Our remote control (fob) for our bay locks and door lock no longer works with the latter. I am trying to learn how this system works and am wondering what this thing is on the screen door. It is located near to bottom of the screen door. See photo below.
Thanks in advance.
This is an unparalleled opportunity. Our locks no longer work either, so this topic is like a 2fer. Two of us can learn at the same time.
George: after you determine what to buy and how to install it, I will be doing the same thing.
I am glad you started this topic.
George,
That is a magnetic switch that tells the door step to open/close at the same time the door is open/closed. It is active when the ignition is in the on possion so when you are at camp the step stays extended.
George,
That is a magnetic "Reed switch" contact & magnet.
It makes connection for the steps.
With the engine running and you open the door, the steps will come out.
George,
Does the entry door lock still work with the rocker switch? Just trying to rule out a problem with the actuator.
Michelle
Can only offer what happened to me, the cost of a new system is about $200.00 + installation about 2 hours by Weaver at MOT. Have seen another tech. work 2 days on it before giving up, then to MOT where Weaver unscrewed it.
As long as it has not been screwed up / burnt up first by a nincompoop. ;D
OK, that magnet switch controls the steps. That makes sense.
I thought it might be related to my door problem because in the past when I used the fob, the door had to be closed (or at least partially closed) for it to work. This may prevent one from locking the deadbolt (i.e., putting it in the out position) and then trying to close the door.....clunk! I have done this several times, so the system is not "fool" proof!
So the system must have some way of sensing when the door is open....open door fob does not work on the door (still works on the bays); closed door, fob works on all locks. But how does it do this? The sensor is associated with the door, not the screen door. Closing or opening the screen door has not affect on the fob.
Our door is again working with the fob (and wall switch). It has done this before. I'm sure it will fail again, so I'd still like to know how it works.
I just tested our door and fob and there doesn't seem to be an interlock with door position. I can lock the front door with the switch and fob regardless of door position. We have the same year coach, although I don't know if we have the same door or fob.
If yours is intermittent, sometimes working only when the door is closed, I'd look at the wiring that passes from the body of the coach into the door (for the actuator). See if something is pinched or strained or if there's a loose connection where the problem is relieved when the door is closed. Am I remembering correctly that you had a bent door "pos-i-lock" arm? Perhaps the door got away from the PO during a gust of wind and it pinched a wire or jostled something loose?
Michelle
Michelle.... You are brilliant! The "sensor" turned out to be a broken wire (see below). Since it was held in the flexible conduit, when I closed the door the two ends came together.....fob worked. When I opened the door, the two ends pulled apart....fob didn't work.
I temporarily repaired the break with electrical tape and it works fine (door open or closed). I don't think I can use a butt connector here. I'll solder it when I find someone with a tool or just replace the entire wire, which would require removing the door cover.
This is the second broken wire to the door locks that I have found. The other one was to the main storage bay on our coach. Same situation where the wire was hidden in flexible conduit and worked intermittently until it failed completely.
Cool! :D
And thanks to fellow moderator Barry for sneaking in, editing my post and adding that photo of the door wiring conduit. That's teamwork!
Michelle
What a fantastic sequence of posts. This is wonderful, makes my heart happy.
George , you might be able to find a piece of shrink wrap almost the same color of that wire, slide it on and then solder it slide the shrink wrap over the wire and heat it up and it will look like new fwiw