How does your slide work?
My brother in law is visiting and the batteries in his Montana 5th wheel have died. Even though he is hooked in to power at my home, his slides will not work. He has an operational converter and all 12 volt accessories are working, buy not the slides. We called Keystone Montana Tech Support and they told us that the slides ONLY work on battery power. Without the batteries, the slides will not work. I asked about the converter operating the slides and the tech said no. I'm curious; batteries have a shelf life. So, if you're in a campground, hooked up, and the batteries die, do you have to put yourself at the mercy of the local merchants for 2 $200.00 batteries? Personally, I've never heard of any RV that won't operate the slides with shore power and the converter. At least my my Holiday Rambler will work. Am I behind the times of trailers with cheap by-passes? Aren't slides supposed to work with shore power and converters? Please educate me.
Another thing; one of the hydraulic lines ruptured and had to be replaced. To get to them, we had to drop the belly covering. His 5'er 'supposedly' has the 4-seasons package, but when we dropped the belly, there was no insulation. There was a quilted piece of aluminum foil material laying on the belly covering, but that was it. Once the covering was dropped, I was looking at the bottom of the floor, nothing else. My BIL was not disillusioned; he swore and 'be damned' the aluminum was the 4-seasons. Also, it's 6 years old and is de-laminated in may places. This is one cheap, piece of $.., I'll never own one. Anyway, someone tell me about the slides working on the converter and the belly insulation. Thanks.
Another thing; one of the hydraulic lines ruptured and had to be replaced. To get to them, we had to drop the belly covering. His 5'er 'supposedly' has the 4-seasons package, but when we dropped the belly, there was no insulation. There was a quilted piece of aluminum foil material laying on the belly covering, but that was it. Once the covering was dropped, I was looking at the bottom of the floor, nothing else. My BIL was not disillusioned; he swore and 'be damned' the aluminum was the 4-seasons. Also, it's 6 years old and is de-laminated in may places. This is one cheap, piece of $.., I'll never own one. Anyway, someone tell me about the slides working on the converter and the belly insulation. Thanks.
