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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: prodigyrf on May 13, 2017, 10:28:46 AM
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I saw the Redarc knob on the near new Mitsi Challenger pickup and now I want to wire up the Water Watch and yep there it is tucked up under the dash covers.
Bugger! what am I gunna do now with Tekonsha Prodigy RF mounted on the Jayco and all plumbed up for large 7 way round on the Mighty Mouse Zook and the lad's missus X-Trail? It's gunna be hard taking the missus SX4 travelling now the Challenger is sitting in the drive and at some stage it'll be the washing and polishing the cara routine in the cara parks discussing the best brand of polish and tyre black :'(
I'm gunna have to think all this through.
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You could remove it and sell it, or just turn off the prodigy RF when towing behind the Mitzi...
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I saw the Redarc knob on the near new Mitsi Challenger pickup.....
So you'll be changing your name to Redarc Knob?.... :P
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Hmmm..the missus probably reckons I'm quite capable of making a knob of myself without bringing Redarc into it and I've got the shins to prove it >:D
Well this here Redarc hitched up to a 7 pin flat has thrown the cat among the pigeons as I was all set to add 8B&S +ve and earth for the Tekonsha on the Jayco as I've become quite attached to it and if the lad wants to borrow the Jayco their X-Trail is already wired ready to go. I notice the Redarc site price is $374 but they're on ebay for $215 deld but what do they cost supply and fit nowadays?
OTOH since I'm luxuriating in quality brake controllers here I could have an either/or setup if I separate the heavy +ve and earth out of the Tekonsha 7 pin arrangement at present and either handle that with an Anderson or perhaps 12 pin flat. If I keep the Redarc in the 7 pin flat now it fits any standard electric brake setup while I need the 8B&S for the fridge plus feed the Tekonsha as needed.
All the Tekonsha needs to do it's job is a +ve and earth plus brake light switching feed to act like any controller as it passes the +ve and earth on to the brakes. The only peculiarity being the brake light input wire has to be looped to another brake input terminal so the Tekonsha knows its brake and not one indicator input only as US trailers can simply flash the brake lights and not separate indicators. A 12 pin flat socket on the cars and 7 pin and alternative 12 pin plugs wired appropriately on the Jayco should cover both options here. Particularly as I didn't cut the Curt input plug off the Tekonsha but ran it into a Curt socket mounted on the side of the drawbar and the output is another Curt plug and I have spares. This could all be a matter of unplug and plug with a bit of planning.
Back on the Towpro I get the bit about calibrating automatically (just for tarmac?) but if you select manual you dial it in to suit but the controller still acts proportionately at that particular setting (presumably lower for gravel, sand and mud offroad)
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Checking the alternator charging as Redarc recommend seems the Challenger is fixed voltage like the Triton (up to MN) listed-
http://www.rpc.com.au/pdf/REDARC_isolators_incompatible_vehicles.pdf (http://www.rpc.com.au/pdf/REDARC_isolators_incompatible_vehicles.pdf)
So that's how 8B&S has worked fine for the 3 way fridge with the 2009 SX4 and 2008 X-Trail and should with the Challenger but these newer 'green' alternators would present problems for direct feed to these fridges, just as they do with charging second batteries.
No DPF and no green alternator eh? I'm liking this last of the oldies more and more except for upsetting my todo list like this.