SLIDES - Open or close
I have a 2011 Keystone Springdale 311 that I purchased in the fall of 2013. It is set up on my land at my hunting camp and won't be moved at all. In the fall, before the snow, I winterized it and clos...
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Redterpos3 wrote:
My dealer said to leave the slide out that this was the best way to get a good seal, and keep critters out. Didn't say anything about water intrusion.
Hi Redterpos3
Is that a typo? Or did your dealer maybe have a mix up in his wording?
Your Nash is a good camper. It is hard to understand how the slide being "out" creates a better seal over being brought full in??
In most all slide setups, the outer metal flange of the slide covers the seals to the side of the camper when the slide is retracted in. This creates a mechanical barrier between the outside world trying to get in, critters, wind, rain etc better then when the slide it out.
Granted there is also an inside metal flange for the slide being out, however the entire slide opening is “generally” more covered up when the slide is retracted in. Towing down the road in the rain with a driving rain can be hard on a slide seal system. The flange system when the slide is retracted in, helps create that better seal.
Was your dealer maybe talking about a slide being partly open? If that was the context of his message, then yes, there is no seal partly open or partly closed. The slide seals when full out or full in and anything in between has very little seal.
John
