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11-14-2015, 04:49 PM
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Kitchen Slide not working on Kodiak 300BHSL
The kitchen slide on my 2013 Kodiak BHSL is not working (the other two slides work fine). I checked to see if there was power at the switch, and there is power for the other two slides, but no power for the kitchen slide. I checked the fuse box, but there are no fuses for the slide outs. Does anybody know where the fuse or breaker is for the kitchen slide?
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11-14-2015, 07:44 PM
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Try find the slide control module. I have a 2014 291 RESL and I found mine in the space under the bathroom cabinet. If lights are flashing red on the module there is a fault of some kind.
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11-14-2015, 11:53 PM
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The slide controllers on the 300BHSL (or at least my 2015) is located under the pantry. You will have to remove the two screws holding the vent in place and then pull the vent out. The controllers are located inside there.
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11-15-2015, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by mjcarte
The slide controllers on the 300BHSL (or at least my 2015) is located under the pantry. You will have to remove the two screws holding the vent in place and then pull the vent out. The controllers are located inside there.
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The kitchen slide is the one not working and it's the blocking the pantry. I'll see if there is some way to access it from the bedroom side.
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11-15-2015, 05:06 PM
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Isn't there a manual crank option for that slide?
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11-15-2015, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by sundancer 87
Isn't there a manual crank option for that slide?
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Just make sure you are on the inside on the camper and when DW is cranking the slide in give the switch a little toggle just to help her along.
Like I always said,"(fill in blank) ain't funny unless it happens to someone else."
I know she was just trying to be helpfull, but damn that hurt. Hurts more putting your shoulder back in place. DW Me :-
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11-16-2015, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by sundancer 87
Isn't there a manual crank option for that slide?
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There is, but it requires an adapter that you use with a drill, but the kitchen island blocks access.
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11-18-2015, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by nlpracing
There is, but it requires an adapter that you use with a drill, but the kitchen island blocks access.
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Another bit of that wonderful Dutchmen engineering, makes you wonder if these jackasses use the products they produce.
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11-18-2015, 11:02 PM
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Dutchman engineers aren't the only one that design things & than you
In 40+ years of working on & repairing equipment I have a list of companies that have done the same thing.
Us dumb mechanics modified a sweeper years ago. Sure enough when we bought a new one a couple years later it had our design. I might have not need to still be working if we would have patented that design.
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11-19-2015, 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by DesertRat
Dutchman engineers aren't the only one that design things & than you
In 40+ years of working on & repairing equipment I have a list of companies that have done the same thing.
Us dumb mechanics modified a sweeper years ago. Sure enough when we bought a new one a couple years later it had our design. I might have not need to still be working if we would have patented that design.
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Way back when I was a kid, one of the first jobs I had, was working for an old school mechanic. He could tune an engine by ear and tell you what was wrong with your car by listening to it.
One day he had this particular brand that shall remain nameless, I don't want to PO the Ram owners.
This late fifties Dodge had some of the strangest contraptions on it, like the Ebrake on the driveshaft, his particular pet peave was the left and right hand threaded wheel bolts.
I appologize to the engineers before hand.
He put his wrench down on the bench, turned around looked at the Dodge and said, "These things are engineered by educated idiots".
That expression has stuck I my brain for the best part of 55 years. Sometimes I see something that makes me think back to the good old bad old days and I have to laugh.
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11-19-2015, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by hddecker
Another bit of that wonderful Dutchmen engineering, makes you wonder if these jackasses use the products they produce.
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Here is a bit of shocking news, Dutchmen doesnt use engineers. I was talking to a regional sales rep about the fine quality product and I mentioned engineering of these units and the sales rep stated "we don't use design engineers, these things are all designed by the sales staff." He said that they take the inputs from the public as to what is wanted in a RV and pass it on to the builders, "that way we give the customers what they really want".
Don't know if he was being 100% truthful or not, after all he was a saleman. 😏
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11-19-2015, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Thom
Here is a bit of shocking news, Dutchmen doesnt use engineers. I was talking to a regional sales rep about the fine quality product and I mentioned engineering of these units and the sales rep stated "we don't use design engineers, these things are all designed by the sales staff." He said that they take the inputs from the public as to what is wanted in a RV and pass it on to the builders, "that way we give the customers what they really want".
Don't know if he was being 100% truthful or not, after all he was a saleman. 😏
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Lips moving?
Crap, that would even be worst. I hope they at least have some fun and stick the salesmen in the octagon and let the winner have their say.
Must be the reason everything is marginal.
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11-19-2015, 11:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Thom
Here is a bit of shocking news, Dutchmen doesnt use engineers. I was talking to a regional sales rep about the fine quality product and I mentioned engineering of these units and the sales rep stated "we don't use design engineers, these things are all designed by the sales staff." He said that they take the inputs from the public as to what is wanted in a RV and pass it on to the builders, "that way we give the customers what they really want".
Don't know if he was being 100% truthful or not, after all he was a saleman. ��
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And after the sales team designs something, then the bean counters put it out for lowest bid. When it hits the factory floor they attempt to install it on run at production levels. No wonder stuff is so screwed up.
Unfortunately the RV industry is going the way of a lot of industries. Build it cheap and don't worry about repairs or parts availability. Let the customer do the Beta testing. If it sucks dump it and throw something else in next year!
I am NOT saying that innovation is bad, just the way it is being handled.
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12-01-2015, 06:14 PM
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Quick update. I went by the dealer for ideas of what might be wrong. He said to check the circuit breakers located near the battery. So I did and checking voltage and whatnot with my multi-meter, everything seemed OK. I checked the slide again and still nothing. The next morning, I needed something out of the trailer, so when I was in there, I tried the slide again and it now works. I have no idea why it's working, but I am very thankful that it is!
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12-01-2015, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by nlpracing
Quick update. I went by the dealer for ideas of what might be wrong. He said to check the circuit breakers located near the battery. So I did and checking voltage and whatnot with my multi-meter, everything seemed OK. I checked the slide again and still nothing. The next morning, I needed something out of the trailer, so when I was in there, I tried the slide again and it now works. I have no idea why it's working, but I am very thankful that it is!
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I would guess a loose connection somewhere, could be anything from a weak slip on to a bad solder joint to a bad crimp. With as sloppy as the assemblers are and the cheap components they use it is a crap shoot.
Glad it is working again.
Aaron
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12-01-2015, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by wahoonc
I would guess a loose connection somewhere, could be anything from a weak slip on to a bad solder joint to a bad crimp. With as sloppy as the assemblers are and the cheap components they use it is a crap shoot.
Glad it is working again.
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Or one of each!
I'd like to know who the rocket scientist is that though it was a good idea to stick things like circuit breakers on the frame exposed to the weather or how about the idiot that thought a duplex box screwed on to the frame just behind the circuit breakers, for a good place to splice the wires. When I took the cover off you could see the signs of water penetration and them wonderful wire nuts, well some of them were tight.
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12-01-2015, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by wahoonc
I would guess a loose connection somewhere, could be anything from a weak slip on to a bad solder joint to a bad crimp. With as sloppy as the assemblers are and the cheap components they use it is a crap shoot.
Glad it is working again.
Aaron
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And don't forget a bad/corroded ground.
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12-07-2015, 08:50 PM
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Don't you just hate that???? You know it will fail again unless you can identify and correct the problem. And it will do so at the worst possible time..
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