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Topic: Help with a brake controller

Posted By: mjlrpod
Subject: Help with a brake controller
Date Posted: 28 May 2019 at 4:34pm

Hi guys, I'm looking at getting a new brake controller. I want something easy to adjust, so I assume a digital setting is easier. I also want one that is "self centering" ( It can be at any angle, and it will adjust itself to level) if that is such a thing. I'm looking at the Tekonsha 90195 P3 Electronic Brake Control. Anybody like/hate it???

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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195
2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl
I'll be rpodding

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Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 28 May 2019 at 4:48pm

I have a P2. It works fine for me and has all the features you're looking for. Not sure what the P3 does that the P2 doesn't.

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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold

Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 28 May 2019 at 5:00pm

P2 is good for Pod application, the P3 was recently upgraded and doesn't provide a lot for a single use brake system. If you had multiple tow requirements, like electric and then electric over hydraulic, maybe justified, but end of day only so much you can do with a single wire source to a trailer brake. IMHO.

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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."

Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 28 May 2019 at 5:26pm

Not that it matters for the rPod, but the P2 does do electric over hydraulic as well as straight electric, so I'm still puzzled by what the benefit is with the P3. Maybe its easier to switch between the two?

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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold

Posted By: Toyanvil
Date Posted: 28 May 2019 at 5:31pm

I have a P2 and it works great for the rpod. But I have three trailers and one is a car trailer, so am going to a P3 so I can preset each trailer. If you only have the rpod a P2 will be good.

Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 28 May 2019 at 5:32pm

I think they both do that. The displays are different. I had 2 P3s. Agree most popular is the P2.

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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."

Posted By: podwerkz
Date Posted: 28 May 2019 at 7:43pm

I use the simple and cheap Tekonsha POD. Seems fitting, I guess, but I had it before I ever thought I'd be buying an r-pod.

It is a simple time-delay brake controller so it's not right for everyone, but works well with both of my trailers. It can be mounted at any angle or tilt, even upside down, 'hugging' the dash right above my knee.

Less than $50 including the adapter harness.

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r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten!

Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 29 May 2019 at 12:03am

Mjlrpod, does Nissan provide an OEM brake controller for your Frontier? Reason I ask is because the OEM one we have for our F-150 provides for numerous trailers, and remembers the settings for each one. When it detects a trailer is attached, it asks me which trailer, and I just select R-pod to get it to the correct settings.

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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River
2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost

Posted By: Richand Cindy
Date Posted: 29 May 2019 at 7:58am

We have the P3 and love it. We do not even think about it. Its just there and works. We bought the optional adapters for our two vehicles so we did not have to splice any wires. Just plug and go.

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OLD 2017.5 RPOD 180 + 2015 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk
NEW: 2018 Passport Elite 23RB + 2017 Ram 1500 Diesel

Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 29 May 2019 at 11:24am

I have the https://www.etrailer.com/Brake-Controller/Hopkins/HM47297.html - Hopkins InSIGHT Flex-Mount brake controller . It is great in that one can mount the parts where the controller is out of the way, the manual control is in easy reach, and the display is visible. I've had one since December, 2015. It has been very reliable. I had it first in a 2016 Escape and had to install the wiring harness. I moved it to our current 2010 Frontier and just had to get the proper adapter harness. That was a lot easier.

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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,...

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Former RPod 179
Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS

Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2019 at 7:24pm

So I ended up going with the Tekonsha P3. It's more brake controller than I need but it works fantastic. I brought it out this morning to to adjust it is so much easier and better than what I had ( a tekonsha voyager)

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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195
2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl
I'll be rpodding