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Technical Support / Re: Big slide doesn't extend, leveling system inop.

« Last post by Zeb Severson on November 21, 2025, 06:41:26 PM »

Since this is a new coach to you, and if your house batteries are flooded lead acid, I would highly recommend checking the water level. You might already know this, but the specific gravity and water level is very important to keep at the proper full level. This doesn't apply to sealed, AGM or lithium batteries.

Recommendation follows:

• Start a spreadsheet to track the voltage and specific gravity of each battery and cell (see picture)
• Buy a hyrdometer to check the specific gravity of each cell
• Buy a gallon of distilled water
• Number each battery and cell (1A-C, 2A-C, etc)
• Test and record each battery voltage
• Test and record the specific gravity of each cell
• Fill any cell that might be low on water
• If you have several cells that need a lot of water and or the specific gravity is low in your opinion, and or there is a wide range in the specific gravity of all the cells (I was told a range of 30 is worth equalizing) then equalizing the batteries might be helpful to keep them in good condition (I have Trojan batteries and called there support about equalizing and the tech said anytime you add water to equalize the batteries, take that for what it is worth. Also, we might have the same inverter and I don't trust it equalizes to a high enough voltage. I measured about .8v or more lover than what Trojan recommended to equalize at. It would be prudent to take all four batteries to get equalized at the same time. That would get you a good starting point.
• Check and clean any of the battery connections.
• Re check and record the batteries periodically

By going through all this trouble I can see 1. my battery condition has improved over the first year 2. An issue developed with cell 1C and that I need to replace that battery 3. Cell 3B is doing well so I might want to check my connections to make sure that there isn't an issue causing the one cell to go bad.

I can imagine you are have a lot going on sorting these issues out so I don't mean to pile stuff on, but with the batteries, they are critical to a lot of the house size functioning correctly.

Separate from the battery info, you might want to check the fuse for that circuit. Im surprised to see that cable so badly burned. If you do run into an issue with the pump itself I have the contact info for the company that made the pump and they were helpful when I called in the past to troubleshoot  the pump.

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Technical Support / Re: Big slide doesn't extend, leveling system inop.

« Last post by Eric Maclean Co-Admin on November 21, 2025, 01:24:59 PM »

Nicholas
The reservoir is filled through the black cap you see in your picture below the solenoid, the cap screws off .
Its a bit of a pain to get to but it can be done with a transmission funnel or a suction gun,
Not sure about your location but the pump and tank on mine are located to the left rear corner of the battery bay just ahead of the service bay and is more readily accessed from the battery bay side.

The inverter should charge the batteries just fine inside of a day or two ( if they are lead acid this would be a good time to check the electrolyte level in each cell and top them up with distilled water if necessary.

Others here can speak more accurately on your AGS but my thought would be it is likely not turned on or setup properly .
Or in some of the Beaver coaches the AGS was wired incorrectly with its voltage sense wire connected to the chassis battery bank instead of the house battery bank.not sure yours would be one of those.

Hope this helps
Eric

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Technical Support / Re: Big slide doesn't extend, leveling system inop.

« Last post by Nicholas Soldevere on November 20, 2025, 10:38:53 PM »

Here you go guys, the ground wire burnt and the solenoid toast. I replaced the relay and the ground wire and some terminal ends. I couldn't check it because all the batteries were dead due to weather taking power off the park and I had my inverter enabled so the refrigerator ran the bats down.

Couple questions here, how to get the cap off the reservoir? I'm letting the Xantrex charge it, is there a faster more logical way?

I'm a bit surprised the AGS didn't come on, it supposed to but apparently somethings awry there.

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Technical Support / Re: Big slide doesn't extend, leveling system inop.

« Last post by Nicholas Soldevere on November 20, 2025, 03:33:02 PM »

Edit: the tank I serviced is in the rear right corner when raising the servicing door there.

I don't think you filled the hydraulic reservoir for the slides and leveling system. The pump (#22 in the diagram) is likely a gold cylinder on top, a thick square plate with 4 hoses connected then a black cylinder at the bottom which is the correct reservoir. There is a cap on the tank you can remove and fill with oil. I think it's 1.5" from the top of the fill port, but that is just my memory. There should be a sticker or a fill mark. You can get a 18" rod to stick into the reservoir to see the level like a dip stick.

Thankyou so much Zeb, you are correct sir, I serviced the wrong reservoir. Im on my way to the rig to troubleshoot today, Ill report results here. Again, much appreciation.

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Technical Support / Re: Big slide doesn't extend, leveling system inop.

« Last post by Nicholas Soldevere on November 20, 2025, 03:30:21 PM »

Nicholas
If the pump won't run there are a few possibilities related to power to the pump motor.
1) check for power at the motor solenoid supply.
2)!check for a proper ground to the motor pump
3) Try using a jumper cable to jump across the pump motor solenoid ( it's possible you just have a bad solenoid).

If you have a good source of power and ground to the pump motor and it still won't run you may have a bad motor or a seized pump .
If it is just the motor not working with power applied try tapping on the motor with a hammer ( not hard ) to see if the motor brushes are just sticking or not making contact .

Did you top up the reservoir with the leveling jacks up or down and slides in or out ( every thing should be retracted before a top up)


Hope this helps
Eric

Got It!!  Thankyou so much Eric!! The rigs at the storage lot, going out there to do some troubleshooting today. Ill report back. Thanks Again!!

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Technical Support / Re: Running tail lights

« Last post by Bill Lampkin on November 20, 2025, 02:30:50 PM »

Spoilerlights com

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Technical Support / Re: Running tail lights

« Last post by Fred Cook on November 19, 2025, 10:56:41 PM »

Steve, Please disregard my response above. I got the answer I need. Thanks!

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Technical Support / Re: Running tail lights

« Last post by Fred Cook on November 19, 2025, 10:53:17 PM »

Check out https://www.amazon.com/s?k=BRAKE+light+bars+for+rvS&crid=3CQK5YKGOG05U&sprefix=brake+light+bars+for+rvs%2Caps%2C191&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
Steve

Thanks, Steve. Do you know if those lights will function as signal lights, brake lights and running all in one light? I saw some similar lights at Harbor freight but there was only a black and white wire going into it. Wasn’t sure if that light would also do all of the functions.

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Technical Support / Re: Running tail lights

« Last post by Steve Huber on November 19, 2025, 10:33:10 PM »

Check out https://www.amazon.com/s?k=BRAKE+light+bars+for+rvS&crid=3CQK5YKGOG05U&sprefix=brake+light+bars+for+rvs%2Caps%2C191&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
Steve

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Technical Support / Running tail lights

« Last post by Fred Cook on November 19, 2025, 07:35:57 PM »

Does anyone know where I can find the vertical tail running lights for my coach? It’s essentially a strip of LED lights with red lens about 14 inches long and about 3/4 inch wide. One light goes on each side of the couch in the back. Also need the horizontal strip in the middle. I called Beaver Coach Sales and they are no longer available. They recommend I go to a salvage yard but maybe someone might know a better place.