Parking Brake/Back Up Audio Signal?

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Hey........My land is pretty much hilly but there are a lot of flat spots. I learned when parking, MANY years ago, to very seldom use the parking brake. If the driveline will hold it why use some other mechanism, thereby wearing it out, to just do nothing?........Anyway, my wife, partner,helpmate, and "owner" of the RTV insists upon using the parking brake wherever she parks, even in the barn. NO she doesnt do this on the other vehicles. Anyway, when I go to use it I really cannot get in the habit of checking the brake and releasing it. Yes, there is the light down there on the right hand lower dash; but it doesnt catch my eye or attention.</p>


Sooooo..........is anybody aware of a simple plug in audio beeper type device that I can plug in series with the parking brake. Would really like to be able to just plug it in down there with the idiot light............anyway.......thanks guys.........Dennis</p>
 
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Our 900 is stock, we don't ever use the parking brakeuntil we have it on the trailer transporting it to & from the farm.With the engine running, and<span style="text-decoration: underline;">LEFT IN </span>GEAR, the machineWILL NOT ROLL AT ALL,unless youpress a little on thefuel petal. The engine brake will hold it. Now if one has a coast valve set-up, I don't know if it will hold.</p>


When backing up to a feed trailer, (we have all been there where you need just a hair of a 1/2"for the ball to fall into place) I usually turn theengine OFF, for then, I can grab andpush / pull the machine exactly where it needs to be. If left running, you cannot move that RTV for hell or high water !!!! It is easy to leave the parking brake on just like you said >>> </p>


Tell the wife us southern boys rather use abrick to chock the tires, see if she smiles >>> One can always pick the brick up after he runs over it and set it in the back ...... don't have to worry about heated brakes or wearing out the pads >>>>> ( yes, I'm grinin' )
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i know most car parts stores will sell them but if you can't find them there just go to your local yamaha shop and ask for a brake light switch that mounts under the brake pedal of the rhino you can hook a light to it and when the brake is on a light"that you mount"on the dash will come on when the rtv is runningand the brake lever is engaged.</p>
 
Thanks for the thoughts guys............was really hoping someone KNEW of a device to plug in with the brake idot light on the dash that already had the correct plug......Dennis</p>
 
Wonder if you could tie in to the present light wiring and put a second one in a more obvious place? The light sockets twist out for bulb replacement and mine once came undone andhung down making a bright glow on the floor. I did see a device on Amazon that plugged in to a tail light and was activated by the brake pedal. It peeped if I remember correctly. But I don't know if it was quality or trash or what size bulb it was . Good luck .Bordercollie</p>
 
if there is a plug for it it's very simple to get some staycons and make a adaptor for it[quote user="D&D Farm"]</p>


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Thanks for the thoughts guys............was really hoping someone KNEW of a device to plug in with the brake idot light on the dash that already had the correct plug......Dennis</p>
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OK, I see this as being a very simple fix.</p>


As I recall, back-up alarms have a single wire (hot) and uses chassis ground.</p>


Using a blue self-stripping wire splice (like what's in the link below), you just connect it to whatever wire goes hot to illuminate the dash light (just connect it a few inches from the dash light and mount the alarm under the dash.</p>


http://www.electricalbasics.com/acatalog/Tap_Splices.html</p>


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I had this same problem.All you need is a buzzer ofsome sort, I used a low air alarm out of a mack truck but anything that makes noisewill work.Tap the power off the park brake light and hook the buzzer to that. Works well and you will allways know when the park brake is on.</p>
 
BC and zenchal26..........This is the kind of answer I was hoping for.....thanks......I guess, actually I was wanting to find something that would plug in rather than a splice; but suppose that is hoping for to much.....Cut, strip, solder, heat shrink.....Anyway, thanks guys.....it's on my project list.........God bless.....Dennis</p>
 
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Cut, strip, solder, heat shrink.....</p>
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If you use the blue connector shown in the link of my last post, you don't have to do any of that. The clip slides on your one wire and no cutting is required (this is your existing wire to the light). Next to that groove is another slot for your new wire (the one coming from the alarm). There's a little plug in this groove so when you push it in, it only goes so far. You then take a pair of pliers or channel locks and push that metal clip inwards. That cuts through the insulation on both wires and makes a contact. Fold the plastic tab over and snap and you're done. Start to finish takes about 20 seconds. If you have a trailer (with lights) hanging around, they're most likely on there if you want to see how they look installed. It's the prefered contact method when you're wiring in your trailer side running lights. Since the wiring harness goes from the tongue to the rear tail-lights, these clips are used to splice in any lights along the way.</p>


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zoom is right this is the easiest way to tap into a line just make sure you don't draw to many amps or it could get hot. but i'm sure that buzzer thing or little light ain't drawing that much so you should be good to go.</p>
 
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I bought these buzzers on E-bayItem # 310163315188. They are small and very light. I pulled out the parking brake bulb and just stuck the very fine wires in and then the bulb The light didn't fit back in the socket perfectly but it just kind of hangs in there and still works fine. The buzzers are polarity sensitive. They are a bit too loud but some tape should take care of that.</p>


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Here is the updated e-bay item # 310176804880, just put that # in the e-bay search bar and it should pop up.</p>
 
<span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">bc is right! Those little blue plasticclip-onconnectors work. They look cheap and not fit for the job, but they work. I have them on a boat trailer and a flat bed trailer. Those wires and connectors have been dunked under water and dragged through mud and dust and bounced up and down over the miles .... and they have never failed me. I always thought you had to cut and splice and solder and tape those little lighting wires... not anymore. I'm a believer in those little blue plastic clip-on connectors. I even keep several extra in the truck's glove box for when the other ones fail. I haven't used them yet.</span></p>


<span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Keifer, a RTV wannabe</span></p>
 
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