Supplemental Brake Systems - update 8/7/06
Updates: 1/1/06: Roadmaster has stopped making BrakePro and replaced it with a revised system that it calls Even Brake. A DRAFT review of the Even Brake System has been added. Like the other rev...
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You wrote "Fred, Did I guess correctly that the Silent Partner uses accelerometers instead of a mercury switch? Anyone visiting their website would have a hard time determining that Stay-IN-Play is a variation that can be applied to either of three basic units. Determine if accelerometers are used is impossible to get from the website."
I can't locate the papers that came with my unit, but I read them all during the installation and I don't think it answered that question. I can say that when using the "real time" mode the control module applies the toad brakes when the coach brakes are applied and SUFFICIENT DECELERATION FORCE force is detected. It will also release the toad brakes when the deceleration force is reduced even if the coach brakes are still on. Now whether this implies accelerometer or mecury switch, I don't know. Since the sensitivy is adjustable I think it may be more than a mercury switch. I've sent an email to SMI asking this question. I'll let you know when I get an answer.
Fred
You wrote "Fred, Did I guess correctly that the Silent Partner uses accelerometers instead of a mercury switch? Anyone visiting their website would have a hard time determining that Stay-IN-Play is a variation that can be applied to either of three basic units. Determine if accelerometers are used is impossible to get from the website."
I can't locate the papers that came with my unit, but I read them all during the installation and I don't think it answered that question. I can say that when using the "real time" mode the control module applies the toad brakes when the coach brakes are applied and SUFFICIENT DECELERATION FORCE force is detected. It will also release the toad brakes when the deceleration force is reduced even if the coach brakes are still on. Now whether this implies accelerometer or mecury switch, I don't know. Since the sensitivy is adjustable I think it may be more than a mercury switch. I've sent an email to SMI asking this question. I'll let you know when I get an answer.
Fred
