Timed vs inertia brake controllers
Our TV has a Reese sumthin sumthin timed brake controller, for use on up to 4 axle trailers. Are we destined to crash and burn due to not having the other style?
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Fair weather guy here, so have not towed heavy in icy conditions
Noodling it...says the inertia sensor will know when I've told it to brake, but
no deceleration. So the boost preset will the basis and no higher, again because
the inertia sensor does NOT sense any rate of change or enough to warrant more
trailer braking
That would be adjustable via the boost number reset for slippery
conditions...and I'd reset it to zero for those conditions
I do or used to snow ski till the orthopedist said no more (other sports stuff
too) and am well accustomed to using chains. If I ever do tow in those conditions,
the trailer *WILL* have chains and leading the trailer brakes a good thing then too
The P3 gets it's command to turn on and brake from the TV's brake pedal switch.
If you have a retarder (tell a bit about that), that depends on how you switch
or initiate it.
If the TV brake pedal switch, the P3 will also initiate, but if something other
than the pedal switch, then the P3 will NOT until the pedal switch is initiated
I also have a C10 Silverado that I tow a utility trailer or rental at times.
That is when I've had the P3 in it
Noodling it...says the inertia sensor will know when I've told it to brake, but
no deceleration. So the boost preset will the basis and no higher, again because
the inertia sensor does NOT sense any rate of change or enough to warrant more
trailer braking
That would be adjustable via the boost number reset for slippery
conditions...and I'd reset it to zero for those conditions
I do or used to snow ski till the orthopedist said no more (other sports stuff
too) and am well accustomed to using chains. If I ever do tow in those conditions,
the trailer *WILL* have chains and leading the trailer brakes a good thing then too
The P3 gets it's command to turn on and brake from the TV's brake pedal switch.
If you have a retarder (tell a bit about that), that depends on how you switch
or initiate it.
If the TV brake pedal switch, the P3 will also initiate, but if something other
than the pedal switch, then the P3 will NOT until the pedal switch is initiated
I also have a C10 Silverado that I tow a utility trailer or rental at times.
That is when I've had the P3 in it
