Auto Reset Circuit Breakers
Have been told that the electrical motors on Lippert Stab jacks should stop when the motor current rises causing the 12VDC auto resetting circuit breaker to pop (or you take your finger off the button...
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ktmrfs wrote:
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On my slides, once I hit the outer limit I hear the clutch start to ratchet. That's enough for me to stop.
On the in I hear the slides stop, very noticeable, motor stalls. However, I've never held my switch long enough to see what happens beyond that.
Thanks, that's useful.
Except for the tongue jack, none of my motors have a clutch, that I can hear anyway.
Maybe I shouldn't be waiting for the motors to halt before releasing the button. Perhaps by doing so those auto-reset breakers are being used when they shouldn't be. But I do want the slide, and awning, and stab jacks to be fully retracted when traveling.
Guess for now I'll just pay closer attention to what's happening when we next close up for travel.
