How to tell a bad shade motor

[johnnyreno]

Is there a way to tell if you have a bad shade motor. think my entry day shade went south. If I pull a fuse will they all lose there memory.

[motorhomeguy]

I replaced 8 in my last coach, every one of them simply stopped working...

[brobox]

I was hoping the motor problems were solved in the 2014's....maybe not?

[motorhomeguy]

Hopefully they were, those eight I replaced were on my 2013. Fingers crossed on the new one...

[BFlinn181]

Hook the motor directly to 12 v. If it runs, it's not the issue.

[johnnyreno]

THX guys its getting power if I listen close it clicks when I hit the switch. It is the green style sleeve. Checked others screws are backing out.

[BFlinn181]

A 12 v DC motor uses brushes contacting a commutator. You might try spraying contact cleaner into the motor to see if it is just stopped on a dead or dirty spot.

[MRUSA14]

Some of the motors on the '13s are wired in series. On the driver's side night shade there are four shades wired in series. Therefore they are getting only 3 volts each. I wonder if this is creating the problem.

[DSL417]

That's interesting in that I've had a day shade go out on driver's side; it did not impact the other shades. If wired in series, one would think others wouldn't work.

[MRUSA14]

I had just the opposite happen. One shade went bad and nothing else on that side worked. PJ replaced the bad one and they all worked again.

[johnnyreno]

im a sponge on this as I am sgt Schultz I know NOTHING

[wmpbauer]

Originally Posted by johnnyreno

Is there a way to tell if you have a bad shade motor. think my entry day shade went south. If I pull a fuse will they all lose there memory.

Uh, Johnny, the way to tell you have a bad motor is when the shade stops moving when you push the button. Call CS and ask about the memory.

[mccsix]

Here's my approach and it has worked for me.
C/S tells me push the s/w up or down if there is ANY movement however slight, you have power AND a good motor and only need re-programming.
That worked all right a couple of times but the last time there was no movement at all and according to c/s I have a dead motor.
Instead of replacing it I had the DW operate the console s/w while I pushed the re-programming button. After a few cycles, it woke the circuitry up and everything went back to normal.
Next time try it before replacing the motors.

[SonnyB]

Originally Posted by mccsix

Here's my approach and it has worked for me.
C/S tells me push the s/w up or down if there is ANY movement however slight, you have power AND a good motor and only need re-programming.
That worked all right a couple of times but the last time there was no movement at all and according to c/s I have a dead motor.
Instead of replacing it I had the DW operate the console s/w while I pushed the re-programming button. After a few cycles, it woke the circuitry up and everything went back to normal.
Next time try it before replacing the motors.

What is the S/W & where is the re-programming button?