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Hi guys. Briohny here from Accelerate Auto Electrics and Air Conditioning. Today, we're going to run you through the reasons we use and recommend the REDARC TowPro Elite Electric Brake Controller.

The first reason, the TowPro Elite is what we call a remote head brake controller. The base unit goes behind the dashboard and you'll never see this at all. All you see on the dash is a little remote head here, which is used to control the unit. Most other brands have a big box similar to something like this. It sits under your steering column or somewhere on the dash. Quite often, you knock your knees on it and in an emergency when you need to apply the brakes, you couldn't locate it and use the switch. The second reason is you don't have to change between electric and electric hydraulics. If you have caravans or trailers with different braking systems, as long as they're compatible, it will automatically detect and adjust for you. The third reason is it's Australiandesigned, developed and manufactured. The fourth reason, it can go on 12 or 24volt vehicles. The fifth reason and the main feature that I love it are the two types of braking modes, automatic mode for highway conditions and user control mode for offroad.

Here's REDARC's Stuart Peddle to explain to you the two different types of braking modes.

Stuart Peddle:

TowPro works in automatic mode while sensing how hard the vehicle is braking. Automatic mode is indicated by the LED being blue in the back of the knob there. I have a brake pedal here, I can simulate applying the brakes in the car where when I brake with the vehicle, the vehicle brakes and generates inertia. The TowPro senses here how hard that vehicle's braking and applies a proportional amount of braking to the trailer to suit that application at the time.

We can also dial down or dial up less or more braking force depending on the weight of our trailer. But essentially, if you brake hard and fast, so does the TowPro and so does the trailer. If you brake soft and slow, so does the TowPro and so does the trailer meaning that the whole vehicle and trailer system all brakes as one and you get a nice, smooth progressive braking.

The user control mode is really great for offroad applications where inertia isn't necessarily the best way to detect braking force. To end user controlled mode, we stop the vehicle, we set the controller to zero, we put our foot on the brake and double tap. The LED is now green. User controlled or manual mode is purely triggered by the brake lights. As soon as the brake lights come on, the trailer brakes come on to the set level that you have set on the control knob and it does not consider how hard the vehicle is braking.

If we look at soft beach sand top driving situation, if we brake hard on soft sand, the vehicle bites into the sand. What we don't want to happen is the trailer to bite into the sand as well or else we'll be anchored there. What we can do is we can have a very light amount of trail braking force applied so you can brake as hard or as soft you want on the vehicle and the trailer just glides to a stop on the top of the sand.

Briohny de Vere:

If you'd like any more information about electric brake controllers or the REDARC TowPro Elite, give us a bell on 1300227353 or head to our website www.amae.net.au.

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