Need help I was opening up the slides this morning and all of a sudden it just stopped. No noise or anything. I checked the breakers and fuses at the inverter but all looked good. I looked at the breakers in teh house and all was good as well. All the other power is on in the camper. Where can i look to find another fuse or motor. The awning isnt opening either. This is a Dutchmen Classic 315BHds 2011 model.

Often the slides (and awning?) are powered directly from the battery, not from the DC fuse panel. Might be two positive red wires on the battery, one for the DC fuse panel (and converter) and the other for that.The positive wire for the slides should have a fuse on it near the battery or maybe a DC circuit breaker that can be reset.

My slides have a thermal cutout that will stop everything if they overheat. They're in the basement. I just wait a sec and then things work again.Breakers are for 120v, not 12.

So i went back out there after letting it sit for several hours. Switched off all the breakers and back on and now all seems well. Not sure what happened there but oh well.

The 120V breakers had nothing to do with it. You have a 12V auto-resetting breaker that is tripping for what ever reason and your problem is going to return. I would find the 12V breaker and replace it (they're cheap). Otherwise you are going to get stuck someplace with the slide out. The part will look something like these and you will need to get the amp rating off it: linkGood luck,Scott

If the slides are power gear there are several interlocks and other things that can stop them.. NOTE not all interlocks are present on all systems and then there is the controller....Ignition interlock, Some want it on. some offParking break interlock Some insist on parking brake setTransmission interlock, only in parkTurn key interlock (mine failed, it's a basic switch)These can become... iffyNext is the switch.. Sometimes switches get dirty and won't switch and/or have to be presseed "Just so"Now the controllerPower gear controllers sense current. If anything causes the current to climb above the set point they shut down.LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE on a motor causes higher current.Binding, some obstruction. Higher current.End of travel.. Well that's a given stalling the motor = Higher current.I know one would think that as voltage goes down so would current but Motors are variable inductors (Inductance varies with speed) and because of this the slower they go (lower voltage) the higher the current.

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organcory97
Explorer
Jan 20, 2020
IB853347201 wrote:
The issue appears to be a 12 volt issue. I would guess that the trailer house battery is either dead or low on water, or both. Converter alone does not have enough output to power slides without reserve from battery.

It is very possible. The battery is most likely dead. It was also a cold morning.
organcory97
Explorer
Jan 20, 2020
ScottG wrote:
The 120V breakers had nothing to do with it. You have a 12V auto-resetting breaker that is tripping for what ever reason and your problem is going to return.
I would find the 12V breaker and replace it (they're cheap). Otherwise you are going to get stuck someplace with the slide out.

The part will look something like these and you will need to get the amp rating off it: ***Link Removed***

Good luck,
Scott

Would there only be one of these auto resetting breakers?
ScottG
Nomad
Jan 20, 2020
organcory97 wrote:
ScottG wrote:
The 120V breakers had nothing to do with it. You have a 12V auto-resetting breaker that is tripping for what ever reason and your problem is going to return.
I would find the 12V breaker and replace it (they're cheap). Otherwise you are going to get stuck someplace with the slide out.

The part will look something like these and you will need to get the amp rating off it: ***Link Removed***

Good luck,
Scott

Would there only be one of these auto resetting breakers?

Most often yes, they have just one but on rare occasions someone will install two in parallel.
I had one where they mounted the breaker under the trailer, next to the motor. Some others were mounted up near the front just behind the batterys. There are breakers designed to be installed in wet locations but they never seem to use them. Instead they use cheaper breakers designed to be installed inside. Those really dont do very well out in the weather and if they actually get road spray, they corrode.

Scott
BFL13
Explorer II
Jan 20, 2020
IB853347201 wrote:
The issue appears to be a 12 volt issue. I would guess that the trailer house battery is either dead or low on water, or both. Converter alone does not have enough output to power slides without reserve from battery.

Parallax 7355 converter on the 5er we had with its 14ft slide had no trouble running the slide in and out with no battery at all. Just have to join the two wires that go on the battery positive post (vise grip pliers eg) so there is a path from converter to slide motor.

Lippert specified a 30a fuse for the slide, and Trimetric showed it pulled about 25 amps at most for the hard part bringing it back up over the hump at the edge of the main floor. Was about 15 amps on the straight and level part.
organcory97
Explorer
Jan 20, 2020
BFL13 wrote:
IB853347201 wrote:
The issue appears to be a 12 volt issue. I would guess that the trailer house battery is either dead or low on water, or both. Converter alone does not have enough output to power slides without reserve from battery.

Parallax 7355 converter on the 5er we had with its 14ft slide had no trouble running the slide in and out with no battery at all. Just have to join the two wires that go on the battery positive post (vise grip pliers eg) so there is a path from converter to slide motor.

Lippert specified a 30a fuse for the slide, and Trimetric showed it pulled about 25 amps at most for the hard part bringing it back up over the hump at the edge of the main floor. Was about 15 amps on the straight and level part.

I have a couple pictures but not sure how to post them on here to show you.
organcory97
Explorer
Jan 20, 2020
organcory97 wrote:
BFL13 wrote:
IB853347201 wrote:
The issue appears to be a 12 volt issue. I would guess that the trailer house battery is either dead or low on water, or both. Converter alone does not have enough output to power slides without reserve from battery.

Parallax 7355 converter on the 5er we had with its 14ft slide had no trouble running the slide in and out with no battery at all. Just have to join the two wires that go on the battery positive post (vise grip pliers eg) so there is a path from converter to slide motor.

Lippert specified a 30a fuse for the slide, and Trimetric showed it pulled about 25 amps at most for the hard part bringing it back up over the hump at the edge of the main floor. Was about 15 amps on the straight and level part.

I have a couple pictures but not sure how to post them on here to show you.
BFL13
Explorer II
Jan 20, 2020
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organcory97
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