Bluetooth electric trailer brakes

[nsgnomad]

Is anyone using a trailer mounted Bluetooth electric brake controller?  I am wondering how good they are.  Do they compare favourably with the traditional ones?  Are they proportional?  They certainly are easier to install.

[Old Techo]

Never heard of them Roger.

They would be proportional as an accelerometer chip would be part of the electronics.

I did a quick bit of limited research and my primary concern is a manual override control. I use mine frequently but I did not see that mentioned in my limited research.

As critical examples... fly-by-wire is used in aeroplanes and Formula One cars. It seems to work but the concept always makes me nervous

[spaceland]

Please give a reference to the equipment you are considering.

[nsgnomad]

This is what I have asked about.  link.  There are possibly other brands available.

[spaceland]

That is an interesting controller. There is an interesting page linked to the site - “how is it possible to draw enough amps from standard trailer wiring to power electric trailer brakes?”. - To operate the brake controller it is necessary to have your tail lights switched on. The controller is supposed to be able to draw a total of 16 A from both the stop light and tail light circuits. I can see some people forgetting to switch on their parking lights when towing. This would leave the rig without effective braking in a panic stop.

Regarding the reliably of the wireless connection, the loss of the Bluetooth connection does not affect the normal braking operations, just the manual over-ride function.

[Old Techo]

Although I always tow with headlights on I'm not keen on the brake controller source of power.

I emailed the maker and discovered that the manual override button on the remote control is pressure sensitive so it does have some analogue control