Georgetown slide issue

[karfxr]

Has anyone ever had an issue when opening or closing the slides that both front slides work off the same switch?
My 2010 330TS has this problem since I bought it. The bedroom slide works off one switch but the 2 front slides open together on one switch and close together on another. One of the slides is faster then the other. It's not really a problem other then if I just wanted to operate one slide and not both.
I'm wondering if is a switch problem or a hydraulic problem.

Thank,
Steve

 

[kenandterry]

Has anyone ever had an issue when opening or closing the slides that both front slides work off the same switch?
My 2010 330TS has this problem since I bought it. The bedroom slide works off one switch but the 2 front slides open together on one switch and close together on another. One of the slides is faster then the other. It's not really a problem other then if I just wanted to operate one slide and not both.
I'm wondering if is a switch problem or a hydraulic problem.

Thank,
Steve

I haven’t had our Georgetown 330TS since mid 2020 so help me here.

Aren’t all 3 slides controlled by the Convenience Center on the wall in the hallway beside the bathroom door? (See my photo)
I thought mine had 3 separate switches, one for each of the 3 slides….kitchen, dinette, and bedroom as seen at the bottom of the panel.

 

[karfxr]

Yes, there are 3 separate switches for the 3 slides. Exactly the same setup as in your photo. But for some reason each slide doesn't operate off it's own switch.

Steve

 

[kenandterry]

Yes, there are 3 separate switches for the 3 slides. Exactly the same setup as in your photo. But for some reason each slide doesn't operate off it's own switch.

Steve

Okay, but you are confirming what I thought…..there are 3 slide switches for each of the slides I identified?

If I recall, the slide switches were each labeled for their respective slide?
If you’re NOT the original owner, I suspect someone has bridged the operation of a couple of slides together for some reason.

What button controls what slide in your rig?

Ken

 

[Larry-NC]

Hydraulic slides

Has anyone ever had an issue when opening or closing the slides that both front slides work off the same switch?
My 2010 330TS has this problem since I bought it. The bedroom slide works off one switch but the 2 front slides open together on one switch and close together on another. One of the slides is faster then the other. It's not really a problem other then if I just wanted to operate one slide and not both.
I'm wondering if is a switch problem or a hydraulic problem.

Thank,
Steve

With hydraulic slides there is often one pump for multiple slides.

Suppose you had a Y-shaped piece of tubing and you put balloons on two legs. One balloon is new and stiff. The other has been stretched and inflated previously. When you blow into the third leg, both balloons go stiff and then the pre-stretched one inflates. After a certain point the new balloon begins to inflate, too.

It's the same thing with one pump for multiple hydraulic slides on a single pump; the smaller/lighter one moves to an extreme before the other one moves.

I'm guessing the third slide is electric, with its own switch, a three-position reversing switch with center off.

The other two are controlled by two switches, one which forces the hydraulic fluid into the extension side of the hydraulic cylinders and one which forces the hydraulic fluid into the retraction side.

If you look under the smaller slideouts, you may be able to see the shiny extended cylinders.

 

[kenandterry]

With hydraulic slides there is often one pump for multiple slides.

Suppose you had a Y-shaped piece of tubing and you put balloons on two legs. One balloon is new and stiff. The other has been stretched and inflated previously. When you blow into the third leg, both balloons go stiff and then the pre-stretched one inflates. After a certain point the new balloon begins to inflate, too.

It's the same thing with one pump for multiple hydraulic slides on a single pump; the smaller/lighter one moves to an extreme before the other one moves.

I'm guessing the third slide is electric, with its own switch, a three-position reversing switch with center off.

The other two are controlled by two switches, one which forces the hydraulic fluid into the extension side of the hydraulic cylinders and one which forces the hydraulic fluid into the retraction side.

If you look under the smaller slideouts, you may be able to see the shiny extended cylinders.

On my 2010 Georgetown 330TS, all 3 slides were on separate switches, and all 3 were hydraulic powered. One time, I experienced a blow out of the weak original hydraulic lines and blew hydraulic fluid all over the ground. Thankfully I had just retracted all 3 slides, and my hydraulic jacks….all fed from the same hydraulic pump. My jacks control pad gave me an indication that the jacks were still deployed, but they were NOT. After a period of time, the audible alarm finally stopped, and we were able to drive home.

 

[PopFla]

My '18 GT XL 377TS has three slides. All three are hydraulicly driven, and there are dedicated extend/retract switches for each slide. Assuming the OP's three slides are all hydraulic, from the description of how they are behaving I'd suspect something weird is going on at the switches, such as a few wires on the wrong terminals.

 

[karfxr]

I do suspect a problem with the switches being wired together for some reason. I did pull the control panel and check behind it. Huge bundle of wires but I don't really see anything unusual on the slide switches.
This one is probably going to be beyond my "expertise"!

 

[kenandterry]

I do suspect a problem with the switches being wired together for some reason. I did pull the control panel and check behind it. Huge bundle of wires but I don't really see anything unusual on the slide switches.
This one is probably going to be beyond my "expertise"!

<<<<<<<Unlike others here that are trying to help, I DID OWN A 2010 Georgetown 330TS….I've been where you are>>>>>>>>>

1. Do you have 3 slide switches?
2. What label does each switch have?
3. Does each switch inside the panel have the same number/color of wires?
4. What slide does work independently?
5. Confirm that you are NOT the original owner so we know someone may have been in behind this panel since the assembly line.

ANYTIME YOU’RE AMONGST LOTS OF WIRES, TAKE CELL PHONE PHOTOS BEFORE YOU GO TO WORK!