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Atwood Jack Issue

OVERSIZE_LOAD
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Explorer
I went to load our 1181 when the remote switch would trip when attempting to move all 4 jacks the same time. now I can still move 1 jack at a time successfully, but any more than that & it trips some type of breaker internally. I have been having issues with the remote not working from a distance lately but this is a new problem. I do not see how a bad remote could cause it to trip. any help will be greatly appreciated.

thanx, Steve T.
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JumboJet
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Ragingbull wrote:
I don't have any experience with newer jacks but if I use mine while plugged in it can overload the converter and burn it out. They recommend only moving jacks on DC.


Have your batteries charged fully and while plugged in, you will not harm your converter.

Experience: 3rd Lance camper with Atwood Jacks and have been raising/lowering TCs for 10 years while plugged in to 120VAC with batteries charged.

weedrancher
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Explorer
I had a similar problem and I discovered that the battery was bad, I replaced it and everything worked. The jacks operate on DC and the AC/DC converter will not handle the amps.
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Ragingbull
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I don't have any experience with newer jacks but if I use mine while plugged in it can overload the converter and burn it out. They recommend only moving jacks on DC.
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OVERSIZE_LOAD
Explorer
Explorer
never mind, today was another good day. I learned something new today. if you are plugged in you must have the batter switch on also inorder for the jacks to work.