Electric Brake Controllers

Kountryguy wrote:
Is anyone aware of a controller that works off a direct connection to the brake pedal?

No.

The is no longer any new brake controllers being made that have any direct physical connection to the brake pedal.

Jordan Ultima 2020 was the only one made that did, it used a special spring loaded connection to the brake pedal via stainless aircraft cable.

I have two of the 2020s and you will not pry them out of my cold dead hands, they ARE that good.

My newest vehicle has factory IBC and comparing the feel between having the Jordan and a built in IBC I cannot tell the difference! My older vehicles still have the Jordans just in case I would need to tow with them.

Jordan was planning to bring out a new model which put the actual sensor on the brake pedal, but before they finished they abruptly sold their company to Camco who immediately stopped further development and sales of any Jordans.

There was a couple of controllers that tapped into the master cylinder via a hydraulic to electric sensor, those manufacturers have ceased production.

One of the things in common with all of the above was they cost more than the Prodigy and the Prodigy is dirt simple to install.. And what I have noticed is PRICE and SIMPLICITY of the install trumps everything else with the average RVr..

With that said, there is a new "kid on the block" so to speak called DIRECLINK that plugs into the vehicles OBDII diagnostics port.

This controller IS considerably more expensive the say a Prodigy (and other similar inertial controllers) but instead of using the brake light (like the Prodigy) to start the braking process it reads the vehicles data bus and uses multiple data points from the OBDII port to decide when and how much braking is needed.

The result should be as good as the Jordan 2020 or even a built in IBC brake controllers..