Electric brakes for boat trailer, nice upgrade.

[Dave R]

Originally Posted by Winnipesaukee Divers

I've been reading about the new Electro-Hydraulics up-grade kits for trailers and find it very interesting and thought provoking. My new RV trailer is 10Klbs and came equipped with over-sized breaks, which feedback information to the truck's ABS system. The truck interacts with the trailer through the trailer stabilization system. If the trailer moves out of alignment it applies the trailer breaks in a hart-beat and pulls it back into line. I don't think the electro-hydraulics would work with this system as there would be little feedback if at all.

It's amassing how all this new technology works. It really improves life.

I'm confused about how electric brakes could feed any information back to the tow vehicle. I was under the impression the trailer stability feature was handled by yaw sensors (the same sensors used in the vehicles standard stability control system) that detect sway in the tow vehicle and simply apply the trailer brakes a little with the built in electric brake controller. Electric over hydraulic would work fine in this system. The one downside of this system that if you are routinely abrupt with your steering inputs, you'll use a lot more gas because the system will keep putting the trailer brakes on.