
http://www.lslproducts.net/ToadChargePage.html (http://www.lslproducts.net/ToadChargePage.html) Also consider having an dash-mounted light that illuminates when the toad's brakes are applied. It requires an umbilical cord with an extra wire.

Larry
Title: Re: Questions - Solar and Towing Components...
Post by: desertdivanm on October 03, 2014, 11:21:19 am
Yahoo Message Number: 148809 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/lifewithalazydazerv/conversations/messages/148809)
Hi Larry,

Yikes - thanks for the information.  I'll go that route...

Cheryl