Re: Tekonsha brake controller

Posted by mike brown on September 25, 2005 at 07:28:09 from (64.179.14.31):

In Reply to: Tekonsha brake controller posted by Rich Iowa on September 25, 2005 at 06:58:43:

Solid state means the electronic guts of the controler are printed circuit boards. That is not a big deal in this day and age when all such devices are made that way. The lever is to enable you to apply the trailer brakes with out applying the truck brakes. In some situations where the trailer is wagging the truck you could apply the trailer brakes to pull it into line. I mostly use the lever to test the trialer brakes.
There is a dial on the left side of the controler to adjust the "gain". I'm not sure what "gain" is but the arrow on the dial should point straight down. If the controler is mounted so that it is not level that dial adjusts it so it will work properly. The controler can sense when you are going down hill and apply some braking. If the arrow is not pointed down it will think you are going down hill when you are on level road and apply brakeing when you don't want it.
On the right side is a knob that adjusts the senstivity of the brakes. The led on top of the unit will change from green to red as you turn that knob clock wise. With an unloaded trailer you back off the sensitivity so you don't lock up the brakes. With the trailer loaded you turn it up so you have more brakeing power.

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