Lack of Power to slide
We were camping without power this weekend, so our camper battery was nearly dead. When pulling in the slide it came in slowly and stopped without the normal grinding noise that says it is DONE! So ...
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Tequila wrote:
lots of different slides out there, you have to determine what you have before guessing.
Yes and what the actual problem logically could be!
I had an intermittent slide issue that finally went to a non-working slide. End result was a poorly connected ground direct from the slide switch. So, even though you can get direct ground from your battery, chances are the ground run is connected to the TT frame with a short run to the slide switch. Certainly something that should be checked.
Ever since I found the slide switch ground location and cleaned, greased and tightened it back up with a lock-nut, my slide has worked flawlessly.
Suggest checking the voltage at slide switch, using a different ground than the switch. That is how I narrowed down my issue.
