12 VOLT BREAKERS FOR LIPPERT SLIDE

[BigD2]

I have a 2006 Forrest River Cedar Creek Silverback LTDTS. I am having trouble with the slides tripping a breaker. The system is a hydro sync by Lippert. The battery is a new deep cycle. The motor is working fine but on the last slide to retract the system pops a breaker. There appears to be 3 breakers and a solenoid I would like to replace all the breakers but they are very hard to find. I called Lippert and they are not available. Does anyone know where I could go to find them.

One more question is does anyone know where I could find the onboard battery charger that keeps the house battery charged when connect to shore power. I would hope it is not under the sealed basement floor .



Thanks in advance

Dick

[BigD2]

jamway wrote:
The breaker you are looking for looks some-what like this Breakers

Yes that is very close with a small black reset button on top. I am taking them out today to find out how many amps on each. I am curious about the two last breakers on the right which have two breakers connected with one 12V feed. The second one in from the right is the one that always pops the breaker. It seems to me that I could connect all the breakers direct to the battery which is one foot away and bypass the convertor.

I tried to include the photo but no joy


Ours were 50 amp.

Follow the wire from the motor to the battery or 12 volt junction box and you should see the breaker.

I took out the main fuse panel and there it was!

[jamway]

The breaker you are looking for looks some-what like this Breakers

Ours were 50 amp.

Follow the wire from the motor to the battery or 12 volt junction box and you should see the breaker.

[donn0128]

Do you know where the fuse and breakers are? The converter is right behind there.

[BigD2]

Mike

I only have 2 under floor compartments but I had not been looking for an access door. First thing in the AM I will check it out along with
the rest of the cabinets looking for an access door. I know it's there somewhere I just hope it is not under the floor which is covered with heavy ABS type plastic.

Thanks for the reply

Splashers3 wrote:
BigD2 - I have a 2009 Silverback, GenII....so it may not be the same as yours...but my converter is located under the bathroom, in my basement....but its accessible from my basement - on the back basement wall, there is an access door - which exposes my converter, and hot water tank, piping, etc. I just had to replace mine - with a PD9200. The converter is secured to the floor with some wiring going to the back of the fuse panel - which the front is accessed from our main floor - Its on the wall below our entertainment center - which on the other side of the entertainment center is the bathroom.

You have to be smaller is size to work on...which is why I coached my wife - and told her what to do - I'm 6'3" and about 280 - too cramped for me.

Good Luck - Mike

[Splashers3]

BigD2 - I have a 2009 Silverback, GenII....so it may not be the same as yours...but my converter is located under the bathroom, in my basement....but its accessible from my basement - on the back basement wall, there is an access door - which exposes my converter, and hot water tank, piping, etc. I just had to replace mine - with a PD9200. The converter is secured to the floor with some wiring going to the back of the fuse panel - which the front is accessed from our main floor - Its on the wall below our entertainment center - which on the other side of the entertainment center is the bathroom.

You have to be smaller is size to work on...which is why I coached my wife - and told her what to do - I'm 6'3" and about 280 - too cramped for me.

Good Luck - Mike

[BigD2]

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Converter/charger should be part of your AC & DC dist. panel---the one with AC circuit breakers and DC fuses.
If converter is getting 110V AC power IN then it should have 13.2V DC output at minimum and if battery is not isolated by disconnect switch the converter/charger will maintain battery charge when hooked up to shore power
That is if you didn't hook new battery up backwards and blew the converter 'reverse polarity' fuses. If so converter can't charge battery and battery can't supply RV (lights, pump etc) when not hooked up to shore power.


As for the slide 12V DC breakers.......those are typically auto resetting dc circuit breakers available at any auto parts store. Just check amp rating on current ones (30A etc) for replacement.

I guess I was thinking about my previous motorhome, a 2007 Country coach, which had a separate charger for the battery., most likely run thru the convertor The convertor/charger is working fine I checked the charge rate yesterday and it was just shy of 13V DC. I just wanted to know where it was located. I didn't install the new battery and since it has been functioning well I assume it is hooked up correctly.

As for the breakers, thanks for the input. When I looked at them they appeared to be specifically made for the bar they are installed on.

Can a temporally low battery cause a strain on the breaker enough to make it trip?

Thanks for the reply
Dick

[Old-Biscuit]

Converter/charger should be part of your AC & DC dist. panel---the one with AC circuit breakers and DC fuses.
If converter is getting 110V AC power IN then it should have 13.2V DC output at minimum and if battery is not isolated by disconnect switch the converter/charger will maintain battery charge when hooked up to shore power
That is if you didn't hook new battery up backwards and blew the converter 'reverse polarity' fuses. If so converter can't charge battery and battery can't supply RV (lights, pump etc) when not hooked up to shore power.


As for the slide 12V DC breakers.......those are typically auto resetting dc circuit breakers available at any auto parts store. Just check amp rating on current ones (30A etc) for replacement.

[donn0128]

Whoa, hold on a bit.
First of all there is a converter/charger built into the trailer. So, as long as the converter is working you do not need a battery charger. If it is not working, then replace the converter. As for the slides, they should be hydraulic, correct? The motor gets its power directly from the battery through one of the small resettable breakers outside near the pump. If they are tripping,then replacements should be available at any RV dealer in the country as they are a common item used by just about every manufacturer. But I do have to ask the obvious, how do you know the motor is working fine?