Slide outs

[G8orwayne]

Has anyone had trouble with their slide outs causing power surges when letting them out? We parked in Gainesville, FL today and when I was letting the slides out the A/C cut off and it sounded like there was an electrical short or something. Eventually they let out but that's the first time in almost three years that anything like that has happened.


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[cookie]

There is no connection between the AC which is 120 volt and the slide motor or pump as they are 12 volt.
Perhaps you had a surge at the campground pedestal.
Do use some sort of protection for your 120 volt?

Peace
Dave

 

[G8orwayne]

There is no connection between the AC which is 120 volt and the slide motor or pump as they are 12 volt.
Perhaps you had a surge at the campground pedestal.
Do use some sort of protection for your 120 volt?

Peace
Dave

Are the slides strictly opened off of battery power? I noticed my batteries were extremely low. I always plug into the power source before letting the slides out but never had the problem I just had.


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[danemayer]

A/C is running on 120V AC. Slides are running on 12V DC. There's one likely point of commonality: the thermostat needs 12V DC, so if the 12V DC system went below about 9.5V for some reason while extending the slides, the thermostat would shut down and take the A/C unit down. If the 12V DC system dropped to 9.5V, the slides would have also stopped.

 

[G8orwayne]

A/C is running on 120V AC. Slides are running on 12V DC. There's one likely point of commonality: the thermostat needs 12V DC, so if the 12V DC system went below about 9.5V for some reason while extending the slides, the thermostat would shut down and take the A/C unit down. If the 12V DC system dropped to 9.5V, the slides would have also stopped.

Thank you! After further investigation it appears my battery has run down. I have a 12 hour trickle charge going now to see if that remedies the problem.


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[danemayer]

Thank you! After further investigation it appears my battery has run down. I have a 12 hour trickle charge going now to see if that remedies the problem.


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Why use a trickle charger? Your Power Converter should be keeping the battery charged. If it's not, you have a problem either with the Power Converter, or perhaps with the 12V DC mini-circuit breaker near the battery that sits in-between the Power Converter and battery. Or if your battery is dying or is out of water or has a bad cell, it might not take a charge.

I've attached a couple of pictures that should help you reset the breaker if it's tripped. There's a teeny tiny reset button on one breaker - probably the breaker that has a thick wire on each side. The row of breakers is connected by a copper buss bar on one side and is probably covered by a red rubber boot.

 

[G8orwayne]

Why use a trickle charger? Your Power Converter should be keeping the battery charged. If it's not, you have a problem either with the Power Converter, or perhaps with the 12V DC mini-circuit breaker near the battery that sits in-between the Power Converter and battery. Or if your battery is dying or is out of water or has a bad cell, it might not take a charge.

I've attached a couple of pictures that should help you reset the breaker if it's tripped. There's a teeny tiny reset button on one breaker - probably the breaker that has a thick wire on each side. The row of breakers is connected by a copper buss bar on one side and is probably covered by a red rubber boot.

Thank you for the comment and picture I will check the reset button. If I find that my converter is bad, how hard is it to get a new one and replace it?


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[danemayer]

Thank you for the comment and picture I will check the reset button. If I find that my converter is bad, how hard is it to get a new one and replace it?


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Converters are pretty easy to replace. They plug into a dedicated outlet and have a couple of wires on the output side. If you take down the rear wall of the pass through basement storage, you'll find it there. If it's not working, you can probably get a direct replacement for you Power Converter within a couple of days from many online sources including Amazon and Tweetys.

But, if you had interior lights and other things working with a depleted battery, the converter is probably ok.

Take a look at our owner-written 12V Block Diagram and Diagnostic guide. There's a troubleshooting flowchart at the end that will help you walk through this.

 

[G8orwayne]

Converters are pretty easy to replace. They plug into a dedicated outlet and have a couple of wires on the output side. If you take down the rear wall of the pass through basement storage, you'll find it there. If it's not working, you can probably get a direct replacement for you Power Converter within a couple of days from many online sources including Amazon and Tweetys.

But, if you had interior lights and other things working with a depleted battery, the converter is probably ok.

Take a look at our owner-written 12V Block Diagram and Diagnostic guide. There's a troubleshooting flowchart at the end that will help you walk through this.

Ok. Here's the update. Converter is good, battery is charged. The only thing I can think of that caused the initial problem was the slide got caught on something and it was draining the battery down because once it started opening I didn't have any more problems. Thanks for all your help! This forum is fantastic.


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