Electric over Hydraullic Conversion
05-31-2007, 09:21 PM
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For a new trailer you've made a good choice for the controller. I have an '03 Myco with the brakerite electric over hydraulic system. I originally bought the tekonsha Prodigy and it turns out this controller is not compatible with the electronics in the '03 brakerite system. Spent some quality time on the phone figuring this out with the guy from titan (manufacturer of the brakerite system. Newer cab controllers have a feature which sends a pulse every 4 seconds to ensure connectivity to the trailer. In an electric over hydraulic setup, this beats the crap out of a relay in the pre '04 brakerite systems. The P3 in Hydraulic mode doesn't send this pulse every 4 seconds.
06-01-2007, 03:14 AM
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For a new trailer you've made a good choice for the controller. I have an '03 Myco with the brakerite electric over hydraulic system. I originally bought the tekonsha Prodigy and it turns out this controller is not compatible with the electronics in the '03 brakerite system. Spent some quality time on the phone figuring this out with the guy from titan (manufacturer of the brakerite system. Newer cab controllers have a feature which sends a pulse every 4 seconds to ensure connectivity to the trailer. In an electric over hydraulic setup, this beats the crap out of a relay in the pre '04 brakerite systems. The P3 in Hydraulic mode doesn't send this pulse every 4 seconds.
06-01-2007, 05:52 AM
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I was actually on the phone with the Titan people who make the brakerite system on the trailer, Myco pointed me to him. Myco actually tests their NEW trailers with the Prodigy. The pre-04 brakerite units are where you run into issues with the newer controllers. The pulse they send to check connectivity beats up a relay on the older models control module.
08-06-2007, 06:43 PM
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Anyone have a good writeup on converting Hydrolic to Electric over hydrolic. I have an electric controller in the truck already for my race car trailer. I currently have hydrolic brakes on my 2006 Performance trailer and need to repair them due to a locking brake issue I had over the weekend so figure this might be a good time to upgrade.
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Looks like the drums got corroded due to the salt water on em and no way to really flush out the drums. Spoke with Bill who owns Performance Trailers and he was extremely helpful and actually set me up with a conversion from drums to discs on the trailer.
He runs a great place and was soooo accomodating, heck I never even saw him or met him, I dropped off my boat/trailer on the weekend and picked it up on the weekend! He directed me to the surge disc brakes and did a wonderful job on getting them on for me. Also put on a spare tire carrier for me too.
The trailer stops like a champ now. I can't say enough good things about Performance Trailers in Lake George! If anyone reads this thread and is looking for a new trailer, don't hesitate to get one from Bill!
-mike
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