Avan drop down bed

Harbourview · Newbie

Avan drop down bed

Possum3 · Guru

Welcome to the forum Trevor, I assume the bed is in a Motorhome. Is the mechanism electric over hydraulic or is it raised on cables?

laurieoz · Senior Member

Check up limit switch

Laurie

Peter_n_Margaret · Senior Member

Might be linear actuators?
The OP needs to give us more info,
Cheers,
Peter

Harbourview · Newbie

Thanks for the replies so far. It is in an Avan Ovation motorhome. It is electric

Harbourview · Newbie

I am a bit of a novice. Where is the uplimit switch and what is a linear actuator

Peter_n_Margaret · Senior Member

We need to know about how the mechanism works.
If it won't go up, how do you know that it still goes down?
Post some pics of the mechanism.
Cheers,
Peter

Harbourview · Newbie

It is a HappiJac brand bed lift. When I am not using my motorhome the bed is always in the up position. On this occasion the bed came down ok but would not go back up

Joda · Senior Member

Start pulling things apart, sometimes faults are obvious when you can see the mechanisms, Can you hear a motor sound when it's coming down? Is there any indication or sound when you try to raise it? Is it a 2 way switch that raises & lowers it? If there is a motor noise coming down tells you the motor should be o.k., if the motor runs trying to raise it you have a mechanical problem, maybe broken cables.

watsea · Guru

A websearch gave a YouTube for an installation of a HappiJack bed lift.

Here is a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5VzotGO0A4

This is USA video. Towards the latter part of the video, it shows an electric motor that drives a number of cogs via chains and a shaft. The chains have similar links to bicycle chains. There are chains in the legs that raise and lower the bed frame.

Possum3 · Guru

Great video in that it perfectly explains functions and possible areas of malfunction.