[AT] Brake controller

[Rick Weaver]

Hi again one more point...

I can adjust the Prodigy to brake the trailer harder than the car and thus
it pulls the rear end downward.  When adjusting them, the goal is to NOT
have this happen, but to have the trailer brake pretty much exactly in
tandem with the vehicle.  It is very easy to get the Prodigy adjusted
properly.

I haven't noticed the trailer pulling the vehicle prior to or releasing
after the vehicle's brakes.  I would think this is undesirable no matter the
delay.  On slick pavements could this cause an out-of-control situation?
The trailer brakes could lock up while the vehicle is not braking that much.
Of course it all depends on how well they're adjusted.  Just thinking out
loud.

The guy who installed my Prodigy loved his time-delay model.  Just FYI.
Diffr'nt strokes??

Rick

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Spencer Yost
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 4:12 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Brake controller

>This is one of the few points on which Spencer and I disagree.  I have one

>of the time delayed controllers and despise that thing.  That system
>doesn't 
>account for different levels of braking and it doesn't account for fast & 
>hard braking.  I don't want to wait on the controller to ramp up when I
>have 
>to hit the pedal hard.  I think that you will find driving with one of the


It must be a difference in controllers.   The sensitivity control gets me
any level of braking I want.  At most levels of sensitivity my controller
is _faster_ than the vehicle's brakes (ie the trailer starts pulling the
truck for a quick second when I apply the brake).  It also lets up _after_
the vehicle's brakes do.  As this implies, the delay is less and less as
you crank up braking power. 

I'd hate mine too if mine did what your does.

Spencer Yost
Owner, ATIS
Plow the Net!
http://www.atis.net

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