Slideout relays

[Ctrueit]

Does anyone know where these are located on a 2004 255rlds wilderness advantage

[jdc1]

I'll start looking for it....just in case

Thanks

[Durb]

Mine slide control box is under the refrigerator behind the heater intake grill. I found it by tracing the wires from the slide motor as they go to the box directly.

[road-runner]

Put this into a search engine and you will get links to slideout controller examples:

140-1163

This is the part number for one controller. My search engine brought up links to other controllers, too.

[jdc1]

What do these relays look like (for future reference)?

[road-runner]

Some electric slides use a relay and/or controller, and some don't. Those that don't have a relay use a polarity-reversing switch wired directly to the the slide motor. In a trailer, the system "might" use a relay and/or controller. In a motorhome, it "probably" does. If you're able to see the back of the slideout switch, that will give a clue. If it's a double pole switch with 4 or 6 lugs, it's likely a polarity reversing switch wired directly to the motor. Short of just figuring it out, the OP is doing the right thing asking for somebody who knows with the exact model rig.

[ScottG]

wa8yxm wrote:

ScottG wrote:
If a rack and pinion system, they dont usually have them. The switch carries the entire load.
Do you by chance need a switch?

Gee that's not how mine work.

I have the Power Gear Rack and Pinion.. and the manual. What I did not have till recently is the location of the QWE#$ P@_(*#OU${@# Controller (That's called a ding bat and is the printer's equivlent of the Broadcasters BEEEEEP out of bad language).

The switch tells the controller what it wants to do the controller monitors current to tell the motor when to stop.

IN my case .. Well I won't tell you as they put it in a stupid spot. I'd have put it near the motor. they put it over 10 feet away

How I found it

I got a Cable Tracker from Harbor Freight
Cut the lead to the motor and hooked up the transmitter

Beep beep beep got to a "Y" in the bundle and followed the wrong branch NO BEEP. went back and followed the other branch BEEP BEEP and 2 or 3 Y's later there was the controller board WOW.

Some are clearly different but many, including the last two RV's I've owned, just used the switches with no controller or relays involved.

[wa8yxm]

ScottG wrote:
If a rack and pinion system, they dont usually have them. The switch carries the entire load.
Do you by chance need a switch?

Gee that's not how mine work.

I have the Power Gear Rack and Pinion.. and the manual. What I did not have till recently is the location of the QWE#$ P@_(*#OU${@# Controller (That's called a ding bat and is the printer's equivlent of the Broadcasters BEEEEEP out of bad language).

The switch tells the controller what it wants to do the controller monitors current to tell the motor when to stop.

IN my case .. Well I won't tell you as they put it in a stupid spot. I'd have put it near the motor. they put it over 10 feet away

How I found it

I got a Cable Tracker from Harbor Freight
Cut the lead to the motor and hooked up the transmitter

Beep beep beep got to a "Y" in the bundle and followed the wrong branch NO BEEP. went back and followed the other branch BEEP BEEP and 2 or 3 Y's later there was the controller board WOW.

[Edd505]

Check near the battery, mine are in the front basement compartment, battery is on the other side of the wall. Just replaced one when slide would start and stop. They are normally auto resetting but yours could be manual reset.

[Ctrueit]

Electric slides, must have relays or a controller , as wiring at switches is to light to carry the load which means there has to be relays or a controller

[BB_TX]

Electric slides or hydraulic?

[LadyRVer]

Don't know on your unit, but I had one in a storage bay, behind a panel at the rear, maybe 6" tall by 12" long. Two relays (one slide out.) Had to look for it.

[ScottG]

If a rack and pinion system, they dont usually have them. The switch carries the entire load.
Do you by chance need a switch?