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04-04-2018, 04:21 PM
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Montana electrical issues
I own a 2004 Montana Mountaineer 5th wheel. Recently, as I was pulling slides in, the motor just stopped. Also, the landing gear motor stopped working. The slide motor solenoid is clicking but the motor is not engaging. Batteries are fully charged and cables are clean and tight. Grounds are tight. Both work manually. Jumping/bypassing the slide motor did nothing. Landing gear motor has power through the switch to the motor but does not respond. Questions: What is more likely-bad solenoid or bad motor? Is it possible to replace just the solenoid?
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04-04-2018, 05:36 PM
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Sounds like not enough voltage or loose connection if clicking. I would buy cheap voltmeter to carry, you stated your batteries were fully charged, volts should be at least 13 with no load, start at your battery & have someone run your switch, work through your fuses or breakers, should still have 11.5 to 12.5 volt when motors working. Start at battery go towards motor checking voltage
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04-04-2018, 09:12 PM
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Your batteries are dead. The best way to tell is a LOAD TESTER. It will tell you if the battery has amperage.
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04-05-2018, 05:32 AM
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A dirty circuit connection has the same symptoms, volts are present, no current capacity. Terminations may look fine but may be contaminated , as an example a battery lug may look ok but there could be corosion between the post and lug. Voltage would be present but would drop off as soon as a load was applied. As suggested,,,,get a Volt Meter. How dose OP know his batteries are fully charged and good
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04-05-2018, 06:41 PM
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Found the problem. It was a faulty 50 amp "Auto Reset" breaker. There are two so we bypassed the first one and got power to both slide and landing gear motors. Replaced both to be safe-$11. Took the old one apart and the points were severely damaged-they looked like the points on an old car. Batteries are fairly new and I check them with a volt meter and hydrometer regularly. And they provided power for lights so I was leaning towards some kind of fault. Thanks for your advice.
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04-05-2018, 06:49 PM
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Good for you, saved yourself some money by trouble shoot & fixing
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04-05-2018, 11:02 PM
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Nice work.
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