Sundance - Landing gear blown fuses

[NorCal]

Power landing jacks ( front) blows fuse retracting or desending.

 

[cookie]

We need a little more information so that a fellow owner might help identify your problem.
What model year is your Sundance?
Electric or hydraulic landing gear.
Perhaps there is a bind somewhere that is causing the motor to draw more amperage than your fuse can handle.

Peace
Dave

 

[NorCal]

We need a little more information so that a fellow owner might help identify your problem.
What model year is your Sundance?
Electric or hydraulic landing gear.
Perhaps there is a bind somewhere that is causing the motor to draw more amperage than your fuse can handle.

Peace
Dave

Dave,
Thanks for responding. My Sundance is a 2011. It is electric landing gear. Possible problem is extending or retracting beyound limits. Shouldn't there be a stop prior to overuse? If not, any suggestions on making one?
John

 

[cookie]

John, you are right about over extending and retracting. Many people have experienced the same thing with their electric landing gear.
If there was a stop, unless it was an electrical cut off, it would probably have the same end result. A hard stop blowing a fuse.
The one solution that has come up many times is to paint a line on the leg and use that as a guide to stop.

Peace
Davd

 

[Oregon_Camper]

The one solution that has come up many times is to paint a line on the leg and use that as a guide to stop.

You might also consider lowering your landing gear main connection to the trailer, so the legs don't have as far to travel.

 

[mlburst1]

When our rig was new, we also blew the 30 amp fuse several times - finally used a permanent marker to make a line on the legs for full extension and full retraction.

I still leave a pack of mini 30 amp fuses in the front storage compartment next to the batteries - been a long time since I've used one though...

Mike

 

[NorCal]

When our rig was new, we also blew the 30 amp fuse several times - finally used a permanent marker to make a line on the legs for full extension and full retraction.

I still leave a pack of mini 30 amp fuses in the front storage compartment next to the batteries - been a long time since I've used one though...

Mike

Thanks Mike,
I'm out the door with marking pen in hand.