Bird Freak wrote:
SoundGuy wrote:
DutchmenSport wrote:
If you disconnect the battery, plug into shore power, and try to open or close the slides using the converter only, they won't work.
Not universally true. Several times I've operated the slide, awning, and tongue jack using only the on board WFCO 8955 converter for source power. Works just fine. :B
Mine will work without a battery also. When I bought it we operated the slides and there was no battery in it.
Thats a good way to cook a slide motor at worst, and in the least shorten the life of it. A WFCO does not provide enough current by itself and some RV manufacturers put a warning in their generic owners manuals regarding it. It may not be so much of an issue with Schwintek and their small motors but your playing with fire on a motor for a through the frame, sofa, BAL Accuslide, or other gear driven system with a larger high amperage motor. Add to it most are LCI and they use the cheapest motors obtainable.
