PowerGear Slide-out issue
I have a 2009 Eagle Cap 995 camper and the slide recently wouldn’t open, but would open later intermittently....It uses a PowerGear two rail rack and gear system, and after a lengthy close inspection,...
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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...
