ScottG wrote:
Lynnmor wrote:
ScottG wrote:
It's really not. If it's raining you need to back it off. If the trailer is appreciably lighter or heavier with water and other junk it will need adjustment.
Of course, if nothing ever changes then the controller can be left alone.
If it is raining, I would hope you wouldn't hit the brakes as hard, therefore the trailer brakes don't brake as hard. Likewise, a heavier load requires a bit more braking and that too is done with your foot. A good controller doesn't need to be fiddled with at all.
And this is the same thinking that got the OP into his situation. Electric brakes just aren't that sensitive to variations in braking and "setting and forgetting" wil get one in trouble.
Maybe the brakes aren't sensitive to braking variations. But A GOOD brake controler is. After all. that is how it works. A good Brake controler "senses" how hard the TV is braking, and applies power to the brakes accordingly. You want the TT brakes, to brake with the same power as the TV brakes. You do not want the trailer to either push, or pull the TV in rain, or dry. It needs to be seamless. So once you get the controler set correctly. It will brake as hard, or as soft as the TV every time. And the harder the TV brakes. The harder the TT brakes. The softer the TV brakes, the softer the trailer will brake, And that is how it is supposed to work.
