Hydraulic slide outs
We have a 2009 Montana 3485SA Fifth wheel with three slides. When new the slides would come out one at a time starting with the bedroom. The next (entertainment center) would not start out until the bedroom was all the way out. After the entertainment slide was all the way out the dinette slide would start out.
After a few years the entertainemnt and dinette slides would start moving when the bedroom was about half way out. The circuit breaker would trip and after a minute, I could continue. This got to the point where it would take several stops and starts to get all three out. The battery has been replaced and that did not help.
Many other Montana owners recomment putting in a 50 amp circuit breaker. My feeling is that the system was designed for 30 amps, so 50 amps is not fixing the base problem.
I understand that the hydraulic system pushes the lightest slide out first (bedroom), then the entertainment, then the largest, dinette. That makes sense. The pump pressurized the entire system and because of the pressure and pushing weight, the lightest will naturally go out first. But why did they go out one at a time when new, now they generally go out one at a time but all seem to at least move and couple inches to a foot or so while the bedroom is still not all the way out.
Ideas?
After a few years the entertainemnt and dinette slides would start moving when the bedroom was about half way out. The circuit breaker would trip and after a minute, I could continue. This got to the point where it would take several stops and starts to get all three out. The battery has been replaced and that did not help.
Many other Montana owners recomment putting in a 50 amp circuit breaker. My feeling is that the system was designed for 30 amps, so 50 amps is not fixing the base problem.
I understand that the hydraulic system pushes the lightest slide out first (bedroom), then the entertainment, then the largest, dinette. That makes sense. The pump pressurized the entire system and because of the pressure and pushing weight, the lightest will naturally go out first. But why did they go out one at a time when new, now they generally go out one at a time but all seem to at least move and couple inches to a foot or so while the bedroom is still not all the way out.
Ideas?
