If you know you will not be towing your TT for a few weeks or month's do you remove fuses for brake controller and tail light signal converter to increase longevity? This was suggested to me as my Prodigy P2 brake controller has two tiny LED lites that burn constantly and may partly be causing my battery to drain sooner than it should. BTW the Prodigy P2 has performed flawlessly ever since I installed it. Very adjustable and smooth .

My TV is my daily driver. All equipment that is mounted on or in the truck stays all the time. I only remove the big heavy hitch head. Brake controller stays. Never know when I might want to tow someone else's trailer with brakes.

The lights on the Prodigy controller will stay for about 15min and then go out until you press on the vehicle brake pedal.

phenrichs wrote:My TV is my daily driver. All equipment that is mounted on or in the truck stays all the time. I only remove the big heavy hitch head. Brake controller stays. Never know when I might want to tow someone else's trailer with brakes.X2 - I don't see where "longevity " comes in by removing something you're not using.Unless your manual says to remove the fuses (doubtful) leave them in.You probably would break or weaken the fuse holders by removing and reinstalling the fuses instead of just leaving them in and replacing blown ones.

No, I don't disconnect any of it.

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Kemahsabe
Explorer
Jan 07, 2014
sh410 wrote:
The lights on the Prodigy controller will stay for about 15min and then go out until you press on the vehicle brake pedal.

X2. Also, the battery drain from those little LED lights is negligible.
beemerphile1
Explorer
Jan 07, 2014
No, I don't disconnect any of it.
F105
Explorer
Jan 07, 2014
phenrichs wrote:
My TV is my daily driver. All equipment that is mounted on or in the truck stays all the time. I only remove the big heavy hitch head. Brake controller stays. Never know when I might want to tow someone else's trailer with brakes.

X2 - I don't see where "longevity " comes in by removing something you're not using.

Unless your manual says to remove the fuses (doubtful) leave them in.

You probably would break or weaken the fuse holders by removing and reinstalling the fuses instead of just leaving them in and replacing blown ones.
workhardplayha1
Explorer
Jan 07, 2014
I would loose the parts.
sh410
Explorer
Jan 07, 2014
The lights on the Prodigy controller will stay for about 15min and then go out until you press on the vehicle brake pedal.
phenrichs
Explorer
Jan 07, 2014
My TV is my daily driver. All equipment that is mounted on or in the truck stays all the time. I only remove the big heavy hitch head. Brake controller stays. Never know when I might want to tow someone else's trailer with brakes.

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