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Ellen: Hey, everybody. I'm Ellen here at etrailer.com, and we're going to be talking a little bit about the REDARC Tow-Pro Elite brake controller. This is a kind of different style of brake controller for your vehicle. It's been around for a little while. This is a new and updated version of that same brake controller. So the thing that's different… see more >

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