And the drama continues. We have not fixed the battery problem yet, but Dh is in there now, see how they are.We have motorhome 99 Aerbus in driveway. The livingroom slide when we pushed the slide switch did a little jerk then nothing. We messed around a bit, he hit it for the upteen time and out it went..lovely right..no. Went to do back slide and same click noise as the front, but it decided to never move. Dh goes to front to bring that one in, a test, nope just a light click noise when you hit retract switch. Motorhome livingroom slide is out over neighbours driveway. Battery check done, at 11.6 each. HELP

Plug it in or start the generator or the ignition and get the batteries back up where they belong. That should help for a start.good luckLarry

We are plugged in, we did not take batteries out, just checked them. There is a click when hitting retract or extent switch that is all. He is looking at fuses under dash now.

Burwoods wrote:We are plugged in, we did not take batteries out, just checked them. There is a click when hitting retract or extent switch that is all. He is looking at fuses under dash now.Sorry for multi posts

amazingvanstones wrote:Plug it in or start the generator or the ignition and get the batteries back up where they belong. That should help for a start.good luckLarryYou think batteries are not charged well enough Mh came with 4 year old batteries from someone that was not into a good maintenance schedule. Perhaps purchase of new batteries? Man if that was the problem with all that is going on with this MH what a friggin blessing that would be. As we have no DC power have to be plugged

The 11.6 voltage at the batteries is way too low. The motors that operate the slides take a lot of current and if any of the connections are not perfect, or the batteries are not fully charged, the slides may not retract. If you hear a click, the switch and the 12 volt fuse is fine. You will have a control box in your basement, where the click is coming from, that actually supplies power to the slides. Check all of the connections on the wires coming to the control box at both ends to make sure that they are secure. I still think it is a battery problem, just based on the voltage that you are seeing. If you want to double check your batteries, see how much the voltage drops when you push the slide switch. If, after the click, the voltage drops more, than that is a good indication that you have a problem in the battery circuit, not a fuse, etc.

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Burwoods
Explorer
Jun 29, 2014
Test each system one at a time, we were going to hookup the water today and test all that, but it is friggin hot here today and the pool looked just a little to good. Bob has to work Monday, so Tuesday water/plumping tests. Stay tuned.
Mr_Mark1
Explorer
Jun 29, 2014
Always good to hear good news! Sometimes we don't know the exact sequence to pull the slides in but we're sure glad the you found it.

Safe travels,
MM.
RayChez
Explorer
Jun 29, 2014
Yea! That is weird that the door has to be closed.
Burwoods
Explorer
Jun 29, 2014
John S. wrote:
Glad you got it in.

So is our neighbour, we were out over his driveway...lol.
On another site they told me door had nothing to do with it, but if it is open it does not work. Just to tempt fate, we tried it with the door open, nope has to be closed. Silly
rgatijnet1
Explorer III
Jun 29, 2014
Thanks for the update. We all learned something today.
John_S_
Explorer II
Jun 28, 2014
Glad you got it in.
Burwoods
Explorer
Jun 28, 2014
Slide Update...we did it. We did buy new batteries but they are sitting in the van still. While husband drove into driveway, he saw the slide going in. Me high fiving myself. Drivers door has to be closed, Hydralic leveler switch has to be in on position, engine has to be running. Oh what a day, but we will never forget how its done now...lol. On to our battery problem...stay tuned for questions. THANK YOU EVERYONE.
rgatijnet1
Explorer III
Jun 28, 2014
You may check your owners manual to find out how to manually retract your slides. Mine uses a 3/4" wrench on each motor but they are all different.
homedad
Explorer
Jun 28, 2014
I had similar problems on my old 2000 Tioga. Even with it running slide wouldn't slide. It turned out to be the ground on the coach batteries. This may also explain why the batts aren't charging while plugged in.
Burwoods
Explorer
Jun 28, 2014
Still sitting in driveway with slide out....ordering pizza. So friggin frustrated

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