When I store my Southwind, I do it with the slide retracted. However, over the weekend I noticed the slide was out. When I went into the motorhome to retract it, It wouldn’t retract, and I could hear a clicking sound every few seconds and I could see the slide try to extend.
Troubleshooting, The clicking I was hearing was the motor energizing and the brake releasing. The motor wasn’t hot, so it wasn’t being constantly energized. Every few seconds, the motor would energize for a second.
The small control module is located under the fridge. It was dusty and had some corrosion on it, This was probably causing the EXTEND relay to intermittently energize. I also noticed that the self resetting circuit breaker wasn’t inserted into the spade lug connector on one side, possibly creating a bad electrical connection. This is probably why the slide always seemed to run slower than what it should. Anyway, I unplugged the module and the clicking stopped. Time to order a new module. (Power Gear 14-1098)
A replacement module is available from Amazon for $25. HOWEVER, It is NOT 100% plug and play.
Looking at the slide control switch above the entry door. The original switch supplies a ground (white wire) to control the relays and move the slide. However, the replacement board needs to have +12 volts to energize the relays and move the slide.
Behind the switch panel are several wires, one of them was a red wire, I believe this is 12 volts to feed some ceiling lights. I verified it was 12 volts on that red wire. I installed a lug connector tap on the red wire, then made a short jumper wire to go from that tap to the center feed on the slide switch. In the photo, you can see where I moved the white wire to an unused terminal on the switch and plugged my new red wire to the center terminal.