Contact an electrician a road assistance company for.
Electric rv steps troubleshooting.
When it is in the off position the steps will not go in or out automatically.
The voltage should be at least 13 4.
Do not touch anything if you don t fully know what you are doing.
You can test the motor itself by bypassing the sensors switches and applying 12v power direct to the step motor s terminals.
Disconnect the main connector to step and controller unit remove the bolts securing the controller board leave wires connected replace the controller board with the new one and secure it with the bolts move each wire from the old controller to the new controller reconnect.
It s usually the power plug that supplies power t.
For instance in our rv there is a toggle switch near the entry door that allows us to turn off the automatic steps.
Everything worked perfectly before the battery power switch is on we ve run the generator successfully and all the other electric works ac water pump water heater and we have checked the.
How to troubleshoot an rv air conditioner that is not cooling step 1.
Check the voltage with a voltmeter if the compressor is working.
Determine if the compressor is running.
We took the rv to a repair shop for tires and to repair the traffic blinkers but when we got it home after the repairs the slide would not work.
If your rv uses door sensors to control step motion you could have an issue with the sensors being blocked out of alignment.
Sometimes they work sometimes they don t.
Test this by bypassing the switch.
A video showing temporary repair of rv retractable steps which are broken or inoperative.
If resetting a breaker or replacing a fuse doesn t fix the issue step away and call the service center of the rv s.
Even the new ones have trouble.
Here are the basic steps.
The most obvious source of the problem is that you have inadvertently hit a switch that turns off the automatic steps.
The extend retract switch too could simply be worn.