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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frankdamp wrote:Well that's your opinion and while I'm not suggesting you are wrong the opposing opinion:
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.
The most likely discharged battery bank is the house battery and now without recharging you can't bring in the slides or jacks. Instead use the charged house battery, start the engine for extra voltage and bring those puppies in and drive away.
