Electric Brake Controls - RV-Dreams Community Forum

mward3 · RV-Dreams Community Member

Electric Brake Controls

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Michael,

You will get different answers here, as some have used different ones. One name that comes to mind is Prodigy (I think) that has been mentioned as a good brand. I can't help much with questions as our Ford F450 came with an integrated brake controller that works with our coach. We did have to add a Carslile part (called an HBA-CAM) to make that integrated brake controller work with the coach's electric-over-hydraulic disk brakes.

You could also use the search function of the forum and type in specific terms. You may get a long thread with only a few mentions of controllers (or whatever your searched topic is), but some may be absolutely loaded with the information you need.

Good luck with the research.

Terry

53 Merc · RV-Dreams Family Member

Mike, when you buy your brake control, they will almost positively have a wiring adaptor kit for your specific vehicle. When I installed the Prodigy in my TV, I got a wiring harness specific for Ford Superduty. Honestly, it was plug and play. The hardest part was mounting the controller in a spot that was reasonably easy to reach.

Waggin Tails · RV-Dreams Family Member

I have a Prodigy P3. It does excatly what it is designed to do. I had it installed only because the hitch was being installed and I had no time after to do it myself. 53 Merc is right in the the hardest part was mounting location. Dealer had installed it on the veryh bottom of dash where I had to reach a long wayh for it. I moved it to closer reach. Most trucks are equiped with a connector behind dash that mates up to controller. So with an appropriate wiring harness, it is easy to do. Installation should not take more than 30 minutes.

I've never had to manualy hit the emergency switch on controller while in traffic, but I do test that each time I pull out of a site just to know it is working.