Wireless proportional brake controllers

24v wrote:
It removes the need to install a trailer brake controller inside the vehicle. So you install the controller on the trailer and it plugs inline with the trailer connector.

I like it because I didn't have to screw a controller to the dash on my nice new truck, and I can put it away when not using it. It involves literally zero modifications to the truck.

Bumpyroad wrote:
so do you plug the "receiver" part into the standard connector 7 pin on the TV and plug the trailer cord into that? is that what you mean by inline? and you can easily move both halves to any trailer/TV combination?

What you're referring to as the "receiver" Tekonsha calls the Power Module which mounts on the trailer tongue. It's cable plugs into the TV and the trailer cable plugs into it. The only other part is the small remote control which you have with you in the cab of the tow vehicle and plug into a cigarette lighter power source. You can use any vehicle you want as a TV and should you want to tow a different trailer you just move the tongue mounted box to the that trailer. About the only downside I can think of to a Prodigy RF might be the cost which is significantly more than say a Prodigy P3. However, if one's particular TV isn't plug and play then the cost to have a tech install a wired controller may offset the higher cost of the Prodigy RF.



Details on setting up a Prodigy RF can be found here.