Electric Brakes Camper Trailer

"Will the brakes work without an electronic trailer brake control."- No.

"Which brand of electronic brake control is good we have looked at the Prodigy. "

Have one too for my CT. Find it works well.

Exactly the same as Old Plodder x 1000

You will be able to activate the brakes OFF or ON without a controller buts thats exactly what they will be:

Either 100% ON or 100% OFF.

Hi rylie

The Prodigy is our best selling controller and followed by the Voyager.

You MUST have a controller for the trailer brakes to work.

It is also a legal requirement for trailers over 750kg to have working trailer brakes and that would also include a ADR approved controller if they are electric.

Regards

Derek.

rylie, you don't actually say what sort of electric brakes you have or the type of camper. The electric brake system I have won't work with a Prodigy properly without a small hardware modification. Believe it shows errors.

If you have a five pin plug you will probably find that the brakes are on-off-on-off as you indicate a right hand turn...

To help a little more.
My last reply was a bit short. Not sure what level of knowledge you have.
Assuming only a little, this may also help.
Electric brakes usually work with a varying voltage from 0 to 12 volts.
0 off, 12 volts on hard.
A brake controller does this, and is usually activated off the car brakes.
Just did a brake check on my trailer and using the hand over ride, I could lock up the trailer brakes at 30km/hr at about 10 volts. My prodigy gives a read out of 0 to 12.
Bigger trailers will need bigger brakes and more voltage, hence most controllers have a variable setting control to get the right voltage to suit the particular trailer.
So you need something that you can change manually or also automatically to get the braking effect you want from the trailer.
Old brake controls were a one setting job, unless you changed the setting by hand as you braked.
Most systems now have some sort of G force sensor and increase braking of the trailer as the car brakes harder. Some sensors work better than others. This is part of the controller debate, which controller does this best :o).

Check the trailer to see if it has a small controller like a knob and dial on the A frame. One old fashioned way was a set and forget controller on the trailer. If it isn't there, the previous owner had a controller in the car.

The Prodigy is one of the few (only?) controllers that works in reverse which may be handy if you need to back down a slippery slope off road. Works well with our Trak Shak (1100kg GVM). Should be around $400 fitted.

Adrian

G'day,

can highly recommend the Prodigy. Don't know what car you have but is an easy install on 95 Prado.