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snowpeke
Explorer
May 29, 2020

Electric jack for 5 wheel goes up and not down

The jack stands that raises the front of the trailer up and down just goes up and not down. Worked fine in the morning next camp site won't go down. Checked the switch and it seems ok. Only 2 wires going to the motor. I tried jumping power to each one. One makes it going up the other it goes up very slow. Any ideas?
  • fj12ryder's avatar
    fj12ryder
    Explorer III
    May 30, 2020
    You have one switch but two motors? One for each leg? When you say the one doesn't go up, do you mean it won't retract, or it won't raise the trailer? Check to see if you have full voltage to the switch, and from the switch to each motor. Do the battery/ies have a good charge?
  • BFL13's avatar
    BFL13
    Explorer II
    May 30, 2020
    I think up/down is like in/out with the slide. The motor two wires change pos and neg to turn the other way as set by the switch contacts.

    I had that with the slide switch. New switch fixed that.

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