Refer to the owner s manual to determine the suggested mounting angle for your controller and adjust the unit to meet the guidelines if needed.
Brake force brake controller yellow light.
Breakaway switch switches battery power to brakes if breakaway occurs.
The power adjustment wheel on the side of the unit adjusts.
A green light should be visible in the control s display.
Light green is the minimal setting.
This light will turn to varying degrees of orange as the brake pedal is pressed and power applied.
The led is blue and flashes red once a second.
The 47225 brake control utilizes time based actuation for applying braking power to the trailer brakes.
Always ground trailer brakes through connector.
This indicates the control has power.
The red wire on your hopkins brake force brake controller 47225 is likely to be the cause for you not seeing the indicator light illuminate.
After my cb install i noticed that the power led for the brake controller didn t shut off even after i locked the doors and the dome light shuts off.
Sever the blue brake output wire near the brake controller leaving enough room to reconnect it and then apply the manual slide.
Bright orange delivers the greatest power.
1994 gm pickups yellow under dash near top of brake pedal.
The brighter the glow the more braking force is being applied to the trailer brakes.
The issue could possibly be the brake controller or it could be the wiring of the overall setup.
Controller electric brake controller provides power to the magnets to actuate the trailer brakes.
An led indicator will glow displaying braking intensity.
In order to function properly proportional brake controllers require the in cab controller unit to be mounted at a specific level angle.
The unit has detected that the remote cable is faulty.
This wire must connect to the cold side of the brake light switch which is the side that goes hot only when the pedal is pressed and at no other time or to the chmsl rear stop light circuit.
I bought the truck used and it has a tap brakeforce trailer braker controller in it i ve learned that these are lousy but it came with the truck.
1997 02 ford expedition navigator light green under dash to the right of the steering column.
1994 99 ford e f series light green under dash to the right of the steering column.
Most states and provinces require a trailer brake controller based on the weight of the trailer.
1988 93 gm pickups white under dash near top of brake pedal.
It may be necessary to turn the ignition key to the on position for this step.
The display on the controller should light up and hold a relatively steady reading which should not vary by more than 1 10 of a volt up and down.
Check the remote cable is fully plugged in.
Battery connect controller directly.
The led is yellow and flashes red twice.
Testing the brake controller is fairly easy.
Connector used to connect and disconnect trailer and tow vehicle.
