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RichardTribble's avatar
May 21, 2013

Four Winds Windsport 31D Hydraulic Problems

I purchased a new 2011 Windsport 31D in July 2010 and encountered low voltage problems with my Lippert leveling system. On May 9, 2013, my hydraulic pump burned up. Thor tech Support told me to locate the bus breaker on my firewall but here was none. Lippert walked me through to the pump and battery house where we learned that when the MH was manufactured Thor did not put a bus breaker in line and instead of wiring the pump to the chassis motor they wired it to the house batteries. Thor claims no responsibility saying they have wired thousands this way with no complaints and refuse to reimbursement for correcting the problem. I put in a new pump/motor, pressure sensor, bus breaker and wired the system to my chassis battery - guess what? No more low voltage and the system is working exactly as Lippert said it was designed to.

Seeking other Windsport owners to check their hydraulic wiring to insure a bus breaker is in line between the pump and the battery so the same thing won't happen to you.

Seeking other Windsport owners who have been experiencing similar problems with their hydraulic leveling system as Thor said I'm the only one who has ever complained.

2 Replies

  • Mandalay,

    House batteries never provide the amperage needed to run the hydraulic pump unless plugged into to shore power or running the generator. The only way to provide satisfactory power is direct wire to the chassis battery with the engine running. This is what Lippert instructs manufacturers to do.

    I've tried it every way over the past 3 years and only now is it working correctly.

    Thanks for your observation.
  • If you keep the house batteries charged, what difference does it make which battery it is connected too. Agree it should be fused.