slide out is slow
my slideout goes out very slow will not come in. also landing jacks are slow????? could this be a bad battery?
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There are a number of things it could be.. I'd start by examining the slide system and LUBRICATING where indicated in the owner's manual.
YES it could be bad batteries, EVEN plugged in.. Here is why I say that.. I have a multiple battery system (Remember two six volt in series = ONE 12 volt battery and that is how I call it when I talk about my system) consisting of one six volt pair and a few 12 volt in parallel. Recently my Inverter started going into LOW-BAT alarm like 2 seconds after the 30 amp park breaker tripped (Major pain).. First time that happend the oldest 12 volt jar in the house tested out as "Cell shorted". I replaced it and all was good, for about a month, then it started goign to alarm the instant the breaker tripped (Hazard of a 50 amp rig and a park with anemic 30 amp breakers).
Turns out one of the 8 1/2 year old six volts has a shorted cell, So not I isolated the pair and for now all is good.
Someone said RVers have no use for a clamp on DC ammeter.. Guess what tool in my box identified the bad battery, both times.. YUP that's it. Cause when they are all strapped together the voltages are the same.. BUT current is different. once I isolated it a volt meter confirmed shorted cell status.
IF you have a shorted cell your converter, like mine, may be able to provide enough power for the furnace, fridge controls, water heater controls and lights. BUT NOT the amount sucked by the battery PLUS the slides.
YES it could be bad batteries, EVEN plugged in.. Here is why I say that.. I have a multiple battery system (Remember two six volt in series = ONE 12 volt battery and that is how I call it when I talk about my system) consisting of one six volt pair and a few 12 volt in parallel. Recently my Inverter started going into LOW-BAT alarm like 2 seconds after the 30 amp park breaker tripped (Major pain).. First time that happend the oldest 12 volt jar in the house tested out as "Cell shorted". I replaced it and all was good, for about a month, then it started goign to alarm the instant the breaker tripped (Hazard of a 50 amp rig and a park with anemic 30 amp breakers).
Turns out one of the 8 1/2 year old six volts has a shorted cell, So not I isolated the pair and for now all is good.
Someone said RVers have no use for a clamp on DC ammeter.. Guess what tool in my box identified the bad battery, both times.. YUP that's it. Cause when they are all strapped together the voltages are the same.. BUT current is different. once I isolated it a volt meter confirmed shorted cell status.
IF you have a shorted cell your converter, like mine, may be able to provide enough power for the furnace, fridge controls, water heater controls and lights. BUT NOT the amount sucked by the battery PLUS the slides.
