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This proportional brake controller is designed to keep towing simple. Includes an LED braking indicator, a slide-bar manual override, and a knob to adjust braking power. Mounts easily within a 90-degree vertical range.
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Once the brake controller is installed, you can use the knob on the right side of the unit to adjust the gain (also known as output). Gain lets you set the maximum amount of power that will be applied to your trailer's brakes. You want to set it as high as you can without locking up the brakes. Typically, this setting is only readjusted when you experience changing road conditions or if you switch over from a heavy, loaded trailer to a much lighter, empty trailer, or vice versa.
You can fine-tune the gain by adjusting the sensitivity of the internal sensor using the knob on the left side. This controls the aggressiveness of your trailer's braking, meaning how quickly the brakes reach the maximum braking level. You can adjust this when you're towing heavy loads and you need more umph to bring your trailer to a stop. Your tow vehicle doesn't need that much power to brake in time, but your heavy trailer does. A high sensitivity level will get the braking power to your trailer brakes faster and with more intensity so that it doesn't push your tow vehicle forward.
LED Indicator
Keeping with its simple design, the Voyager will not overwhelm you with information. An LED indicator on the top of the unit lights up green to show that your trailer is securely connected to your tow vehicle. The LED indicator will change to red when the brakes on your trailer are activated.
During installation and setup, this light is also used to ensure that the Voyager will be able to function correctly. Proper leveling of the internal sensor is crucial to the operation of this brake controller. When the sensor is level, the LED will change to a shade of orange.
The Voyager is designed to be mounted in your cab at a vertical angle that is between -20 degrees and 70 degrees. The brake controller needs to be horizontally level and parallel to the direction of travel in order to function properly.
To connect the Voyager, just plug the included harness into your vehicle. The other end plugs into the controller - no hardwiring required.
Once the controller is mounted and connected, you must level the internal sensor. First, set the overall power to the maximum using the knob on the side of the controller. Then, while pressing the tow vehicle's brake pedal, adjust the level knob on the other side of the brake controller (this is the same knob that is used to fine-tune the power output) until the LED monitor is a shade of orange.
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 Voyager brake controller comes equipped with proportional braking to give you the best towing experience. Proportional braking means that your trailer brakes mimic your tow vehicle's brakes. If you slam on the brakes in your vehicle, your trailer brakes will activate with the same intensity; if you brake lightly, your trailer brakes lightly too. The trailer's braking is in proportion to your vehicle's braking. This saves wear and tear on the tires and the brakes on both your vehicle and trailer.
The Voyager uses a pendulum system to sense how your vehicle is braking so it can send the right amount of braking power to your trailer. It measures the inertia of your tow vehicle and activates the trailer's brakes to slow at the same rate. The result is uniform braking across your towing setup. No push-pull action - just smooth, proportional braking every time.
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Hello neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer. And today we're taking a look at the Tekonsha Plug-In Wiring Adapter for Electronic Brake Controller on a 2020 Ford F-150. This wiring adapter makes the installing the brake controller on this vehicle specifically so much easier. It truly makes it plug and play without having to do any wire splicing. Myself, I am not a wiring expert so anytime I can opt for an easier factory harness plug in, tends to be a lot less headaches and a lot less troubleshooting. So the factory plug is behind there.
You do have a pigtail harness that clips into the factory plug and then goes to your brake controller. This pigtail is gonna work with a bunch of different time delayed brake controllers, including the Draw-Tite activator one, two, and three, and the Tekonsha Powertrac. There's also compatible proportional brake controllers, including the Tekonsha Prodigy, P2, P3, which we have installed, the Primus IQ and the Voyager. We've chosen to install the Tekonsha P3 which is a good option with a bunch of different adjustability. Having proportional systems really helps give you a smooth transition and makes driving with the trailer so much easier and a lot less stressful.
So to get this plugged in, this is going to tie back into our factory harness. And I'm going to go ahead and show you how to actually install that. So we're going to look for our factory brake controller connector that we're going to plug into. Now it's going to be located underneath the steering wheel here, and we'll start by pulling off the plastic dash trim. Now there's a spot here.
Put your finger as well as the other side. So work your way slowly and it should separate. If you need a trim panel tool remover, that's also a possibility to help you out, but I'm able to do it with my fingers, pretty easily. And that should drop down. So with this dropped out of the way, you're going to see four bolts.
1, 2, 3, 4. We're going to go ahead and remove those with a 10 millimeter socket. Once the four bolts are out, these are going to sit just in here, slotted, so you can set this aside. So to get to our factory plug, it's tucked behind here. So there's this pocket. It actually sits right behind there. So I'm going to go ahead and there is a little clip you're going to push up, before pulling out. Before doing that we put a little dielectric grease on the plug itself. And if you don't have some of this, we do that, have that etrailer or your local auto parts store should have it. And this is just going to add a little bit of electrical connection and fill any voids to prevent any loose connections. So we'll just clip that back in. We're gonna go through these to check for power. Let's double check our break just to make sure we have a consistent. Oop. We're just going to push the pedal again, but it looks as if we are getting the brake signal, but not power. So we're going to go under the hood into the fuse box and get that figured out. So on our passenger side underneath the hood, you're going to find the fuse panel here. So first you're going to want to take this front part off. Just simple as pushing that up. And that will come out of the way. Then you'd then have one more clip and that'll pry back. So you can see this opening here . In your owner's manual, it's going to be labeled as 24. So you see the 50 amp, the 10 and the 25. It's going to go in between there. Let's check to see if that gives us our power. So with our 30 amp fuse in the 24 slot, we now have power to our controller. So we have power to the controller. So we're set to really get this back into place and we'll mount our controller. So, take the four bolts that you had. Put the metal plate back in place. And then you're able to zip those up. Before putting this plastic panel back in place, I'm going to just pry this back a little and run the wire behind it. And now I can snap this back up. And that was the look and installation of the Tekonsha Plug-In Wiring Adapter for Electronic Brake Controllers on a 2020 Ford F-150..
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