Shining light on safety industry-wide

The new Lucidity EBS Status Lamp Kit is a safe and economical investment which is capable of pinpointing Electronic Braking System (EBS) faults individually in a simple and fast process, giving drivers extra validation of safety.

Lucidity developed this kit with every aspect of productivity and safety in mind, and as a result, it has once again delivered on its commitment to innovative solutions with 30 years of expertise.

Lucidity Australia President, Mathew Jenkins, says the product takes the guesswork out of assessing the correct operation of EBS in multiple-trailer combinations, as each trailer must have its own lamp fitted.

“All trailers are now fitted mandatory with EBS which controls the stability of a trailer under braking,” he says. “However, until recently an operator would not know the EBS is functional until driving away in their vehicle with trailers in tow, which is too late. As a result, it’s not surprising that many companies stipulate, as part of due diligence, that their drivers must not drive a multi-combination vehicle if the Trailer Electronic Braking System (TEBS) is faulty in any way.”

The Lucidity system makes identifying EBS status easy and saves time on fault diagnosis, while assuring operators that their EBS systems are working correctly. After switching on the ignition, the lamp immediately displays the TEBS status for all trailers individually. This provides a full understanding of EBS functionality after a quick walk-around as part of a pre-tip inspection.

The lamp offered by Lucidity provides three distinctions which explains the problem in simple terms to operators. If the lamp is not lit at all, it means there is no power to the TEBS. A reason for this could be as simple as a power lead not being connected, or another power supply issue altogether. Operators should be on the lookout for a green lamp on the TEBS, which indicates that it is operational and ready to go. However, a red lamp states that there is an EBS fault on the individual trailer connected. This makes the visual assessment of the trailer simple – including Chain of Responsibility obligations – by ensuring EBS is operating correctly on all trailers.

Lucidity’s lamps are wired independently to each other, which prevents one lamp’s function from affecting another. Thus, fault finding is made much easier as potential faults can be pinpointed and isolated to a specific trailer directly.

“Trailers not fitted with the Lucidity system rely on a single dash light to display a system error to a driver only,” Mathew explains. “But, when you have multiple trailers, it’s impossible to know without time consuming fault diagnostics where the error lies. This can then lead to long periods of down time trying to diagnose which trailer is at fault.”