Problems Fixed
While keeping my fingers crossed, I think the slide problem is fixed. We got up at 6 AM to get packed, dumped and on our way to RV repair. Ken, the Service Manager at Sky Harbor RV, seemed pretty knowledgeable about the slide/jack system. We told him all the spastic, intermittent problems we had and he assured me he would test everything out to find the problem. About 1 PM he called and said it was all fixed.
Seems we had 1) a failing chassis battery and 2) a short in the hydraulic jack/slide panel which is on the floor by the driver's door. When he opened up that panel he found spring contacts corroded and loose. So with a new battery (the other one was an AGM battery only a year old!), and cleaned and adjusted contacts....we are working fine. He said they put the slide out several times with no failures. Worry wart me will not be confident until about a month from now with no failures :).
So we are back in Mom and Harry's back yard. No sooner had we parked than the sky darkened and the weather alert blasted out a tornado warning. Oh joy! But it all blew past us and is once again hot and sticky. Give me old CA and AZ dry heat any day!
After a stressful day we had a conversation with the Rev. Jack Daniels, had KFC for dinner, watched Sweet Home Alabama and now my DJ is playing tunes. Another day in the RV life :)