dougrainer wrote:
tropical36 wrote:
dougrainer wrote:
tropical36 wrote:
dougrainer wrote:
tropical36 wrote:
NowWhere2 wrote:
Pulled a bone-head move yesterday and pulled the batteries out of our brand new FR3 30DS while the retractable step was in :S I've done this before, but i failed to bring out my 'cheat sheet' from prior years to remind myself not to do that!
so i hooked one battery back up, but steps would not move, I tested the slide out and it had power, so my battery was hooked up OK
Isn't there a manual way to bring these steps in without disassembling them?
My steps work from the chassis starting battery and the slide comes from the house batteries.
You POSITIVE about this claim? National always connected the steps to the coach batteries. To test is simple. Turn the coach battery disconnect OFF(NO Shore power also), then try to operate the steps. IF they operate you indeed have the steps to the chassis battery. Doug
Yep, more than positive and yes they still work with the house batteries off. It actually takes a little more than a test like that, when checking out electrical systems. For instance, my slide still works with the house battery switch off, as well and even though it's fed from the house batteries.
My test comment was only for the operation of the Steps. Nothing else. I probably replaced at least 10 steps over the years(1994 to 2006 when they went out of business) due to the customer NOT turning on the coach battery system and they hit/dragged the steps due to them not retracting. Doug (former National dealer Tech)
Are you the original owner? Doug
NO and bought the coach in 2007 without any history on it, whatsoever, but it has been a good one, overall.
Here's a good one for you and it used to be that my jacks would retract as soon as I turned on the ignition, along with the alarms going off and would always just start the engine for warm up and have the jacks going up on their own while I was finishing up for getting underway. Then one day, they no longer did that, but still would, when it was put in gear and just in case I forgot to manually retract them. Without troubleshooting, I'm suspecting a float sw. in the reservoir, but have decided that I like them better this way for a number of reasons.
The CORRECT Jack procedure is what you have now. NOT when the ignition was ON. If you release the Park brake, and key is ON, they should retract. Some used the Transmission, but most used the parking brake release. I suspect someone rewired your entry steps. Your comment is based on your RV and since it was not your RV when new. This points to a slight problem on these forums. Someone has a used RV and they post how their RV functions and never realize that maybe the previous owner/s had modified the systems in the RV. Doug
I've had others tell me that their 98 Tropical had leveling jacks that worked the same as mine did and I guess it would prevent driving off with them still down and which you could probably do now, if you were quick enough. One wouldn't think that they were malfunctioning for years before and now have decided to repair themselves and I tend to think it in the opposite.
As for how one's RV might work, that also alerts others as to how their's might work and not necessarily with the way it came from the factory. Now, with all due respect, I also tend to believe it came from the factory that way. I'm sort of a gear head with working on things and have found with this coach, the previous two owners (talked with the original owners only) did next to nothing, except to care for the small things and it was an exceptionally clean coach. I even had to redo the EMS shedding program, which was a joke, so if not that being taken care of, I doubt seriously if anything was rewired on purpose.
Just sayin....
