HWH Raise Option

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HWH Raise Option

February 02, 2015, 06:36:53 pm

Good evening!

Quick question on the Raise option on the HWH pad...........at what point after raising the coach does it return to the normal ride mode? For example, if I raise the coach to enter or exit a parking lot with a steep entrance, does the coach then automatically return to the normal level as I increase speed?

Hope the question makes sense and thanks in advance.

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Reply #1 – February 02, 2015, 06:53:28 pm

Kevin,

On our '97 when you release the raise button you start to go back to travel height when in gear. Some other models operate differently.

Pamela

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Reply #2 – February 02, 2015, 08:33:57 pm

Quote from: Pamela & Mike – February 02, 2015, 06:53:28 pm

Kevin,

On our '97 when you release the raise button you start to go back to travel height when in gear. Some other models operate differently.

Pamela

That is how it works on our '03 as well ... once in gear it enters travel mode and you have to "hold" it out of that mode if desired.

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Reply #3 – February 02, 2015, 11:52:30 pm

I think....that the raise button only raises the rear of the coach? Is that how everyone elses works?

Our is the same as others, as soon as I release the raise button the coach returns to travel mode(height).

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Reply #4 – February 03, 2015, 12:12:46 am

Depends.
If ignition key is on, pressing Raise adds air to all airbags up to their respective pressure regulator limits.
Release the Raise button and, if ignition key is on, all air bags bleed off air until respective travel heights are achieved.
If the ignition key is turned off while Raise button is depressed, then releasing the Raise button has no effect (air bags stay at current pressure/height until the ignition key is turned on again. When ignition is turned on (taken to any position out of the OFF position), the air bags bleed air to reattain respective travel heights).
Neal

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Reply #5 – February 03, 2015, 08:09:55 am

Quote from: Steve – February 02, 2015, 08:33:57 pm

That is how it works on our '03 as well ... once in gear it enters travel mode and you have to "hold" it out of that mode if desired.

Our 03 will stay in raise mode without holding the raise button while I back into my driveway allowing me to use 2 hands on the wheel. I believe if speed is increased to 10 it goes back to travel mode. I would think yours works the same.

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Reply #6 – February 03, 2015, 08:34:09 am

Thanks Barry, I'll have to try that. Always thought I had to keep it mashed down

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Reply #7 – February 03, 2015, 09:41:05 am

I havent tried operating the coach with the unit raised, but otherwise mine operates as Neals. When stopped and raise the coach if you release without turning off the switch it returns to travel height. Now I am curious if it works different with the coach in gear.

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Reply #8 – February 03, 2015, 11:47:25 am

Our oldtimer is easy. Pull all 3 levers back a ways and watch the ground clearance increase. This came in very handyt when we had to negotiate a freind's steep driveway, off the street level approach... no scrapes for us, thanks!

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Reply #9 – February 03, 2015, 01:31:59 pm

I imagine this feature is only available newer generations of HWH computer/control panel combos... if not, this is one feature I would dearly like to add!
Don

Quote from: Barry Beam – February 03, 2015, 08:09:55 am

Our 03 will stay in raise mode without holding the raise button while I back into my driveway allowing me to use 2 hands on the wheel. I believe if speed is increased to 10 it goes back to travel mode. I would think yours works the same.

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Reply #10 – February 03, 2015, 02:06:58 pm

Not sure of the electronic layout of the hwh pad but may be possible to hard wire a raise switch that simulates the button being pushed.

Unless the signal is multiplexed at the panel and descrambled at the brain in the storage bay then a bundle of wires are at the pad.

No safety 10mph in a manual system. I thought about installing the 89 system over the 97's as the older coaches could be adjusted to compensate for cross winds or running up curbs from the levers.

But the bigger, heavier 97 u320 hardly moves in a moderate cross wind unlike the taller and lighter u280 and u300's

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Reply #11 – February 11, 2015, 04:55:46 pm

When boon docking, we tend to use the raise feature on some dirt roads as needed. It works the way Neal Pillsbury described. Handy on BLM land in AZ this time of year. Can be just as handy elsewhere.

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Reply #12 – February 11, 2015, 05:19:29 pm

I really miss my "old school" three lever controls that the 1990 U 280 has. They were simple, eAsy to use, and never broke! The HWH system is a pain, expensive to fix, and easily confused.

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Reply #13 – February 11, 2015, 09:10:46 pm

Agree with Barry on our '03.

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Reply #14 – February 12, 2015, 05:36:31 pm

I just tried the "raise" button my 96' U320, with the engine running. The rear came up, but the front didn't.

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HWH Raise Option

February 02, 2015, 06:36:53 pm

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