Front Slides do not come in

[SegwayGuy]

Originally Posted by jacwjames

If you have a 2nd slide out module like this mounted in the front drivers side run bay you could try swapping and see if that solves the problem. My front controls the generator slideout but has the same number on it.



Have you've checked the inhibitor switches on your basement doors, you can bypass these by taking the wires off and connecting them together which will close the loop. One of mine causes me a problem where I have to slam the doors to get it close contact.

Mine doesn't have inhibitor switches.

[RamiDav]

Originally Posted by SegwayGuy

Mine doesn't have inhibitor switches.

When you open a bay door can't you see a push button sw at the top
of the opening ?

My 03 Windsor has one for each bay door that is under a slide out .

Look again I bet you will find you have them too .

When crawling in and out of the bays it is easy to bend one so it doesn't
work properly .

Check each one and I bet you'll find your problem .

[SegwayGuy]

Originally Posted by RamiDav

When you open a bay door can't you see a push button sw at the top
of the opening ?

My 03 Windsor has one for each bay door that is under a slide out .

Look again I bet you will find you have them too .

When crawling in and out of the bays it is easy to bend one so it doesn't
work properly .

Check each one and I bet you'll find your problem .

I'll give it a try but I think those activate the lights in that particular bay.

And if that is the case, the thing that stumps me is that the rear slide works. Wouldn't that inhibit all the slide outs?

I hope it's that simple because I've exhausted every option.

The control board has power and I even checked the individual blade inserts and they have power too.

I can move them manually and I've resigned myself to having to do that for this trip if need be.

[l1v3fr33ord1]

Originally Posted by monacojim

On my 2001 Scepter the problem was a bad relay.

The last time I helped someone with a Monaco slide controller problem (same symptoms) the fix was to replace one of the relays. It probably would not hurt to replace all of them, one by one so so you'll know which may have been the culprit.

Regarding the 6A circuit breaker, I suspect that was someone's way of not having to replace the 5A fuse as often.

It is possible, with care, to jumper around the controller board and drive the slide motors directly. I would not recommend that as anything but an emergency procedure. I have documented the necessary steps either here on iRV2 or in a private message to the person I helped with the slide controller troubleshooting. Let me know if you want the details.

[SegwayGuy]

Originally Posted by l1v3fr33ord1

The last time I helped someone with a Monaco slide controller problem (same symptoms) the fix was to replace one of the relays. It probably would not hurt to replace all of them, one by one so so you'll know which may have been the culprit.

Regarding the 6A circuit breaker, I suspect that was someone's way of not having to replace the 5A fuse as often.

It is possible, with care, to jumper around the controller board and drive the slide motors directly. I would not recommend that as anything but an emergency procedure. I have documented the necessary steps either here on iRV2 or in a private message to the person I helped with the slide controller troubleshooting. Let me know if you want the details.

I would love to see that detail, if you would be so kind. Would help in an emergency.

[RamiDav]

Originally Posted by SegwayGuy

I'll give it a try but I think those activate the lights in that particular bay.

And if that is the case, the thing that stumps me is that the rear slide works. Wouldn't that inhibit all the slide outs?

My bed room slide ( rear ) doesn't have any bay doors to interfere with
So Monaco didn't see the need to make it inoperative when a door is open .
My rear slide will operate with a bay door open just like yours will .

Over the years so many people have pulled their hair out chasing this
problem only to find it was a bay door .
I hope yours is this simple just don't give up on diagnosing the doors
to quickly .

No I don't think those switches operate the bay compartment lights .
To be honest I haven't looked at the lights to be sure of that
I always us the on & off sw for those lights located in the wet bay .

My slides have refused to operate a few time and going around slamming
the doors has cured it for me . Try that first .

Ray
03 Windsor PST

[l1v3fr33ord1]

Originally Posted by SegwayGuy

I would love to see that detail, if you would be so kind. Would help in an emergency.

First off, use with a large dose of skepticism (procedure untested; also, may not match your coach) and caution (don't want someone getting hurt, as the limit circuitry is not active when manually bypassing the controller board).

Here is a link to the post where I describe how to bypass the controller board. There is a diagram there, on which the bypass directions are based. If you look at the post immediately above that one, it has a link to a post in another thread that has other Monaco diagrams.

I also have other Monaco diagrams in my "files," but none explicitly for a Windsor.

Here is a copy of "CanuckDave's" photo on his thread that I've labeled.

I'm happy to help further, by e-mail or telephone, if you wish. Just send me a private message with your contact information.

Not that I'm an expert or anything like that... If I were, I'd know the answer before you asked the question.*

* ref: Johnny Carson/"Carnac the Magnificent"

[SegwayGuy]

Originally Posted by RamiDav

My bed room slide ( rear ) doesn't have any bay doors to interfere with
So Monaco didn't see the need to make it inoperative when a door is open .
My rear slide will operate with a bay door open just like yours will .

Over the years so many people have pulled their hair out chasing this
problem only to find it was a bay door .
I hope yours is this simple just don't give up on diagnosing the doors
to quickly .

No I don't think those switches operate the bay compartment lights .
To be honest I haven't looked at the lights to be sure of that
I always us the on & off sw for those lights located in the wet bay .

My slides have refused to operate a few time and going around slamming
the doors has cured it for me . Try that first .

Ray
03 Windsor PST

This worked!

Sure enough, there was ONE of those actuators/switches where the bracket was ever so slightly tilted inward such that the door failed to make contact with it.

I bent it back to 90 degrees and voila, Slilderino.

Thank you and thank you to the rest for all your suggestions.

This actually was sent to tech support at camping world (who couldn't help me at all) and now we all know.

We are now in Savannah.

[jacwjames]

Great news, glad you found it.


One thing that I try to do is tell & show my wife all these quirks.



She travels solo so the more she knows the better. None the less, I usually get a call about something and have to help her trouble shoot it over the phone.