Slide out will not work

[bconn59]

We have 2013 Surveyor Select 26’. My wife went out to the trailer to put some things up and tried to open the slide and it didn’t work. Not a sound. I went out to check and went back a couple of times and below is what I have tried and results with no success yet. I have not tried to operate the slide with the trailer hooked up to shore power yet. This is all with the batteries. Also, everything else in the trailer works properly with the batteries.
I check the batteries and they are both fully charged and had them check by auto parts store. I checked them with my meter when I installed them back on the trailer and they both are putting out 13.02 volts. I checked the fuses coming off both batteries and they are good. The fuse at the panel is good as well. The voltage coming into the panel is 14.12 volts. I tested the voltage to the switch and it is 9.34 volts. So, I unhooked the wires from the motor and the voltage from the switch to the motor is 9.34 volts. I didn’t understand why the voltage reduction from the panel to the switch and then to the motor. I pulled the motor off and connected the wires to a 6-12 volt battery charger and the motor ran fine. So, I then went back to the panel and pulled out the fuse and then checked the voltage to the fuse connection and it was 13.21 volts. Then I checked the voltage from the fuse connector out and I got 9.34 volts. So, I am assuming the motor needs 12 volts to operate. (I couldn’t find anything on the internet to verify that is the case.) Is the voltage suppose to be reduced at the fuse from 13.21 volts to 9.34 volts. It is a 30 amp fuse. I am not a electrician and not to sure why all of a sudden the motor stopped operating at the reduced voltage. Is it the motor bad and it should run off 9.34 volts? Any help is appreciated!

 

[bconn59]

We have 2013 Surveyor Select 26’. My wife went out to the trailer to put some things up and tried to open the slide and it didn’t work. Not a sound. I went out to check and went back a couple of times and below is what I have tried and results with no success yet. I have not tried to operate the slide with the trailer hooked up to shore power yet. This is all with the batteries. Also, everything else in the trailer works properly with the batteries.
I check the batteries and they are both fully charged and had them check by auto parts store. I checked them with my meter when I installed them back on the trailer and they both are putting out 13.02 volts. I checked the fuses coming off both batteries and they are good. The fuse at the panel is good as well. The voltage coming into the panel is 14.12 volts. I tested the voltage to the switch and it is 9.34 volts. So, I unhooked the wires from the motor and the voltage from the switch to the motor is 9.34 volts. I didn’t understand why the voltage reduction from the panel to the switch and then to the motor. I pulled the motor off and connected the wires to a 6-12 volt battery charger and the motor ran fine. So, I then went back to the panel and pulled out the fuse and then checked the voltage to the fuse connection and it was 13.21 volts. Then I checked the voltage from the fuse connector out and I got 9.34 volts. So, I am assuming the motor needs 12 volts to operate. (I couldn’t find anything on the internet to verify that is the case.) Is the voltage suppose to be reduced at the fuse from 13.21 volts to 9.34 volts. It is a 30 amp fuse. I am not a electrician and not to sure why all of a sudden the motor stopped operating at the reduced voltage. Is it the motor bad and it should run off 9.34 volts? Any help is appreciated!

Also, the motor is a Venture 8532-18j.

 

[Jenn S.]

I feel your pain. We just purchased a 2021 FR Salem Hemisphere 34rl in May, took delivery and June. Have had an issue with 1 of the 3 slide outs 2x now. It’s already been fixed once and need to have someone come out when we get to the campground. Ugh. We’ve had an issue with the kitchen sink and, you spend all this money on a new rv and they don’t even have locks on the side by side refrigerator door. Ugh one our first trip the door opened and is now all cracked (glass front).

 

[fishwild]

Just out of curiosity can you plug it into shore power to test to make sure it works on that power source?

 

[bconn59]

Just out of curiosity can you plug it into shore power to test to make sure it works on that power source?

I am going to take it to our house from storage next week. I am,hoping that will shed some light on the situation. Thanks

 

[Jenn S.]

Slide out

The slide worked with and without being plugged in up until yesterday. We’re still traveling and will be hooking into a full service tomorrow. We’ll try again and see if anything happens. That being said, when it happened previously we were hooked up to full service and, the other 2 slides are working as they should.

 

[fishwild]

No problem let us know what happens when you hook to shore power. I would think from the switch to the motor should be 12 volts, seems strange you only read 9. Out of curiosity when you do hook to shore power and if it operates like it should, meter the switch to the motor to see what the output is.

 

[shadows4]

Have you checked any of the other fuses to see if they have reduced power on the output? Regardless, I would change the fuse. Good luck.

 

[bconn59]

I have finally gotten back in town and went and got our RV from storage and brought it home. I hooked our 30 amp plug into our home jack (I have a separate hookup just for the trailer) and tried the slide and nothing. I tested the voltage to the switch and it was 13 volts. I tested the voltage to the wire connected to the slide out motor and 12 volts. I pulled the motor off and hooked it up to my battery charger at 6 volts charge and the motor turned at 5.5 volts. I switched it to 12 volt charged and the motor ran again at 10 volts. I then did as someone suggested earlier and ran a wire directly from the battery on the RV to the motor and the slide out worked. Everything else in the trailer works on AC and DC current. I also checked all the fuses at the panel and the 2 after the cable leaves the batteries and they are good. Please somebody help!!!

 

[rjr1959]

There should never be a voltage drop across a fuse. Did you replace the fuse. Certainly a simple and cheap option to try.

 

[DougW9876]

Having 9.34VDC coming out of the fuse is definitely not normal. That much of a voltage drop means there is a lot of resistance on there and I think it is not letting enough current pass to do the job. Check the ohms across the fuse, it should be zero, or, as said by rjr1959, replace the fuse.