Solitude slideouts

[1996landcruiser]

I have a 2016 Solitude 369RL and the main slideouts are acting up. When I push the switch and hold the slides will move a short distance and then stop. I release the switch and wait a few seconds and push again and they move a short distance again. It takes a while to get them all the way out or in but they do eventually go full stroke. It sounds like the slides are hydraulic?

 

[Hoopy Frood]

Have you checked the state of the batteries? Even hooked up to shore power, a low charge on the battery/ies can cause the hydraulic pump to act wonky.

 

[Calbar]

I have a 2016 Solitude 369RL and the main slideouts are acting up. When I push the switch and hold the slides will move a short distance and then stop. I release the switch and wait a few seconds and push again and they move a short distance again. It takes a while to get them all the way out or in but they do eventually go full stroke. It sounds like the slides are hydraulic?

Sounds like you battery is not good anymore. Hydraulics on the Solitudes use a lot of power and need good batteries otherwise they act up like what you are noticing. I would expect if you have hydraulice leveling as well it probably acts up too.

Rob

 

[Bungy]

I have a 2016 Solitude 369RL and the main slideouts are acting up. When I push the switch and hold the slides will move a short distance and then stop. I release the switch and wait a few seconds and push again and they move a short distance again. It takes a while to get them all the way out or in but they do eventually go full stroke. It sounds like the slides are hydraulic?

You need to change the circuit breaker, do a search, lots of posts on the subject.

 

[Gronk1]

As [MENTION=15416]Bungy[/MENTION] said. I had same problem as you a couple of years ago, switched to an 80-amp breaker & problem went away.

 

[Second Chance]

Thread moved to Slide Systems.

Rob

 

[TheZone]

I have a 2016 Solitude 369RL and the main slideouts are acting up. When I push the switch and hold the slides will move a short distance and then stop. I release the switch and wait a few seconds and push again and they move a short distance again. It takes a while to get them all the way out or in but they do eventually go full stroke. It sounds like the slides are hydraulic?

I had a simular problem with my leveling jacks. The problem turned out to be my battery. On your leveling jacks controller you will see the voltage that your battery is charged to. Do not believe this. In my situation my indicator was indicating 13.6 plus volts. However, it turned out that two of the cells were bad. This caused all sorts of wierd things to happen when I worked my leveling jacks, mainly they would not retract. I recommend getting a battery analyzer for about $30 plus dollars from amazon. Just a cheap one. They test the condition of the whole battery. An example the battery in my RV now is on its 3rd year. I tested it yesterday and it read 13.25 V but is only 81% effective. I will have to replace my battery out next year, but this is based on only using it boondocking for 2 days, once in the year to come. I hope this helped

Ed Coleman
2018 GD 384 Gk

 

[Wileykid]

I had a simular problem with my leveling jacks. The problem turned out to be my battery. On your leveling jacks controller you will see the voltage that your battery is charged to. Do not believe this. In my situation my indicator was indicating 13.6 plus volts. However, it turned out that two of the cells were bad. This caused all sorts of wierd things to happen when I worked my leveling jacks, mainly they would not retract. I recommend getting a battery analyzer for about $30 plus dollars from amazon. Just a cheap one. They test the condition of the whole battery. An example the battery in my RV now is on its 3rd year. I tested it yesterday and it read 13.25 V but is only 81% effective. I will have to replace my battery out next year, but this is based on only using it boondocking for 2 days, once in the year to come. I hope this helped

Ed Coleman
2018 GD 384 Gk

Another way of testing the battery, is to take it to an auto parts store and have them do a load test on it. All the stores I have been in, will do it for free.

 

[triplethreat]

The most common issue on the older trailers with hydraulic leveling and hydraulically operated slides was the OEM installation of a 50A auto reset breaker that feeds the hydraulic pump motor. Simply stated, that breaker is NOT big enough to handle the the current required by the hydraulic pump motor. Both Lippert and Grand Design changed their thinking on that and now approve the use of an 80A auto reset breaker to feed the hydraulic pump motor.

I have personally tested my hydraulic pump motor circuit with a clamp on amprobe an will normally see between 68-70 amps being pulled on that circuit when the pump is running and the landing gear is operating or the slides are moving. That would be the very first place to check, and if it's still a 50A breaker, it should be replaced with an 80A breaker. Of course, the batteries need to be fully charged or at least charged to fairly high SOC. The onboard converter/charger is NOT capable of providing enough current to operate the hydraulics successfully and you also risk damage to the converter/charger if you try to use that and NOT have the battery also.

 

[ajg617]

The most common issue on the older trailers with hydraulic leveling and hydraulically operated slides was the OEM installation of a 50A auto reset breaker that feeds the hydraulic pump motor. Simply stated, that breaker is NOT big enough to handle the the current required by the hydraulic pump motor. Both Lippert and Grand Design changed their thinking on that and now approve the use of an 80A auto reset breaker to feed the hydraulic pump motor.

This^^^^^. My 2022 came with an 80Amp auto reset breaker and I've measured current in the 70-75 amp range.