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GollyCollie
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Jul 27, 2014

My slides don't slide!

I have a 2013 Leprechaun that I thought I was about to get the bugs worked out of. I am able to keep my motorhome at my house so I am in and out of it frequently. Last weekend I had the slides out for a while and brought them back in after I was done with no issues. Tonight I went out to the motorhome to do something that required my slides to go out. Both slides are now not working at all. They are totally dead. This tells me that unless both slide motors died at once it has to be a power issue, right? I checked the fuses and breakes and they appear to be fine. I can't find my electrical tester so I haven't checked for power at various places along the way. I will go pick one up in the morning. One more thing. As I was looking at the switch panel where you actually bring the slides in and out, I decided to try to crank the generator and that switch also appears to be dead. Like I said, I haven't really dug into it yet other than what I have stated. Based on what i describe, does anyone have any suggestions on where to start in the morning?
  • GollyCollie wrote:
    Uhhhh, you are right about it being the coach battery.


    Isn't this place great?

    Bruce
  • Uhhhh, you are right about it being the coach battery. When we got back from vacation in April I set the charger to not charge the battery. My thought was that the slides would operate off of the converter or the battery. Wrong! The battery is charging now and the slides are working fine and I am feeling pretty dumb. Lesson learned and thank you for information.
  • Do they require emergency brake to be set? If so, id it get "unset"?
  • Sounds like dead battery(ies). Most slide are run off the chassis battery, if you have not run the engine regularly, it is most likely dead. Our owners manual advised to start the engine before extending/retracting slide to give the extra battery power. Even if you are plugged in, the shore power, it generally does not charge the chassis battery. Depending of the MH builder, the generator may start of either battery.
    We added a battery tender to our chassis battery and now do not have any problems.

    Beverley and Ken
  • Sounds like a DC (12 volt) problem..completely dead batteries (maybe). Or, maybe a converter problem.
    Are you plugged into shore power?