DeadEndCustoms
08-24-2014, 03:25 PM
Alright I'll start from day one. I bought a 3812 Raptor, that had the remote control system, that controls slides, radio, front and rear jacks, security lights, and awning.
During the walk-through, I tried the remote and basically one of the slides didn't work, the radio didn't work, so I asked about and was told the thing was junk and I'd never use it.
I agree, however, about to drop a pretty penny so it needs to work if you want to sell it. So the manager comes out and starts messing with the board, and shorts it out. At this point NOTHING will work, since apparently all of the circuits go through this board, from the main control panel inside the camper.
I work on the road 8 months a year, and purchased this trailer to live in (4th one) on the job, and had to be there in a week, so leaving it for repairs was not an option. I suggested to the service manager to bypass the board with some switches so the functions would work for me until the board could be replaced. This did the trick, but had to be reverse polarity or bi-direction switches.
Anyway, it took 6 weeks for them to get one, the board was already 4 years old and the chip was even older than what was on the burnt board. Their price was $600, and $0 for me since they broke it.
I installed the board, everything works via the remote, sometimes. Usually when using the remote, the breaker inside the circuit board box will trip and have to go manually reset it (in the pass-thru compartment). The radio doesn't work with it as supposed to: Volume up is actually volume down, volume down changes the source. Seek back is volume up, and seek forward I don't remember.
So ultimately they were right, the remote sucks and I don't mess with it anymore...
THE PROBLEM: So after installing the board, electrical interferences trigger the board into opening slides and the awning. Just little bumps, I'll notice the main slide isn't tight, or the awning is out an inch or 2. This was noticed everytime the washing machine was on and it would change directions, I would hear the hydraulics for the slide kick on. This is a annoying, and I worry about damage. When the fridge works off gas, it does the same thing, I get back from a trip and the slides were not tight and the awning was loose again. This didn't happen for the first 6 weeks prior to the remote-circuit, and 900 miles of traveling, and has been consistent ever since.
Anyone have one of these or have any problems with it? I want to get rid of this system and just use the panel, without risk of things working on their own because of this board.
Has anyone removed this? How did you re-wire everything?
During the walk-through, I tried the remote and basically one of the slides didn't work, the radio didn't work, so I asked about and was told the thing was junk and I'd never use it.
I agree, however, about to drop a pretty penny so it needs to work if you want to sell it. So the manager comes out and starts messing with the board, and shorts it out. At this point NOTHING will work, since apparently all of the circuits go through this board, from the main control panel inside the camper.
I work on the road 8 months a year, and purchased this trailer to live in (4th one) on the job, and had to be there in a week, so leaving it for repairs was not an option. I suggested to the service manager to bypass the board with some switches so the functions would work for me until the board could be replaced. This did the trick, but had to be reverse polarity or bi-direction switches.
Anyway, it took 6 weeks for them to get one, the board was already 4 years old and the chip was even older than what was on the burnt board. Their price was $600, and $0 for me since they broke it.
I installed the board, everything works via the remote, sometimes. Usually when using the remote, the breaker inside the circuit board box will trip and have to go manually reset it (in the pass-thru compartment). The radio doesn't work with it as supposed to: Volume up is actually volume down, volume down changes the source. Seek back is volume up, and seek forward I don't remember.
So ultimately they were right, the remote sucks and I don't mess with it anymore...
THE PROBLEM: So after installing the board, electrical interferences trigger the board into opening slides and the awning. Just little bumps, I'll notice the main slide isn't tight, or the awning is out an inch or 2. This was noticed everytime the washing machine was on and it would change directions, I would hear the hydraulics for the slide kick on. This is a annoying, and I worry about damage. When the fridge works off gas, it does the same thing, I get back from a trip and the slides were not tight and the awning was loose again. This didn't happen for the first 6 weeks prior to the remote-circuit, and 900 miles of traveling, and has been consistent ever since.
Anyone have one of these or have any problems with it? I want to get rid of this system and just use the panel, without risk of things working on their own because of this board.
Has anyone removed this? How did you re-wire everything?