Electric jacks manual crank
My 20 year old Atwood electric jacks finally died, I have tried numerous replacement of parts to try to get them to work again, but no good. I’m using a drill and an attachment to crank up It takes ab...
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mkirsch wrote:monkey44 wrote:Grit dog wrote:
^I’m pretty sure disconnecting the wires won’t make a bit of difference. Or am I missing something.
It does make a huge difference, Grit Dog ... personal experience. It sounds like it's turning the jack motors - some kind of friction thru the wires maybe, I don't really know. I do know it is much less taxing on the drill when the wires are disconnected. I just pulled the plug out of the camper for each jack and the spin rate on 18v Mikita drill greatly increased.
2008 Lance 845 ...
Well yeah, the motor is acting as a generator and you're trying to power something when they're connected.
Well, I stand corrected. Appears those don't have a disconnect from the motor.
Won't let me paste a snip of the manual, but unplugging the jacks disables the dynamic brake. Says no issue either way but easier to run manually when unplugged.
It's still turning the motor either way though.
