thealexdexter
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Happy camping season! Pulled camper out today. One jack was struggling a bit then it stopped working. Fuse is still good. Batteries are older and had been on charger for
Many days prior.
What is proper diagnostic procedure with only one acting up? I would not think battery but as I said they are getting long in the tooth. Maybe high resistance cable or connector combined with older batteries?
Fuse good.
Was thinking to fire up generator and try again. I think this should rule out batteries if it still doesn’t work, but not not positive.
What else to try/check? Thanks I’m advance.
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I just had the same problem with my AF811. My jacks are Reico Titan. I called their service support number and they were very helpful. The control panel is located under the sink and they had me switch the two wires for that jack, which were the bottom set with the two right above them. It worked then. The upshot is that the control panel circuit for that jack was defective. I ordered a new control panel which was $500. They had rebuilt ones that I don’t remember the price. They also said that they don’t repair them, they have an outside company do it.
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thealexdexter
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So you basically made left rear jack become right rear by switching wire to prove jack is not bad and thus control board is?
Sounds easy I’ll give it a try. I do hear relay clicking when trying to lift. Also I feel like wire less has been really spotty past year. Maybe that’s strike two for the controller?
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Bert the Welder
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Is there a up/down button on the jack or in the camper and did you try it? That'll confirm/deny the remote.
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thealexdexter
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I’m not aware of a button inside. I did try the red remote connected via wire with same result.
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Pull the jack motor head off the faulty jack, run power and see if the motor spins and the jack is siezed. Plug the head into another location to verify motor if it still does not spin which will tell you if it is wiring or controller issues.
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I had same problem with our 2013 AF811. I pulled the cap off the top & got a socket on it. Made maybe just a half turn by hand. Then tried again via controller. All good. That was 2 years ago. Hasn't happened again since.
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thealexdexter
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Thanks lol for the tips. Man access to this thing to get screws off terminal block is terrible. I was able to check a whole bunch of stuff and finally determine a failed fuse on one jack. In swear I checked that first but I guess not. Now I have a new issue. I was lowering all four and all was good. Did some leveling and now none of the jacks work.
Control box has 12vdc and active light comes on.
All fuses on entire control box and in main fuse box all good.
Killed power and reset several times.
Tried wired and wireless remote . Lights on remote control come on.
No lights for the jacks come on on the main control box when pressing remote buttons.
Any idea what to check next? It kind of acts like the remote doesn’t work. Is there a way to manually activate without the remote to see if it’s the remote or something else?
Maybe there is another fuse if I take the cover off the control box?
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thealexdexter
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Just tried to plug wires controller direct to control box and it worked. Then tried wireless. Nothing. Then plugged wires into remote location and all fine again. Ugg. Don’t know what’s going on.
Maybe I’ll change the codes and see if wireless comes back
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When was the last time you changed the battery in your wireless remote? Mine has to be replaced about every two years. I know its time when the jacks start to act wonky.
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