The switch that controls my slide out seems to be reversed. In is out and out is in. Can somehow suggest a place to begin to troubleshoot this?Thanks so much.

Pull Switch out and reverse wires….done!

IS this something you have just noticed....something that has changed from before?Have you done any thing recently to DC system....change batteries?Battery cables correct?If you have taken battery cables off and gotten them reversed....slide out would work backwards due to reversed polarity.And the 'reverse polarity' fuses on converter may have blown....slide out directly wired to battery but if fuses blown nothing DC inside rig will work from battery without shore power/converter.

I will add have you replaced your battery terminals recently - maybe they are put back on reversed...Make sure the PRINTED WORD NEG on the battery case goes to frame ground...If they have been reversed then you should also look for an in-line fuse near the battery blown and two fuses in the 12VDC distribution Panel labeled REVERSE POLARITY. These three fuses also blow when the battery cables are reversed...Your slide motor is usually connected direct to the battery terminals so they may placed on the wrong terminals as well...Just something to check before moving cables on the back of the slide switch. I'm assuming the slide switch has worked correctly in the past???? Those slide switch connections just don't get reversed by themself.Whenever we see questions like this the first thing folks ask is what have done to the RV trailer recently...Roy Ken

OLD BISCUIT - Sorry I reported the same thing to check. You was quicker in responding than I was haha...Roy Ken

RoyB wrote:OLD BISCUIT - Sorry I reported the same thing to check. You was quicker in responding than I was haha...Roy KenDon't know about quicker.....I'm a two finger occasional thumb typer.:BOP has had to changed something recently OR switch has shorted internally but that usually ends up with no workie.

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robsouth
Explorer II
Jan 21, 2014
I invented a dark bulb once. Problem is, once I turned it on, everything went dark and I ain't seen it since. Oh well...
krobbe
Explorer
Jan 21, 2014
The fuse is in backwards?

Was it made in Australia? I heard that the toilet will swirl in the opposite direction. Maybe electrons travel backwards as well?

Ok. Seriously, get a digital volt meter and check the battery terms, switch, and possibly the motor is wired backwards.
Passin_Thru
Explorer
Jan 21, 2014
Nope, you can add a pill to your glass before hand thus you won't have dry water.
DiskDoctr
Explorer
Jan 20, 2014
rcosta wrote:
But today, when I switched the cable, nothing happened, including the lights.
With no shore power, the lights work, but the slide out switch is still reversed.

RED FLAG! Which color wire is attached to the Neg of your battery (as marked on the battery itself)?

Hooking up your battery in reverse, even as a test can have bad consequences....

Or did I misunderstand you?
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Jan 19, 2014
Bob Landry wrote:
Come on, battery cable gurus. If the cables got reversed, the polarity fuses on the converter would blow. Converters 101..

True....but slideouts are wired directly to battery which would not stop slideout op if reverse polarity fuses were blown on converter and OP didn't state anything about other DC items until later on after being questioned about situation.

Then he states blown fuse for slideout...and slideout now running reversed via switch.

Needs to pull switch and check slideout operation via contacts/terminals on switch.
Bob_Landry
Explorer
Jan 19, 2014
Come on, battery cable gurus. If the cables got reversed, the polarity fuses on the converter would blow. Converters 101..
rcosta
Explorer
Jan 19, 2014
Thank you for the conversation.
I did not change anything, and it had worked correctly, so I don't think changing the wires in the switch would be the ultimate answer.
I did notice a blown fuse for the slide out, but I replaced it.
I was thinking reverse polarity because I noticed once when I hooked up the battery incorrectly, the slide out switch operated reversed as well. But today, when I switched the cable, nothing happened, including the lights.
With no shore power, the lights work, but the slide out switch is still reversed.
Tomorrow, I will look at some of the suggestions above.
Thank you again.
skipnchar
Explorer
Jan 19, 2014
I suppose reversing polarity would also result in dry water?
brownieab
Explorer
Jan 18, 2014
Me Too....That was clever
wmoses
Explorer
Jan 18, 2014
Tachdriver wrote:
But wouldn't a reversed polarity 12v yield dark lights? :B

Darn it! Almost pooped myself laughing! :B