Slide Issue

[Josh5629]

After returning from a camping trip this past weekend, we went inside our travel trailer to take the food out of the refrigerator. To access the refrigerator, we have to open our kitchen slide out. When we pushed the "out" button for the slide, the slide just made a single click sound and the slide out did not move. When we pushed the "in" button, just to see what would happen, the motor for the slide started and it was acting like it should when the slide is in all of the way. Our slide on the opposite side of the trailer worked just fine. The kitchen slide out had just worked 5 hours prior when we were at the campground. Any ideas?

[muckinfuss]

My actions would be first determine battery health with a meter. If good, next check amps with a claw meter at each hot wire to a slide motor while operating the in/out button. (a two person job) compare reads. If similar or same, most likely a mechanical issue with the offender.

If the non working slide current draw is considerably different, you need to chase down the issue: check the ground, check the motor for excess heat, check the works for binding, etc. to diagnose and decide the fix.

Any other ideas will surely be coming from others.