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This time-delayed brake controller is designed to mount at any angle, even upside down. The controls are all up front for easy access, including a slide-bar manual override and a thumbwheel for braking output. LED indicator shows your braking status.
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The Tekonsha POD is designed to mount in any direction, and it's especially suited for mounting on near-vertical dashes. All the controls are on the front of the module, so you can still access them with the controller tucked away in a convenient place.
Braking output is the maximum amount of power that will be applied to your trailer's brakes. How much braking output you need is determined by the weight of your trailer; a heavier trailer will need more power to bring it to a stop. You want to set the braking output as high as you can without locking up the brakes. Once you've set up the brake controller the first time, you shouldn't need to adjust the settings until the trailer load changes, you switch trailers, or road conditions change. Use the thumbwheel on the side to change the braking output level. The output setting will appear as a number on the digital display, with a higher number indicating higher braking power.
The Tekonsha POD keeps the manual override within easy reach on the front of the module, great for stopping sway or controlling your trailer's momentum in emergencies. Push the slide-bar lever to activate the trailer's brakes and brake lights without you having to apply the brakes on your tow vehicle, perfect for limiting trailer movement while you're cruising.
Because inertia plays no role in the functioning of this controller, you do not have to mount the unit at any particular angle. Your mounting options are limitless, with the controller designed with all of the controls on the front of the module so you can access them even if it's mounted upside down.
The included pigtail harness splices into your vehicle's wiring beneath your dash to provide an easy-to-access plug for the POD. This way installation of the controller isn't permanent. You can unplug and remove it at any time and securely stow it away.
Note: If you don't already have a 7-way plug at the back of your vehicle, take a look at our exclusive 7- and 4-way brake controller installation kit (ETBC7 - sold separately).
The Tekonsha POD comes equipped with time-delayed braking. Every time you apply the brakes in your vehicle, a signal is sent - via the brake switch - to the POD. The controller then sends power out to your trailer brakes to activate them with an intensity set by you, at a rate determined by you. The amount of braking power (output) can be adjusted to suit your preference, the road conditions, the type of trailer, and the weight of your load. To determine which levels are best for your application, test your towing setup and choose what feels right.
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today on our 2013 Dodge Durango we're going to take a look at, then show you how to install, the Tekonsha PowerTrac electronic brake controller. This is perfect for one to two axles. It uses a time-delayed activation system. Its part number is 39523. We're also going to be using the Tekonsha plug-in wiring adapter, part number 3045-P. Here you can see the brake controller offers a nice clean look. It's going to have the slide bar actuator option right up here in the cab, so if you need to use your trailer brakes without hitting your pedal, or whatever the case may be, we can do that just by sliding our bar over just like this.
The knob we see here, this is going to adjust the gain or the output to our trailer. If we bring this down, you saw initially when I slid my lever over it stayed green, so there's really no braking power. We had it all the way down. It's now in the middle position there. As you can see, it's going to turn a yellowish red.
That's going to indicate to us that we're right there in the middle. As the output or gain increases it turns more of a cherry or a dark red. Then we can go from virtually no output. As we roll up, it gets more intense and more intense. Now setting your gain, or the reason we would change that would be dependent on the weight of the trailer and its weight in relationship to the vehicle. The heavier the trailer, the more gain we want because we want those brakes to do a better job of slowing us down.
When we step on the brake with the brake controller, it's going to power all the way up to that gain setting and it won't go past there. Same thing if we manually input it here. It's going to go up to whatever gain we've got set, but it won't exceed that. This is a time-actuated system. It will gradually increase the braking power that's being sent back to your trailer on a time-based system, all the way up to the maximum gain that you've allowed. Now our installation's going to begin by removing this ...
it's kind of like a decorative or a cosmetic cover that's underneath the dash here. There's a couple of push pin fasteners that we'll take out. inaudible 00:02:18 there and it's going to come out over here. That should just come down out of the way for us. That will allow us to access right up under the dash. Set that aside. If we want to, we can certainly reinstall this. If not, we don't have to. Now here's our parking brake lever. It comes up to a little white panel here. Right above that we're going to see our gray connector. That's what we'll plug into our pigtail. To release it there's a little catch here on the bottom. We'll pull down on that and then just give it a push rearward and get it slid off. Once we've got that tab released, we'll just push it forward slightly. There you'll see it's going to come right off there and be accessible. You can see a little tab. It's going to be located right there. You just want to pull down on that tab and then that will allow to slide it forward now. Now we can take the end of the pigtail. It will only slide in one way. Slide that in. You want to hear it click. Then we'll push and pull just to make sure that it's nice and secure. Now we're going to get our bracket mounted into position. I always like to go underneath the dash here, keep it compact, keep it up and hidden. We're going to be able to bring this anywhere up through here we want. I recommend staying towards the right side rather than the left side over here. If you mounted it here you might catch it with your knee when you we're getting out, and that would be kind of inconvenient. Anywhere over in this location's going to work fine. I always prefer down here. There's a nice flat solid mounting surface we're going to be able to use. That just is a preference thing. You could mount it wherever you want as long as you stay within the level limitations of course. We're just going to use our screw gun, 1/4" bit driver, go right through the bracket, up into that plastic there. That's nice and secure. Now we can grab our controller and just slide it right into the pigtail we've got installed. Give a little push/pull on it there, make sure everything's nice and secure. We'll bring it right up to our bracket. Now the bracket here at the bottom is going to allow for some adjustment up and down just like this. On the top there's a second set of holes. We can use those as well if we'd like a little more high and tight appearance. That's a preference matter. We'll just slide it up onto our bracket, line up the holes, and thread in. We'll be using four of the small self-tappers that are going to come with it to where we still have our adjustability there. We'll get our other one started. You can see this is still going to allow us adjustability up and down. We're going to bring it all the way up though because we don't really need to have it down or level. We don't have to worry about it being like one of the proportional systems where you have a range in which you need to keep it for it to operate properly. Now let's plug in our trailer, make sure our light comes on to indicate that it's working properly. Then we'll secure our wiring. The green light's going to indicate that our trailer is connected and everything's wired the way it should be. Let's tuck those wires up, get them out of the way. Now what we're going to do is just bring a zip tie right around the main steering stem here just above the steering knuckle. We want it on this part that doesn't move or rotate as we turn the wheel. It's going to give us a really good location to bring our wires just straight up and out of the way. Now we'll trim off the excess that we've got there of the zip tie. There's a nice cubbyhole right here that we can tuck any of our excess pigtail in just like that to keep it out of the way, keep it nice and secure there. It really provides us with a very clean, easy install. With everything working as it should, that's going to complete today's installation of the Tekonsha PowerTrac electronic brake controller. Part number is 39523. Also using the Tekonsha plug-in wiring adapter, part number 3045-P, all on our 2013 Dodge Durango. .
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