Ram integrated brake control
So we have our new 2016 3500 Ram Turbo diesel and we are wondering how many other Ram owners are having this issue. We picked up our trailer the other day and when using the brakes it feels as i...
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otrfun wrote:
Five pages of discussion about brake controllers (defective or otherwise) with no mention of voltage/current readings from realworld rigs? Maybe I missed it.
My two cents:
If your brake controller is capable of producing 12v and 3a (per brake assembly) then it's designed to work safely with the vast majority of trailer brakes. Anything less correspondingly reduces the number of trailers it can safely stop.
If 12v and 3a (per brake) doesn't stop your rig satisfactorily, don't blame your brake controller, blame your wiring or brake mechanicals.
On the flipside, just because your Ram IBC "works great" doesn't necessarily mean it's capable of producing 12v and 3a (per brake), it just means your Ram IBC's voltage/current output is probably a good match with your trailer (which may need considerably less than 12v and 3a per brake to brake properly).
Guess you failed to read the thread and the fact that in 2015 RAM shorten up the pulse width modulation to the brakes. Amperage may be fine except for the fact that they greatly reduced the amount of time the pulse it sent to the trailer brakes. Chris
