2016 R-179 Slide Totally Dead

OK my last update on this since I finally figure it all out and got everything working.  So there is a large fuse, I am assuming 30-40 amps bolted to the floor of the RV behind the fuse panel by the door.  So when the positive line on my controller broke off and shorted to the ground it damaged this fuse but did not burn it.  I bought a controller (used) and it turned out to have problems (my luck, returned), my own controller turned out not to be burned, the code 2 it was giving me was not making sense since it was not moving from motor to motor when I was switching connectors.  Any way I put my controller in the system and powered it with an independent battery locally and everything worked.  The large wire from this fuse the controller is very thick (6 gauge or so)  and obviously was not damaged so this fuse is not totally burned but is not allowing enough power to go to the controller.  I disconnected wire from this fuse and used a 30 amp fuse on an empty spot on the regular fuse panel and wired everything and it works great.  25A blows when the slide gets to the end or all the way in since the motors are pulling more than 25 amp when limited, 30 amp fuse is working fine.  At some point I might grab another large fuse and wire things the way they were but for now using regular fuse spot in number 8 which was empty is working fine.  The board should be able to handle the 27 amps or so which is getting pulled by the motors when limited.  I also made a relay system using two relays which would allow me to do without the controller all together for but now things are back to normal, I am keeping the relay system and the wire system which I made for going straight to the motors for emergency use.  All done, hope all of this helps.  To get to the fuse for the slide you have take out the whole fuse box assembly. 

Just another quick update, again with my external wire harness which I made I was able to put the slide out; with slide out and ottoman hatch accessible I tapped into the coaches wires going to the motors and attached a set of wires so I can go to a battery source (with original harness wire ends disconnected from the controller, don't want to put power into the controller from that end) and put the slide in and out manually using the R-Pods original wires which are on the motors. 

People were asking for emergency way of dealing with Lippert system, just wanted to share this since this is the only way to have an emergency way to put the slide in and out assuming the motors are working and at least the black and red wire of the harnesses are OK. 

This way I don't have to disconnect those wires from the motors and reconnect my other patch cord, so I did this for emergency if the controller goes bad again and need to put the slide in or out.  Will put this wiring hardness under the refrigerator so it can be accessed.  Other thing which I have notice; when the positive power wire to the controller broke off it must have touched the negative terminal below it and the wire end is a bit melted.  Since no fuses were blown then obviously this line is not fused; so I am putting a 15 amp in line fuse on this line since my controller is fried due to the short.  People were talking about fuse in the fuse panel but that fuse only takes care of the switch power not the heavy duty supply power which goes to the side of the controller, this line is not fused as far as I can tell since it is still powered even after shorting out. 

Still waiting on a new controller so things can go back to normal.  My original controller is definitely bad.  Bought a used controller if it works great otherwise will order a $350 new one, they are available just very pricey.  If anybody has questions about the wiring I can help, just note that the wires going to the motors need to be reversed for one of them, one motor needs to turn one way and the other the other way in order for slide to go in and out.  Assuming this makes sense.  You need to power both motors at the same time so slide again works, by reversing the connection to the battery you can put the slide in and out so red and black don't mean positive and negative in this case.

Don