Schwintec slide mystery
It has been broke for months now and have been using wire directly to the battery to open and close the 13 foot slide. The first repair was the rails and component on one end of the slide where you fi...
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1. You cannot buy the plugs
2. There are 3 parts to the system
1. The motor
2. The harness from the controller to the motor
3. The Controller
3. There may be 4 parts. SOME use a 7 foot harness from the motor down the rail and then run the 25 foot harness to the controller. So, you have 2 separate wire harness instead of one and 2 things to fail
4. I have NEVER attempted to run a continuity check on a Schwintek harness. BIG waste of time. I have a test 35 foot cable and I connect between the Controller and the suspected motor. IF it works, then the harness is BAD. I have replaced numerous harness that showed NO damage but were defective internally.
5. Motor One and Motor Two. How did you determine which was motor 1 and motor 2? There is NO standard for which motor is which. You have to disconnect one and see which side operates to determine Motor 1 and motor 2 on your RV
6. WHAT code did you get originally? 8?
7. If you have replaced the motor and controller, WHAT would you figure is the problem by reading item 2 above????? Doug
2. There are 3 parts to the system
1. The motor
2. The harness from the controller to the motor
3. The Controller
3. There may be 4 parts. SOME use a 7 foot harness from the motor down the rail and then run the 25 foot harness to the controller. So, you have 2 separate wire harness instead of one and 2 things to fail
4. I have NEVER attempted to run a continuity check on a Schwintek harness. BIG waste of time. I have a test 35 foot cable and I connect between the Controller and the suspected motor. IF it works, then the harness is BAD. I have replaced numerous harness that showed NO damage but were defective internally.
5. Motor One and Motor Two. How did you determine which was motor 1 and motor 2? There is NO standard for which motor is which. You have to disconnect one and see which side operates to determine Motor 1 and motor 2 on your RV
6. WHAT code did you get originally? 8?
7. If you have replaced the motor and controller, WHAT would you figure is the problem by reading item 2 above????? Doug
