I have a 2011 Jayco 1208 pop up. The power top will only raise an inch-2 inches at a time, while it will lower with no problem. Any suggestions?
Have you eliminated the battery or terminal connections as a fault. Water in it, fully charged, no mung on the top of the battery. Test battery with hydrometer or capacity test. Easiest things first. Can you make it happen with jumper cables or different batt.?
Have you eliminated the battery or terminal connections as a fault. Water in it, fully charged, no mung on the top of the battery. Test battery with hydrometer or capacity test. Easiest things first. Can you make it happen with jumper cables or different batt.?
I had the unit hooked up to a 30 amp power source. Would the battery have anything to do with the unit doing this?
Sounds like you have a sheared pin or key. Possible overforce clutch slipping. I'd check for mechanical binding in the system and then look for a sheared key or pin on the drive motor.
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Does the motor slow down and stop? Or just immediately stop after 2". It could be that raising the top takes more than 30A. I'd "test" with a fresh battery and see if that makes a difference.
If you are plugged in to shore power the battery is not the problem. The power roof is designed to stop when it senses a specific load on the motor.(like when it is fully up and is pulling against cables next to lift post) Sometime mine will stop before it is fully up, then I have to lower it a little and start up again. But if yours is stopping all the time, I would inspect the complete lift system for something binding. Maybe a cable jumped off a pulley or a bad pulley.
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Almost sounds like a auto-reset circuit breaker tripping and then resetting...
My POPUP POWER ELECTRIC WINCH is fused at 50AMPs - might be you are pulling too much current for the 30AMP supply...
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I had a 2011 1208, which we loved but was too much work to use. Occasionally, the power top would do just what you are talking about. I called Jayco and they explained something about that being how it worked and that the sensor was finding the correct amount of power it needed. I assumed that explanation was a bunch of garbage. I decided to use jumper cables and jumped the thing from the battery on my popup to my F150 (while the truck was running). Then tried the lift again. It worked flawlessly! Top went right up completely.
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