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dcmac214
Explorer
Aug 22, 2018

? Slides -- Design flaw or "the way they all do it"?

Curious if all RV slides are like this or is it a quirk of Keystone? After several years with the 5er I just now discover that the slides work only off 5er's battery power. Being plugged into the d...
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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Aug 22, 2018
Slideouts, electric jacks, front landing gear....ALL wired DIRECTLY to battery due to high amp draw......each will have it's own in-line fuse (or DC circuit breaker) which will be at least 30A

DC Dist Panel ---individual circuits 15A and won't handle the high amp draw from those components

Converter via shore power OR DC Charge Line via truck help maintain battery but will not supply enough needed DC for those components


Gotta keep them batteries fully charged !

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