Flashing lights on fridge. Slide out works intermit tingly.

old guy wrote:
all have said check voltage and after you do that clean your battery terminals.

Ok, thanks.

One should be very careful to NOT EVER let your batteries drop below 12.0VDC or around 50% charge state when using high loads like the INVERTER when not on shore Power. If this happens and you don't immediately re-charge back to the 90% charge state before using the batteries again they will start losing their performance curve. Continuing doing this will most likely cause your batteries to be required to be replaced.

Those of us that camp off the power grid using our battery banks really watch this situation real close. Batteries don't come cheap...

Most INVERTER installs are directly connected to the battery terminals and if you have been running the INVERTER to power up things the batteries will start discharging. It really sounds like to me that your batteries are below 10.9VDC which is where my INVERTERS drops off line and alarms indicating low batteries...

Let us all know what you have found in your inspection of the batteries.

A fully charged battery without shore power on should indicate 12.5-6VDC. When you connect to Shore Power this DC Voltage at the Battery Terminals should jump to 13.6VDC or higher DC Voltage if the converter/charge has gone into smart BOOST mode starting to charge your batteries.

Roy Ken

all have said check voltage and after you do that clean your battery terminals.

WyoTraveler wrote:
You mentioned in heading (tingly). You didn't mention that in body of post. If it is tingly could be a bad ground. That would explain slide and refer problem.

Oops, Spell check did that. Nothing tingling. As far as the batteries, I did notice that using the inverter this weekend for TV, as it was raining and we stayed inside

more, the inverter kicked off sooner than usual. Going to service and check batteries today. Thanks for excellent tips.

You mentioned in heading (tingly). You didn't mention that in body of post. If it is tingly could be a bad ground. That would explain slide and refer problem.

Check voltage at house batteries. Should read 13.6 or more when hooked up to shore power and auxiliary/house battery switch is off and converter is charging the batteries. House batteries Should read 12.6 with aux battery switch off and under moderate load

Definitely check the batteries. If you have a disconnect switch for the batteries make sure that is selected to see the 12VDC coming from the batteries.

I lost my battery connection one time and had to use truck jumper cable to power up the 12VDC on my fifth wheel before my slides would work ok.

All the things you mentioned here run off 12VDC as well...

Roy Ken

Visual inspection first. Look for bad/loose/burned connections. Indications of heat at slide relays/terminals and wiring. Look at fuse panel for any signs of heat. Be sure batteries and connections are good. Corrosion can hide.

I would then use a volt meter at the slide motor and work your way through it with a wiring schematic. Check amp draw as slide moves, it may indicate a tight area without disassembling.

I would start by checking all the wire going to slide. Maybe a bad connection or pinched wires.
Fridge needs 12 volt to operate at all times. Even when on shore power and generator.
Check voltage from batteries. This can cause problems with slides and fridge.