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What Brand of Confirmed Working Trailer Brake Controller Do You Have Installed?


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Curt echo is a universal Bluetooth controller for around $150. It syncs to your phone, works pretty good but it would be better if it worked with Apple CarPlay so you didn’t have to mount your phone. I guess if you run gauges on your phone this isn’t a great option, but for me it was nice and easy. It works really well and I tow a 24’ 200mble surveyor all the time.
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Installed a Redarc tow pro for my camper. The previous owner had had a brake controller installed but for some strange reason removed it before sale. However they did leave all the wiring and since the wiring seemed to be reasonably well done, I just needed a bit of detective work to see which wire went where as it was not a standard harness and nothing was marked. Worked it out eventually, and it works well. I 3D printed a holder for the controller which fits neatly in the console in front of the T bar.
 

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Can you manually engage the brakes with that fancy little redarc knob?

If I install a non ford approved brake controller can I have the brakes triggered by the third brake light instead of the brake switch?

My truck doesn’t have any of the brake wiring. I’ve ran wires myself but haven’t hooked anything up yet or bought a controller.

I work at a rv shop and the guys say they haven’t had to do a full brake controller wiring job in years but it’s a 4 hour job.
These guys don’t know anything about the automatic emergency braking.
 

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Can you manually engage the brakes with that fancy little redarc knob?
Yes, by pressing the knob in.
If I install a non ford approved brake controller can I have the brakes triggered by the third brake light instead of the brake switch?
I do not think so. Ford has a special module that takes the third brake light signal and converts it to whatever signal the Redarc unit traditional takes as input from the brakes.
I work at a rv shop and the guys say they haven’t had to do a full brake controller wiring job in years but it’s a 4 hour job.
The Ford OEM brake controller is probably a four hour job for someone who has not done it before. It took me a Saturday with a lot of breaks. I also took my time removing and reinstalling trim panels.
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