electric brakes issues

Should be no voltage at all......when no foot on brake.

Hotsocks.

Firstly - I freely admit that I have had nothing to do with Redarc controllers. I am a Prodigy person myself.

Secondly - I have made the assumption that you have a separate Redarc in each vehicle.

As an aside this is why I use the Prodigy as it allows me to transfer the one controller between my vehicles and any others that have a Prodigy controller cradle and loom plug.

If you have a different type of controller in your car, then the Redarc is definitely on the list of 'suspects' in your 4WD setup.

However I would first eliminate the the brake activation wire/connection as the culprit by checking to see if there is any voltage in your brake lights when the foot is off the pedal. 5 volts will not illuminate a 12v globe enough for you to see it.

Next I would go for the outlet socket on the vehicle. Pull it apart and if there is any corrosion in the wire attachment sockets - piff it and get a new one - cut the ends off each of the coloured wires in the multi cable or wires to the socket so that they clean and shiny.

Re-fit the cables to the socket and re test it.

If you still have 5 volts there, then as the other guys have said, check the Redarc unit.

DD

Only 2 things can cause overheating, bearings (too tight etc) or brakes. I have a Prodify and no voltage is present without braking as mentioned above. Brakes or controller issue by the sounds of it. As you mentioned issue just behind 1 x vehicle I presume 2 different vehicles and 2 different controllers.? If thats the case most likely the controller

thanks for your help, when i get home tonight, i will check the lights and controller. In the car there is a hayman resse controller which works great, so i am supprise that i am haveing issues with a redarc.

thanks,