Manual Slide-out?

My new Model 178 only has one 12-volt deep cycle battery, but it has been drained and re-charged 3 or 4 times now, I left the radio on once, other times still a mystery. And when plugged into my truck after driving a couple hours, won't take a charge. So I arrived at my campsite Friday with not enough power to use the slide out. I plugged in my new Zank Solar Panels in bright sun, found the manual, which says, "some models don't have a manual crank handle for the slide-out." if it's there look at the transmission housing. OK, where is that? After just about an hour, the sun made it work!. Same thing happened when I had to close it back up. So, mine is a 2017 model, should I call my dealer?

A lot of tow vehicles won't pump enough current through the Bargman to do much in the way of charging the Pod battery.  It'll keep it topped up, maybe, but it may not keep up with the drain of some 12v draws, most notably the refrigerator.  In your case, what would have worked would have been to park the Pod, turn your truck around and run some jumper cables from your truck to the Pod battery.  The slide out would have worked pretty much instantly, and you might get a decent charge on your battery in an hour or so.  Longer term, figure out what's pulling the battery down and turn it off whenever possible!

TT

Originally posted by Richand Cindy there is no manual operation, no power no slide out.

RPods have two types of slideout mechanisms that I that I know of.  Both do have provisions for manual operation.  The one on mine involves lying on the floor and cranking a wrench at floor level under the stove that probably moves the slide a quarter inch per turn.  I've never done it, don't want to ever have to, but it is possible.  It's the kind of thing you'd do if the motor blows and you need to close the slide for the drive home, not what you do to save battery power for boondocking by any means.

Tlhe other RPod slide mechanism works very differently.  I've seen it described here, but don't recall how it works.

TT

OK Thank you both. Good info.