2017 seneca 37TS slide out controllers

[Oma/opa]

Can someone here tell me where the slide out controllers are for the kitchen and living room slideouts on a 37TS. I know the bedroom controller is in the dumb place under the bed and hope the others are more accessible. No problems yet BUT

[Mnwelsh]

I have a 2015 37TS. There are no controllers for the kitchen and living room slides. There is one motor for the living room slide. Open the outside storage door , 2nd door back on the drivers side, look up, you will see the motor. Kitchen slide has one motor also you can see it from a pax side storage bay if you remove a square cover on the roof of the Bay Area. I think there are about 4 screws . You only have controllers on
Schwinteck slides which is what your bedroom is.

[Robbbyr]

My 2014 TS has three Power Gear slideouts, made before Lippert absorbed Power Gear. The Power Gear slides don't have a controller in the same sense that the Schwintek systems do, my TS does have relay boards that feed power to the motor. The boards in my unit are located under my wardrobe in the area where the power distribution box, transfer switch, etc. are located. They look like the attached (below) example in my unit

[Mnwelsh]

Rob, what is the function of the relay boards? Are they what cuts power to the slide motor if you hold the switch on after the slide stops moving in or out?

[Robbbyr]

Originally Posted by Mnwelsh

Rob, what is the function of the relay boards? Are they what cuts power to the slide motor if you hold the switch on after the slide stops moving in or out?

The relay boards take the "signal" from the interior slideout operating switches (low current) and then send a high current signal to the motor itself.

As far the shutoff, I was told that the motors themselves have internal circuit breakers. When the slideout hits the end-of-travel stops and the power is still energized, the breaker will open and prevent damage to the motor windings.