Slide power source

LarryJM wrote:

dougrainer wrote:

JOHN5206 wrote:
Do the slides run directly off the house battery, when hooked to shore power?

If 12 volt electric motor slide system, then NO. The battery is usually required to be installed and charged up, but the slide system is wired to the 12 volt breaker panel supply. Most slides require both a charged up battery AND connected to 120 shore Power(Power Converter) for optimum operation. Very few Slide systems are wired direct to the 12 volt battery posts. Doug

Based on several replies so far it looks like your belief that few slide system are wired direct to the battery might not be correct.

The electric slide on my 2007 HR trailer is wired directly to the battery thru a separate 30A auto resetting CB. There are 3 hot wires hooked up to my battery on the tongue. One goes to my electric jack, one goes to the converter thru a 50A auto resetting CB with the converter side of the CB having a separate wire that goes back to the charging end of the 7 pin connector and a third wire that goes to my slide thru a 30A auto resetting CB. If I disconnect the wire to the slide at the battery I have no power to the slide even if on shore power.

IIRC I have seen several posts of other owners with a similar setup as mine with the slide wired directly to the battery via one of the stand alone auto resetting CBs.

Here is a pic of the two CBs that are mounted just after the tongue to the floor of my TT (note: this was before I replaced them and sealed them to correct the corrosion problem seen in the pic)




Larry

I stated VERY FEW, not all. Yours is wired to the battery thru a 12 volt circuit breaker. GOOD. But it just confirms MY post. I have worked on slide systems for over 25 years, and my post was the reflection of the majority of slide rooms. Now, on your system, the odds are the POWER to the system is direct to the battery, but the wall slide switch and controls will be fused at the RV main 12 volt fuse center. A LOT of slide rooms, the power is fused at the 12 volt fuse center. Doug