memtb wrote:
RCMAN46 wrote:
memtb wrote:
JMO. If it’s an inertia type controller, and you are on ice.....when braking the truck you will get little to no inertia, thereby “no” braking to the trailer! Am I correct in this assumption? This was much of the reason we went with the Brakesmart!
Not correct. That is the purpose of the boost feature.
So...... it’s pretty much the same as gain.....by another name! But still needs inertia to function.
Not so. the boost feature sets a certain amount of initial trailer braking. 25 percent, or 35 percent. That initial braking happens as soon as you touch the brake pedal, BEFORE the Brake controller feels the TV slow. However, It only lasts for a second. IF the BC does not "feel" the TV slow. It releases the TT brake. It is used only to have the trailer brakes lead the TV brakes, until the accelerometer takes over. The more heavy the trailer is. the more boost is used. IF you watch the Prodigy digital display. You can see the current spike when you touch the pedal, and the dive when it releases. It is truly proportional. It applies the trailer brakes as hard as the TV brakes. IF the TV brakes are not applied. the trailer brakes aren't either. If the TV brakes are only slightly applied. So are the trailer brakes.
I used a Prodigy for more than 10 years. They work GREAT. I actually still have it. but since the new TV has a factory controller. The Prodigy is in the building.
