PowerGear Slide-out issue

Power Gear ® Slide-Out System - Support Documentation:

https://www.lci1.com/support-power-gear-slide-out-system/

Thanks, I’ve reviewed that page but for the life of me, I can find no scenario that suggest a motor torque limiter rather than a slide out control module... Just Saying...

Not sure which PowerGear system your rig has but the site I linked to has downloadable PDF documents that cover "Operations and Service" of the various systems with troubleshooting charts. Sorry if there's not an answer to your problem. Hope others can help out.

Find the motherboard clean the contacts check the ground if that doesn't fix the issue probable cause is a bad board

newman fulltimer wrote:
Find the motherboard clean the contacts check the ground if that doesn't fix the issue probable cause is a bad board

Thanks, but the point here is that I can find no controller....

I'm posting info about my power gear slideout system. It's just FYI as yours might work the same way, or maybe not. There's an indirect torque limiting system via a controller that senses current. The controller is p/n 140-1163 and a picture can be found here https://www.amazon.com/Power-Gear-Slideout-controller-140-1163/dp/B01IF99SCI. It has a 25 amp slow blow fuse in it. The only way I know about it is from extensive snooping in every nook and compartment in the RV. Do you have a center-off in-out switch? Does it have 3 wires going to it? Are the wires going to the motor larger (or at least different) than those from the switch? If this is all true, you may very well have this controller hiding someplace. It has 6 connections: power and ground, 2 wires from the switch, and 2 wires to the motor. On the controller I have, there are no adjustments.

Is this a truck camper

Have you removed it from the truck, so you can trace the wiring, from the slide motor back to the controller

road-runner wrote:
I'm posting info about my power gear slideout system. It's just FYI as yours might work the same way, or maybe not. There's an indirect torque limiting system via a controller that senses current. The controller is p/n 140-1163 and a picture can be found here https://www.amazon.com/Power-Gear-Slideout-controller-140-1163/dp/B01IF99SCI. It has a 25 amp slow blow fuse in it. The only way I know about it is from extensive snooping in every nook and compartment in the RV. Do you have a center-off in-out switch? Does it have 3 wires going to it? Are the wires going to the motor larger (or at least different) than those from the switch? If this is all true, you may very well have this controller hiding someplace. It has 6 connections: power and ground, 2 wires from the switch, and 2 wires to the motor. On the controller I have, there are no adjustments.

Mr Wizard Yes, I scoured the truck camper a d every passage from high to low, even using a flexible exam camera, and off the truck but to no avail... To Roadrunner, I can say that there are only two wires coming from the motor beneath the slide, and (as I recall) six wires at the in-out switch to reverse the current direction I believe - but no controller in between...

With 6 wires on the switch, I concur that it's "probably" a polarity reversing switch with no controller. If that's the case, the 2 center wires would run directly to the motor. My previous RV had a Lippert slideout that worked that way. There's one statement in the documentation that says if the switch is held after the room is fully extended or retracted, "the control" will shut off the motor after a few seconds. There's no controller in that system, so there's either something in the motor, or they're relying on the required 30 amp auto reset circuit breaker for that. One troubleshooting step says to hook a battery directly to the motor and see if it runs. Maybe that's feasible, maybe it's not. A different troubleshooting step says to hook a voltmeter at the motor and see if it shows power when the switch is pressed, and if it does, replace the motor. (If the meter does show good voltage, I'd personally verify with a direct-connected battery before buying a new motor).

road-runner wrote:
With 6 wires on the switch, I concur that it's "probably" a polarity reversing switch with no controller. If that's the case, the 2 center wires would run directly to the motor. My previous RV had a Lippert slideout that worked that way. There's one statement in the documentation that says if the switch is held after the room is fully extended or retracted, "the control" will shut off the motor after a few seconds. There's no controller in that system, so there's either something in the motor, or they're relying on the required 30 amp auto reset circuit breaker for that. One troubleshooting step says to hook a battery directly to the motor and see if it runs. Maybe that's feasible, maybe it's not. A different troubleshooting step says to hook a voltmeter at the motor and see if it shows power when the switch is pressed, and if it does, replace the motor. (If the meter does show good voltage, I'd personally verify with a direct-connected battery before buying a new motor).

Thanks very much, So if I understand you correctly, your previous lippert system had a six wire switch but no controller, correct??...This kinda makes sense to me but strangely theres only two wires at the dang motor??...The young guy I past spoke to at Lippert says there ‘should be’ a controller, but I’ve combed the camper (and compartments) from stem to stern and can find no such device!!

On edit: come to think of it, I believe (as I recall - I’m not with camper...) that two of the six wires at the switch are just jumper wires...