my wife was beating her knees to death on the brake controller under the steering wheel, so i moved it to the center console.

and i was tired of laying in the floor to plug and unplug the electric brake controller.

it seemed i always had to do it in my nice clothes.

so i Put in a double pole/double throw switch.

one pole is for power to the e-brake, and one is for the power applied when you mash the brakes (the 12v to the light switches)

so you have to break two circuits at the same time.


and i put the switch in the place of the "power pedals" since my truck was a stripped model.

i have 2 or 3 of these switches if someone wants one, PM me.

 

Maybe I am missing something, but why plug/unplug it?

 

mine has a heavy duty relay that makes a big clunk when it applies the trailer brakes, and it gets annoying,

and the display had a read out that indicates an open in the circuit, it just gets annoying REAL QUICK.

?? YMMV?

 

Ah... mine doesn't do that so I never thought about it.

 

is yours a cheapo or a nice expensive unit?

mine is pretty cheap (~$50 from Advance)

but I would think any decent brake controller has an indication that lights up when the circuit to the trailer brakes is open (indicating the controller cannot apply the trailer brakes) as a general warning.

instead of the digital display of the number of braking force being applied, mine flashes two dashes in the screen if the brakes are not working; as a warning.

 

I have a prodigy (~ $90).. Like st.rodder said, one or two small LED's when it has power applied.. but if there is no connection it doesn't say anything unless you move the manual lever.. Then when it works it tells you the voltage being applied.. But it makes no noise whatsoever.

The prodigy will tell you all kinds of info, like if you have a short, or are overloading.. They are well worth the extra $40.

 

I agree on the prodigy welllll worth the extra $40. No clunking (my cheapo didnt clunk either), tons of info and less settings to mess up/accidently bump.

Travis

 

My P3 comes with a simple plug on the back if you wanna take it out (which I never have), came with a little case to protect it too that my BDTD fits into perfectly.