dlshunter
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I bought a '99 Forest River Wildwood T29 TT in Oct '06 (very good condition). At that time, I had 2 new 12v MDC Exide batteries which seemed to work well. This TT model has a 16 foot super slideout that I'm guessing is rather heavy. It relies on a hydraulic pump mechanism to move it in and out. I could tell back then that when the batteries were getting a little low, the slide would not want to work very good (slow & weak sounding). So, I would just plug it into 120v house power and it would work fine. Well, I stored it for about 4 months, and now the batteries are almost totally dead, and the slide now does not work on 120v house power (it starts out sounding strong, but after 1 second reduces to nothing). The only way I can get the slide to work is to connect power to the truck ('03 Chevy 2500 CC Duramax/Alison), with or without the 120v home power plugged in. Common sense tells me that the slide should work on 120v with or without a viable 12v battery supply.
Does the slide and/or the inverter/charging mechanism actually need to notice 12v to run?
Am I totally missing out on some logic here?
Is it an amperage X voltage equation that needs to be at a certain level?
I am Stuck!!!
Does the slide and/or the inverter/charging mechanism actually need to notice 12v to run?
Am I totally missing out on some logic here?
Is it an amperage X voltage equation that needs to be at a certain level?
I am Stuck!!!