Slide on 179 doesn't work on 110V

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Originally posted by MoPod

I understand that the slide operates on 12V, I don't understand why sometimes if it is plugged into electrical service (alternating current) that it does not work.  If it was a bad rocker switch it wouldn't work consistently when not plugged in.  The electrical at the post shouldn't affect it at all, surge protector would alert me to anything funky going on there before I plugged in the trailer.  The most frustrating part is it is not consistent when it chooses not to work.  This has occurred at 3 different campground in addition to at home.

The only obvious effect on the dc side from being connected to ac is that the charger is on so the battery voltage is high. My theory is that with the charger on and your battery voltage running high the slide motors draw too more current, resulting in their overcurrent protection circuit activating and shutting them off. 

As an experiment, try leaving the ac connected but the charger off using its breaker for awhile, letting the battery voltage drop. Then, with the ac still connected and the charger off, see if the slide works correctly. If that proves to be the case then we can discuss what to do about it, if not then at least we've eliminated one possibility. 