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>>8417

Forgot to add, whatever it is, it's completely unresponsive when I click or turn the controls on it.

On the off chance that this isn't a joke thread, you need to get that back to your uncle immediately.

I'll tell you, but no need to delete the thread, leave it for the benefit of other newfags so they don't have to ask newfag questions.

Trailer brake controller.

>>8422

Dammit, thanks for ruining the fun.

>>8422

Good lord do I feel silly. In my defense, I've never had to hitch or haul a trailer in my life. Still good to know, though.

>>8422

>Trailer brake controller.

Whoa, that's new to me. I know the trailer of my uncle is braked but it has a inertia brake or something like that.

>>8429

There are different ways to do it, electrical like that is what's most popular, boat trailers that go in water of trailers that are always hitched to different vehicles usually have a hydraulic brakes activated by a master cylinder on a sliding tongue.

The electric brake is just a mechanical drum brake, but picture an electromagnet on the parking brake arm. When energized, that magnet "clutches" on the drum, which actuates the arm and spreads the brake shoes. Most electric brake controllers that aren't cheap shit are proportional and will adjust braking power based on how much deceleration it senses, so with a well adjusted unit you can get the braking to be really nice. I don't know if that Pilot is proportional like that, but that little scroll wheel to the left of the unit is you braking power, you crank it up to apply more total braking power, with the display reading the volts it's sending to the brakes. The big corner button on the front is to manually apply the trailer brakes.

Your's is unresponsive, except from the little dot lighting up when you initially touch the brake pedal, because there's no trailer connected. more expensive units, I've used a lot of Tekonsha units and many will display "n.c" instead of a blank display to signify "not connected"