Bedroom slide won't go out

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.

IB853347201 wrote:

Diplomat_St_Poodles wrote:

This depends on the manufacture. My slides will not extend or retract with the engine running.

I see. I had not previously heard of a MH brand where the engine was not supposed to be running when operating Jack's.

Must be quite the drain on the batteries! Which is probably the issue....

Mine will also not operate the jacks with the engine running as it has to air down as part of the leveling process.

Blackdiamond wrote:

Diplomat_St_Poodles wrote:

IB853347201 wrote:
I suspect that your issue is voltage. Likely your coach batteries are low. How old are they? When did you last check the water level in each? Also you mention running the RV? The RV should always be running when extending or retracting your slides.

This depends on the manufacture. My slides will not extend or retract with the engine running.

It is possible it’s coming up against an obstetrician if it worked correctly in the past. Are you able to manually crank it out?

Sorry...have to laugh out loud....obstetrician, they usually are a great help at getting things out, like babies, not holding things in. LOL

LOL. Darn autocorrect :)

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.

Diplomat_St_Poodles wrote:

IB853347201 wrote:
I suspect that your issue is voltage. Likely your coach batteries are low. How old are they? When did you last check the water level in each? Also you mention running the RV? The RV should always be running when extending or retracting your slides.

This depends on the manufacture. My slides will not extend or retract with the engine running.

It is possible it’s coming up against an obstetrician if it worked correctly in the past. Are you able to manually crank it out?

Sorry...have to laugh out loud....obstetrician, they usually are a great help at getting things out, like babies, not holding things in. LOL

Diplomat_St_Poodles wrote:

This depends on the manufacture. My slides will not extend or retract with the engine running.

I see. I had not previously heard of a MH brand where the engine was not supposed to be running when operating Jack's.

Must be quite the drain on the batteries! Which is probably the issue....

IB853347201 wrote:
I suspect that your issue is voltage. Likely your coach batteries are low. How old are they? When did you last check the water level in each? Also you mention running the RV? The RV should always be running when extending or retracting your slides.

If voltage is the problem, why does it not effect the living room slide?

IB853347201 wrote:
I suspect that your issue is voltage. Likely your coach batteries are low. How old are they? When did you last check the water level in each? Also you mention running the RV? The RV should always be running when extending or retracting your slides.

This depends on the manufacture. My slides will not extend or retract with the engine running.

It is possible it’s coming up against an obstruction if it worked correctly in the past. Are you able to manually crank it out?

I suspect that your issue is voltage. Likely your coach batteries are low. How old are they? When did you last check the water level in each? Also you mention running the RV? The RV should always be running when extending or retracting your slides.

Look for something that is obstructing the movement. As a suggestion, you may also want to try tilting your coach with the levelers so that the slide that is being extended moves downhill, rather than level or uphill.