house or chassis batteries used for slideouts
have gas engine Winnebago 2009. manual says should run engine when running slide-outs in or out. I have one chassis battery and 2 house batteries. which is used for the slide-out operation?
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On our Georgetown, if you have the jacks down and turn the ignition on, you get wailing sirens and an "emergency retract" light on the control panel and the jacks retract. It is impossible to activate them with the ignition ON.
Jacks and slides are part of the "house system". You extend them after you have "docked" at your site. Why would any dumb-butt design guy make them dependent on the chassis electrical system? If I found that I had inadvertently bought a rig that had such a system, I would re-wire it. If I found that a rig I was considering for purchase had such a system, I'd tell the dealer which orifice he could stuff it into to.
This opinion applies to both levelling jacks and slide-outs. They are "HOUSE SYSTEMS" with no functional relationship to the chassis electrical system.
Jacks and slides are part of the "house system". You extend them after you have "docked" at your site. Why would any dumb-butt design guy make them dependent on the chassis electrical system? If I found that I had inadvertently bought a rig that had such a system, I would re-wire it. If I found that a rig I was considering for purchase had such a system, I'd tell the dealer which orifice he could stuff it into to.
This opinion applies to both levelling jacks and slide-outs. They are "HOUSE SYSTEMS" with no functional relationship to the chassis electrical system.
