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TenOC · 10-21-2023, 08:21 AM

SOLVED: the problem was the batteries were weak. The battery voltage was 12.3 volts before we started running the hydraulic motor. However, there was not enough reserve power to operate the slides and the stabilizers. After running in the slides and while the stabilizers were retracting the voltage would drop to 11.3 V. This is not enough to run the hydraulic motor. After 10 or 15 minutes the batteries would build up enough surface charge to allow the hydraulic motor to start running again. We have replaced the batteries and now all works well.

10-21-2023, 08:21 AM	#20
TenOC Montana Fan Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Burns Posts: 129 M.O.C. #28210	SOLVED: the problem was the batteries were weak SOLVED: the problem was the batteries were weak. The battery voltage was 12.3 volts before we started running the hydraulic motor. However, there was not enough reserve power to operate the slides and the stabilizers. After running in the slides and while the stabilizers were retracting the voltage would drop to 11.3 V. This is not enough to run the hydraulic motor. After 10 or 15 minutes the batteries would build up enough surface charge to allow the hydraulic motor to start running again. We have replaced the batteries and now all works well.