09-14-2012, 05:57 PM
I also installed a brakeswitch, but I wired it to suit my liking. I used an extra toggle switch in the circuit, so that in one mode, the jake is activated by depressing the brake pedal and releases as soon as I release the brake pedal. The other mode is the normal mode where the jake is activated by the accelerator in the off position. Essentially the toggle switch bypasses the brakeswitch.
When in the flats, I like the extra braking power of the jakes, but I hate that it comes on when I roll out of the throttle too much. So on the flats, I run with the brakeswitch on.
In the mountains, I run with the jakes activated by the accelerator pedal. That way I have braking on the descents without riding the brake pedal.
Here is what I think will work with only one additional wire needed. If you ran a wire from the brake light fuse terminal in the passenger foot well to the downstream side of the jake brake on off switch, then you could automatically have what I described above without adding a brakeswitch and an additional toggle.
When in the flats, I like the extra braking power of the jakes, but I hate that it comes on when I roll out of the throttle too much. So on the flats, I run with the brakeswitch on.
In the mountains, I run with the jakes activated by the accelerator pedal. That way I have braking on the descents without riding the brake pedal.
Here is what I think will work with only one additional wire needed. If you ran a wire from the brake light fuse terminal in the passenger foot well to the downstream side of the jake brake on off switch, then you could automatically have what I described above without adding a brakeswitch and an additional toggle.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
Maverick Hybrid Toad
Inverness, FL (when we're home
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