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Old 04-24-2013, 10:42 AM   #1
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On the 2011 Phaeton QBH which slides are electric?

When I visit my 2011 Phaeton QBH while in storage there is often a brown odorless liquid on the floor behind the driver's seat which seems to originate from underneath the front edge of the driver's side slide. Is the driver's side front slide electric of hydraulic? The tech I spoke with at Tiffin said it was electric and therefore the fluid couldn't be hydraulic fluid. I neglected to ask which slides are hydraulic and which are electric. Only the passenger front slide operates without the key turned in the ignition so is it the only hydraulic slide? Thanks....
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Old 04-24-2013, 10:55 AM   #2
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Yes, DS are electric and PS hydraulic. Could it possibly be coming from your DS leveling jack?
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[QUOTE=BobGed;1543147]Yes, DS are electric and PS hydraulic. Could it possibly be coming from your DS leveling jack?[/QUOTE

Thanks for the quick reply...I can't conjure up how it could be associated with the leveling jack as it's a circumscribed puddle with the only edge abutting anything being the edge which trails off a bit under the leading edge of the DS slide. Tiffin suggested it may be water that's being retained on the slideout awning or water coming in through the top seal of the slide. I guess I need to do further investigation but thanks for confirming that the slide is electric which takes hydraulic fluid out of the equation.
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My best guess would be water intrusion with the slide closed. Strange but I have witnessed it in my previously owned Southwind. Wind driven water pouring onto the side of the coach made its way through the seal somehow while I was in the coach watching (wild storm). On my Phaeton, water does get carried in on the slide from time to time after very heavy rain, I can see where there might be some leak in a wind driven rain, not as likely from a straight downpour.
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