Tekonsha P3 EBC mounting
Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008 at 19:54
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dm_td5
Just purchased one of these units. I was a little annoyed by the installation instructions as they don't give any details as to whether the unit can be mounted with any vertical inclination (e.g. like the Prodigy which can be inclined to 70 degrees). It does specify it must be horizontal across the unit and inline with the vehicle, but that is all.
If anyone has fitted the P3 can you please tell me if there is any problems fitting at about 30-50 degrees inclination.
Reply By: Affordable Batteries & Radiators - Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008 at 20:04
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008 at 20:04
Here is a link I just found.
Same question
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Reply By: Affordable Batteries & Radiators - Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008 at 20:07
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008 at 20:07
Specs:
Boost levels increase power up 0%, 13% and 25%
180° vertical plane operating range
Can be mounted between -90° (straight down) and 90° (straight up)
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Follow Up By: Affordable Batteries & Radiators - Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008 at 20:08
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008 at 20:08
Link to this info
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Reply By: dm_td5 - Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008 at 20:35
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008 at 20:35
Thanks, good to see I'm not the only one confused by the instructions. +/- 90 degrees, makes it rather simple then.
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Reply By: autosparky - Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 00:16
Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 00:16
they are a bugger to set up for gain , because of the pendulum set up , prefer electronic set up , eg hayman reese no problems
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Follow Up By: feral - Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 09:48
Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 09:48
What????????
The Tekonsha Prodigy is most likely the easiest controller to set up and forget.
Mine works brilliantly and thousand of other users would agree.
They are not a bugger to set up at all.
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Follow Up By: Gronk - Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 10:43
Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 10:43
Would agree....have never heard of anyone having issues with setup ?
Electronic? I thought thats what the prodigy was ..
So easy to use....wouldn't even think of buying one of the other brands..
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Follow Up By: pjchris - Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 10:49
Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 10:49
Um... Since the P3 can be mounted at any angle in a 180 degree arc it does NOT use a pendulum, it is a solid state unit.
The Prodigy (Limited to 70 degree mounting) does still use a pendulum but I have used one (My friends) I just set the boost level to 1 with the push buttons and that's it.
I think you are referring to the older Voyager. They could be a real pain to set the boost on and I often needed to adjust
mine as the day wore on and the temperature changed.
Peter
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Follow Up By: T-Ribby - Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 19:09
Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 19:09
I've just had a Voyager fitted to my tow vehicle. The installer company set it up and I have marked the LH vertical knurl with a dot of white correction fluid in case it gets knocked. Other than that all it took was a slight adjustment on the RH knurl to fine tune the van brakes. Works
well imho
T.R.
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Follow Up By: autosparky - Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 21:04
Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 21:04
my apologies i have not seen or heard of the tekonsha prodigy ,and it was the voyager i was refering to i will now try this prodigy when doing my next fit outs , thanks for letting me know about this product
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Reply By: Dunaruna - Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 20:13
Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 20:13
Both the prodigy and the P3 are pendulum based inertia activated controllers. The difference is (from other brands) is that these units have electronic circuitry that automatically compensate for a wide range of mounting angles.
IMO, solid state controllers are far inferior as the braking is based on time delay, not inertia.
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Reply By: Richo (SA) - Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 20:14
Thursday, May 01, 2008 at 20:14
If you have the P3 then there is no pendulum.
I have this unit mounted at about 30 degrees and it works VERY
well.
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