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03-09-2015, 01:36 PM
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Hydraulic Slide Problem
2008 Georgetown SE. Hydraulic slides and levelers. 2 slides. My wife open the main slide without leveling first. The house batteries are new, but were nearly dead. I charged them last night with an external charger. The bedroom slide won't move and the main slide won't retract.
Reset the 90A breaker and checked all fuses in the battery control box. Fuses are good. Slides won't move. Need some advice. Thanks.
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03-09-2015, 03:27 PM
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Location: Central upstate New York
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Can you hear the pump running?
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03-09-2015, 06:04 PM
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Are you plugged into shore power?
If your battery voltage is low it won't work well and that may be why the 90 amp breaker tripped.
Have you looked to ensure the battery charger on your Georgetown is plugged in?
Mine has a regular plug but yours being older may be wired direct off a circuit breaker.
It should be charging your batteries.
Do you have the main battery disconnect on?
Is your hydraulic fluid low?
Is your engine off and parking brake set?
Do you hear the pump turning at all?
A little more information would be helpful.
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03-09-2015, 07:01 PM
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We do hear the motor when pushing the main slide switch in the out direction (slide is already out). We hear nothing when we push the switch to retract. Bedroom slide has no sound either way. Jack panel powered up, but would respond to auto level command.
90a breaker was tripped and has been reset. All fuses are good in battery control box. Hooked up to shore power.
I charged the batteries with a 2 amp charger used for charging a car battery.
Batteries are only 2 months old. They took a 100% charge. How can I tell if the coach is charging them properly?
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03-09-2015, 07:02 PM
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Oh, can't find the hydraulic reservoir to check the fluid level.
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03-09-2015, 07:02 PM
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Parking brake is set. Key is out of ignition.
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03-09-2015, 07:16 PM
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Kanadian Kamper
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Southern Ontario
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Again, a few questions......
Is this 2008 Georgetown RV new to you?
First time using the RV this year?
A 2 amp charger is pretty minimal for charging "dead" or "near dead" batteries. Have you measured them with digital meter?
Are you plugged into AC power as Iggy asked?
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Ken and Terry
2018 Sunseeker 2430S-CD, nicely modified and carried by a 2017 Ford E450 Sport
Former Georgetown 330TS owner for 10 years with more mods than I can count, pushed by our 2017 GMC Terrain
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03-09-2015, 07:43 PM
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We've camped 6 or 7 times with it. Bought it last August. Replaced the house batteries in October I think. The coach is plugged into shore power.
Batteries are reading 12.2 volts
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03-09-2015, 07:43 PM
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2 amp charger was charging the batteries for almost 24 hours.
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03-09-2015, 07:45 PM
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Yes. First time using it this year. I think the batteries might be weak. 12.2 volts seems like it may not be enough for the system?
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03-09-2015, 08:01 PM
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2012 Solera
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2 amps for 24 hours is only 48 amp-hours. Typical MH house battery setup is two size 27 12 volt deep discharge batteries, about 200 amp-hours. If batteries were "dead", would take four to five days with that charger to recharge them. 12.2 volts is quite low and may be consistent with the 24 hours you have charged them. Note other battery configurations like two or four 6 volt batteries would take longer to recharge.
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2012 Solera "S"
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03-09-2015, 08:31 PM
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Right. So it may just need another 2-3 days to be fully charged and operate the slides.
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03-09-2015, 08:42 PM
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2012 Solera
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If you are plugged into shore power and your batteries are reading 12.2 volts, your converter is not working. Tripped converter circuit breaker? The converter should charge your batteries much faster than the 2 amperes from your external charger.
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2012 Solera "S"
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03-10-2015, 12:26 AM
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Location: Central upstate New York
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I agree the converter is not charging if it was you should be reading 12.6 to 13.2 volts. Make sure that where you have the coach plugged in that it is live first, if so check your breakers, if there is power to the converter then bad converter.
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George & Jerri
06 GT 340 TSSE
USMC
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03-13-2015, 06:34 PM
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Junior Member
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Finally found the problem. Trombetta. Reversed the slide motor.  
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03-13-2015, 06:34 PM
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Junior Member
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Thanks for your help
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