- Joined
- Jul 27, 2019
- Messages
- 13,097
- Location
- Midlothian, VA
- RV Year
- 2017
- RV Make
- Newmar
- RV Model
- Ventana 4037
- RV Length
- 40' 10"
- Chassis
- Freightliner XCR
- Engine
- Cummins 400 HP
- TOW/TOAD
- 2017 Chevy Colorado
- Fulltimer
- No
This morning was time to leave Palmcatraz aka Palm Creek Golf & RV Resort, Casa Grande, AZ. Been sitting since Feb 15th arrival which always makes me worried but ole Bessie has been good to me to date. But she's getting old and things happen, that's RV Life.
All was looking good until it was time to bring in the full wall slide, which was the first slide I was bringing in. Switch pressed to IN and NOTHING. I figured maybe I needed to wait longer after a few failed tries as the voltage does need to amp up before it actually moves. And again, nothing.
Off to figure out which fuses as my slide motors are all 12V powered. Grabbed my chart on the back of the cord reel fuse protector panel and as I had feared, it's the self resetting breaker so nothing I can do. Time to call Newmar's emergency 24/7 number which I had to use in the first few months of ownership due to a sticking shuttle valve where air bags would not air up, even on a Sunday I got help from Newmar and they conferenced in Freightliner and all was well and on my way. Today I didn't get that same experience. Easter or not, emergencies know no holidays, someone is on call, I'm going to leave the rest of this for my next thread.
Back to on my own after picking up the bat line texting @Chuggs. While awaiting a response and pointing the spotlight in the sky pointed towards Florida to get @Chuggs attention, I decided to find the slideout controller and see if anything was disconnected there. I know where the bedroom slide out controller is located but wasn't exactly sure if the other board was for the full wall slide. It's the one in the bay forward of the pegboard overhead mounted in the center area width wise, towards the basement door. Bedroom controller is in the back on the chassis rail in the aft section, labeled.
I disconnected and reconnected most of the connectors on this controller, the ones on the sides were hard to grasp to release the catches to disconnect. Sure enough THIS WORKED. Rebooting the board or reseating the connector worked. Hallelujah, I'm out of here...
Some things to note. These controllers are ALWAYS powered, the salesman switch does not cycle power to these boards so effectively mine has been on since first life at Newmar. In case you didn't know there are two sides to the bidirectional 12V controller, one is always on, the other side is salesman switch controlled.
It is very important that you know your coach as best as you can and knowing where your slide motors are is very important, and as you can see in this case knowing where your slide motor controllers are can save you money, time, and grief.
As this issue is resolved I'm marking the thread as such but this was near crisis in preventing me from moving on with my travels, granted I could easily have stayed with full hookups and cheap rates in 100 degree Casa Grande. But no thanks!
All was looking good until it was time to bring in the full wall slide, which was the first slide I was bringing in. Switch pressed to IN and NOTHING. I figured maybe I needed to wait longer after a few failed tries as the voltage does need to amp up before it actually moves. And again, nothing.
Off to figure out which fuses as my slide motors are all 12V powered. Grabbed my chart on the back of the cord reel fuse protector panel and as I had feared, it's the self resetting breaker so nothing I can do. Time to call Newmar's emergency 24/7 number which I had to use in the first few months of ownership due to a sticking shuttle valve where air bags would not air up, even on a Sunday I got help from Newmar and they conferenced in Freightliner and all was well and on my way. Today I didn't get that same experience. Easter or not, emergencies know no holidays, someone is on call, I'm going to leave the rest of this for my next thread.
Back to on my own after picking up the bat line texting @Chuggs. While awaiting a response and pointing the spotlight in the sky pointed towards Florida to get @Chuggs attention, I decided to find the slideout controller and see if anything was disconnected there. I know where the bedroom slide out controller is located but wasn't exactly sure if the other board was for the full wall slide. It's the one in the bay forward of the pegboard overhead mounted in the center area width wise, towards the basement door. Bedroom controller is in the back on the chassis rail in the aft section, labeled.
I disconnected and reconnected most of the connectors on this controller, the ones on the sides were hard to grasp to release the catches to disconnect. Sure enough THIS WORKED. Rebooting the board or reseating the connector worked. Hallelujah, I'm out of here...
Some things to note. These controllers are ALWAYS powered, the salesman switch does not cycle power to these boards so effectively mine has been on since first life at Newmar. In case you didn't know there are two sides to the bidirectional 12V controller, one is always on, the other side is salesman switch controlled.
It is very important that you know your coach as best as you can and knowing where your slide motors are is very important, and as you can see in this case knowing where your slide motor controllers are can save you money, time, and grief.
As this issue is resolved I'm marking the thread as such but this was near crisis in preventing me from moving on with my travels, granted I could easily have stayed with full hookups and cheap rates in 100 degree Casa Grande. But no thanks!
