Tekonsha Voyager Trailer Brake Controller w/ Custom Harness - 1 to 4 Axles - Proportional
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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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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Speaker 1: Today on our 2010 Ford F150, we're going to be installing the Tekonsha Voyager Brake Controller, part number 39510. To help us get this installed, we're going to be using the Tekonsha Wiring Adapter for Brake Controllers for the Ford F150, part number 22292. This brake controller is going to provide all the braking assist you need when hauling your electric brake trailer. This is going to be an entry-level unit that doesn't have a lot of options but gives you everything you need as far as hauling your railer safely. The Voyager is the most basic model of Tekonsha's line of brake controllers. The Primus is going to offer some more features having an LED display whereas the prodigy models are going to offer an even nicer display and more fine tuning options.This controller provides feedback using the LED on top.
It illuminates green when you have a trailer connected. Once your trailer is connected, you can see how much braking force is being applied based on the color of the LED, with green being the lowest braking pressure and red being the highest. It uses proportional braking, which adjusts the braking power to your trailer in relation to how your vehicle is stopping. If you stop nice and slow to an idle, your trailer will also coast slowly behind you. If you're in an emergency stop situation and you're braking hard, your trailer will brake hard as well.
There's an adjustment knob on the side so you can fine-tune the maximum amount of braking pressure, which will also adjust the proportional amount that's applied while braking. Green being the lowest and red being the highest. You can see this while holding the manual slider all the way over. Now for an emergency situation or when testing for an output from your brake controller, there's a manual slider on the front. When pushed over, it will gradually increase the amount of braking power to the trailer.It's a plug and play installation using the Tekonsha F150 wiring harness adapter.
Let's show you how to get that installed now. To begin our installation, we're going to be looking for our factory wiring connector for our adapter. This can either be located under the dash or sometimes behind the panel here. Now on our particular vehicle here, it's located underneath the dash. As you can see here, our factory wiring connector is located just underneath our driver's steering column.
For our reference point, here's our DLC, data link connector, and just to the right of it and up, you'll find your trailer connector. We'll need to trim back some of the tape so we can access it and then pull your connector down. With our connector pulled down, push in on the tab towards the wires, and slide the dust cover off. Now we can plug our wiring harness adapter into the freshly exposed connector.We'll need to find a suitable mounting location for our brake controller. You'll want to pick a spot that's away from your knees or anywhere that you're going to hit it and that also is on a plane of negative 20 degrees with the nose pointing down to 70 degrees with the nose pointing up. We're going to mount ours at about this location. This will keep it high enough so it's out of the way and also it won't be at too extreme of an angle. Using the screws from the kit and a 1/4" socket, thread it in until it's snug. Then we're going to put another screw in the other slotted hole in a similar position as the one we did before. This way we can slide it left and right for more fine adjustments down the road. When you're putting this in, it is a good idea to have the rounded slot on the ear towards the top to maximize the amount of adjustment you'll have when tilting it.Again, using the screws provided in the kit, we're going to thread into the two holes located on the side of the brake controller through the slotted and single hole below the slot on our bracket. We're going to do this for each side of our brake controller. Once they're all in and a little bit snug, you can adjust the angle of your controller to suit how you like it. Then finish tightening them all down. Now just plug in your wiring harness into your brake controller, tie up your wires. Now there are no zip-ties included in the kit but you can pick some here at etrailer.com. Now with our wires all cleaned up, zip-tied in place, we're ready to test it out. Now that we're hooked up to our tester, we know it's got a good connection because our lights on. As we used the manual slider to power up the brakes, we can see on our tester that it's supplying a brake signal. That completes our installation of the Tekonsha Voyager Brake Controller along with the Tekonsha Plug-in Wiring Adapter for Brake Controllers on our 2010 Ford F150.
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