Help with slide out

[thefishingal]

We just purchased a Lifestyle LS36FW. It has a @30ft slide out. If I am running it in or out and I stop It takes about 15 minutes before I can resume. Anyone know what's up with this?

[jsr21]

Here's the link (once you are signed in) to the repair

[JW_of_Opechee_S]

Sorry www.carriage-lifestyle.com

[JW_of_Opechee_S]

Go to carraigelifestyle.com, register, and then go to the index board and check for slide problems. I will PM a link to you.Click here

[jsr21]

It is due to voltage drop. Those full wall slide motors suck a lot of power...and it seems if you stop them in between full out or full in they don't like to resume.
I have fixed 3 of them by installing a reversing solenoid...cures them 100%. You need to sign up for the Carriage/Lifestyle forum and the answer is there.
Some of the full wall slides do it worse than others. Some of them won't move at all unless you are plugged in.
The reversing solenoid mod will cure it.

[one_strange_tex]

Here I go again. We had another similar problem on our NEW trailer on the bedroom slide which has a chain/cable/electric motor driven system. The problem turned out to be a loose connection at a crimp connector right at the drive motor on the slide. In our case the motor is above the bed on the bedroom wall. The intermittent & time delay nature of your problem led me to believe it was temperature related and still may be even with the connector or solenoid elements of the failure.

[thefishingal]

I tried to search carriage/ Lifestyle but couldn't find. Can you tell me how to find that?

[JW_of_Opechee_S]

Your answer is on the carriage/lifestyle forum. The wire used for the slide motor may be loose or under sized, not sure which but if you go on that forum you will get the problem solved by people with the exact same experience.

[thefishingal]

Y'all are so awesome for reaching out. Hubby crawled in belly box and tapped on cyliniod problem solved. Just can't thank you all so much for taking time to help.
Bless you all

[MFL]

Yes, above pictured is a reset breaker. It should be located near battery compartment, or just inside basement wall. It may need replacing, or it is just doing it's job, if slide is binding/moving harder than should.

Jerry

[one_strange_tex]

thefishingal wrote:
We just bought new batteries. No luck.
Husband says it's not a hydrolic system. It's mechanical. Do you think there is a relay in this type of system?

The other type of system I am partially familiar with is a chain drive & cable system driven by an electric motor. I would guess that it would have the same relay in the power line to the electric motor that drives it, but I am unsure where it is located.

These are called auto reset circuit breakers. They interrupt the power on high temperature and reset themselves as they cool. It certainly sounds like what is happening to you.

[thefishingal]

We just bought new batteries. No luck.
Husband says it's not a hydrolic system. It's mechanical. Do you think there is a relay in this type of system?

[one_strange_tex]

There is a high temperature cut off relay in the circuit that could be defective and interrupting the power early. They are usually mounted on the wall of the battery compartment with the wiring to the hydraulic pump. Mine started doing this some on an older (~10 year) trailer, not because of the relays, but probably because the rubber seals were old and stiff. The problem was worse in cold weather.

[Trackrig]

If you have a generator, start it and see if you have the same problem. If you don't, it's most likely your batteries.

Bill

[downtheroad]

Slides basically are powered by your battery....Is it fully charged and in good condition?