HWH Slide Out Only Extends With Ignition On

[DonTom]

I was taught that if you turn the headlights on for a few moments you get a few more amps to the starter.

I often wonder where such nonsense originates. Such lies can spread fast.

Turn the lights on and you then have LESS amps for the starter motor. Subtract the amps the lights draw and that is what you have left to run the starter. So lights off is best.

My gas motorcycles automatically turn off the lights when I press the starter button, even if they turn on with the ignition key. A couple of them keep the lights out until idle RPM is reached. They do this to get more power to the starter and ignition when starting.

-Don- Reno, NV

 

[Brad Buchanan]

I often wonder where such nonsense originates. Such lies can spread fast.

Turn the lights on and you then have LESS amps for the starter motor. Subtract the amps the lights draw and that is what you have left to run the starter. So lights off is best.

My gas motorcycles automatically turn off the lights when I press the starter button, even if they turn on with the ignition key. A couple of them keep the lights out until idle RPM is reached. They do this to get more power to the starter and ignition when starting.

-Don- Reno, NV

You need a course in reading comprehension.

The statement was turn the headlights on for a few moments. I believe the theory was for very cold climates this warms the battery a bit.

I realize that you shill for the ev industry but perhaps not not all of us live in your little bubble (thankfully).

 

[DonTom]

The statement was turn the headlights on for a few moments.

Yes, which was a false statement. So who is having the reading problem?

 

[DonTom]

this warms the battery a bit.

IOW, is wasting more power to warm up the battery for nothing. Lead Acids do quite well in the cold.

The norm is for the lead acid battery to be able to start engines at -22°F /-30°C without being warmed up at all. And even then the lights on is only wasting power that can be used for starting the engine.

-Don- Reno, NV

 

[John Canfield]

Called HWH and they said to turn the key on and that Winnebago must have wired the coach different ,but I will clean all connections Thanks for the help

Thanks for the followup, please keep this thread updated if you find a smoking gun when you clean the connections.

 

[John Canfield]

I realize that you shill for the ev industry but perhaps not not all of us live in your little bubble (thankfully).

Criticize ideas and not people. Please stop this.

 

[Brad Buchanan]

IOW, is wasting more power to warm up the battery for nothing. Lead Acids do quite well in the cold.

The norm is for the lead acid battery to be able to start engines at -22°F /-30°C without being warmed up at all. And even then the lights on is only wasting power that can be used for starting the engine.

-Don- Reno, NV

Sorry but I think you are the last person to comment on this issue.

How many times have you dealt with starting a vehicle in subzero weather?

Real experience, not cut and paste from the Internet.

 

[John Canfield]

This thread has run its course so I'm closing it, hopefully the OP can sift through the various comments and put the recommendations to good use.

 

[John Canfield]

The OP messaged me with the following good news:

Cleaned all connections that I thought were ok but I was wrong . The rooms go out without turning on the ignition key like you said.