Power Gear Automatic Leveling System Set Up

The Power Gear Automatic Leveling System Set Up Procedure

Initial Zero Mode – Zero mode is indicated on the control touch pad by all lights on the pad flashing.

1)      First, place a carpenter’s level on the floor in the center of the coach

2)      Next, manually level the coach

a.       Push the front leg button until the jacks contact the ground

b.      Push the rear leg button until jacks contact the ground

c.       Push the left and right button to verify all jacks are on the ground

d.      Using the carpenter’s level complete the leveling process manually by pushing the appropriate buttons on the touch pad.

3)      After it has been verified that the coach is level the zero level point(this is the point that the control sees as level) can be set

a.       To set zero level, push the retract button three consecutive times

b.      After the “retract“ button has been pushed three times all of the lights on the touch pad will stop blinking except the on off light.

c.       The on off button light will flash 20 seconds. This mode is prompting the user to tell the automatic control box if the chassis has an air bag suspension system.

d.      If the chassis has an air bag suspension system press the RETRACT button again three times within 20 seconds from the time the zero level position was programmed (during the time the on off light is blinking)

e.      If the unit does not have air bag suspension system DO NOT TOUCH ANY BUTTONS with in the 20 seconds the on off light is blinking.

Resetting Initial Zero Point

If the zero point has been set and the control is functioning normally, the user can reset the zero point by following the steps below.

a)      First, the control box has to be put back into the zero mode.

a.       This is done by pushing the front button 5 consecutive times followed by the rear button 5 consecutive times within 10 seconds

b.      All of the lights on the touch pad will begin flashing. This indicates that you have successfully returned the control box to zero mode.

b)      Last, follow the instructions above to set the new zero point.

Source TIP Sheet: Troubleshooting Info on Power Gear, 2008  (excerpt from RV Technician Training)