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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Mr.Mark wrote:
To my surprise, when I had our coach in for a slide malfunction, the lead tech at the facility said to level the coach first then deploy/retract the slides. Which is against what Monaco lists in the manual. Apparently, we have one slide that needs adjusting once a year as regular maintenance. I've never read that in the manual (doesn't mean it's not there).
When I had the slide malfunction, the coach was leaning towards the driver's side when I was having it washed at my storage facility. The tech believes that the rather severe leaning to one side caused my slide to not retract correctly. Just as soon as I saw it not working right I released the button which left the slide about 4 inches out.
I made an appt. at the facility and drove it 65 miles for service. The tech said that it was a good idea that I stopped the slide when I noticed it not working correctly. By stopping it, it didn't cause any damage. They were able to adjust it and pull it in.
So, for now, I'm going to follow my tech's advice and level first then put the slides out.
MM.
Despite what ANY manual states, what you posted is just common sense. MOST RV lots and MOST service facilities will have level or near level pads. So, extending the jacks would not be needed to extend and retract the rooms. But any shift in the chassis frame caused by unlevel pad or uneven ground will require the RV to be leveled. Then extend and retract the rooms. I have yet to find any RV that requires yearly adjustment on a slide room. If so, then there is a major problem with the complete mechanism or the cut out in the RV. Which slide on your RV requires that yearly adjustment? Doug
