What exactly does the brake controller do?
I have a Prodigy 2 brake controller, and I know how to set it for the little lever that activates only the trailer brakes. I roll about 5 mph on a level surface, and set the number to where it just s...
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spike99 wrote:
The Prodigy 2 brake controller contains a mini computer and has motion sensors inside it. If one does 5 MPH and slams on the TV's brake Pedal, its computer sends very little current to the trailer brakes. If one does 50 MPH and slams on the TV's brake pedal, its computer sends large amount of current to the trailer brakes. Based on ground speed and braking "inertia", the brake controller decides how the attached trailer brakes behave. The adjustments on the brake controller allow some "variance" behavior within its computer.
Thank you very much. I had no idea motion sensors was how it worked.
