Bedroom slide won't go out

Diplomat_St_Poodles wrote:

tropical36 wrote:

viajante wrote:
We just had an odd and infuriating problem with our bedroom slide. When I pressed the extend button, the slide goes out about 2 inches, then stops. It retracts fine. The living room slide works fine. I tried running the engine and also kicked on the generator. Neither worked.

Suggestions please.

Be sure it's level and the voltage is up around 13+, although 12.5 should get it.
No cigar, then disconnect the drive and manually crank it out, for smoothness and listening for any noise.

I agree with trying to crank it out manually. My slide has a safety switch, if it comes up against an obstruction (as appossed to an obstetrician :) it stops. I gather the switch detects a rise in the voltage and it causes the slide to stop.

Possiblely if you let us know what type of slides you have we might be able to come up with more help. Doug Rainer is the geru when it comes to many of these problems.

The better ones actually have a current limiting device, so most any kind of an opposing force, including friction causes a rise in current (amps) and yes over current usually creates a voltage drop as well. These things could be made to run regardless, if so desired, but by engineering them on the weak side, the less an operate can tear up.
Pretty much gone are the days of shearing pins on the drive axle and having to carry spares.