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sanstclair
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Apr 20, 2014

Reset button/slideout

Just got started looking at what we bought last November, has a slide out and it worked fine at first but now it will not open. Manual says there is a slide out reset button but we cannot find anywhere. Any ideas where this might be?

Dick/Sandra in Iowa
  • Not sure in your situation, since you don't list the make/model of trailer. But what I can tell you is that many slide out systems use automatic breakers. But some may use manually resettable breakers as well. The manual reset breakers have a reset button on the breaker. Just press the button and it resets. Google "resettable breakers" to see what they look like.

    To find your breaker just follow your positive battery cable. It will come to a small junction usually mounted to the back wall go the storage compartment. Most generally under a red rubber cover. It is about 1/2 the size of a match book. If you pick up the rubber cover, you should see the reset button. If there is no reset button, then it is somewhere else in the system. Or else maybe the system is auto reset.

    If it is auto reset you will hear it blink out when the slide out button is pressed. And about 5 to 10 seconds later, you will hear it "click" back on. If it doesn't click back on, it is either not auto reset...or it is not functioning. The good news is they are cheap to replace. About $6 at a decent auto parts store. Be sure to get the same amp rating. Ten minutes to replace.
  • And it helps to have your trailer plugged into shore power so that the voltage will be at least 12.6, maybe as high as 13.1. Makes the motor work a little better, if there aren't other problems.
  • It would help if you listed the brand of the rig you have. If it has HWH slides, HWH factory has great service. They are located in Moscow IA.
  • It can also be fused. One of our slides has a fuse and the other two don't. You should also learn if it has a manual way of closing the slides. On ours you can use a 1/2" drive ratchet and about a 11/16" socket. It came in handy one Sunday morning when trying to get on the road. It's a lot more inconvenient when the slides won't come in than when they won't go out......

    Bill
  • u check the battery to make sure it's not dead? needs to be fully charged for slide to work