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Hi all,

Just read the thread about troublsome motor mover an it made me wonder?.

My previous van had a Reich Move Control motor mover fitted. When we bought the van, the previous owner had lost little case with the instructions and the remote controller inside it. He ordered and paid for a new remote which we picked up when we collected the van.

When we changed vans last year I had the mover fitted to our new van. It has always worked okay but I have often wondered what the "Jack plug socket" on the remote was for?  It doesnt play music, so it cant be headphones!

Then I saw on the that previous thread a mention of "Hardwiring". Is that what the "socket" is for ? - If so, where does the other end plug into? I dont recall having seen anywhere on the caravan?

Any ideas appreciated.

If your mover is equipped for "hard wiring connectivity, this means you will have a jack socket on your remote control and a similar one on the control unit which is located in the van.   For connecting, you should then have, as part of the mover's accessories, a lead with a jack plug at each end.  This lead should be of sufficient length to connect the remote to the control unit, and pass through a window so that the van can be moved by a person walking outside of it.

So if, as you say, your remote has this jack socket, search around your control unit for a similar jack socket, probably along one of its sides.

Bertie.

Thanks 2 Tops,

First thing tomorrow I will search around the van for the control unit. If I find it and it has a jack socket I will be straight onto Reich for a new connectiong wire.

I dread to think what would happen if the battery in the remote were to run out halfway through trying to get the van back into my garden. We live on a one way street which is rather busy and has a bus route. Even though I wait for a good gap in the traffic before trying to manouvre the van from the side of the road onto the garden, it does take a few minutes. Most drivers smile and look in wonderment at me using a remote to drive a caravan up the slope, but others just get peeed off that they have been held up for 30 seconds and you can almost lip read their thoughts through their windscreens "Bleedin Caravanners!!!"

Happy vanning.

Hi Guys

Let me know if you need the lead, I think I still have the one from my previous van.

We had the same trouble with traffic, we live on a main A road and people would do anything other than wait for 30 seconds, that's when you realised how ssslllooowww the movers are and we sometimes had to pull it up the kerb depending on the weight in it.

Mick

Hiya Carterma,

If you still have the lead and it will fit the Reich Move Control, yes, I would be interested. Perhaps you could give me a ring

Thanks alot. Richard 01702 467212

(I hope I havent broken any rules by doing this)

Slow is the word Mick.  When we changed the van (old one 1100kg max;  new one 1430 kg max.), we had to part ex. mover for a more powerful one.   The extra power is obtained by extra gearing, which reduces the R.P.M. of the rollers.   First time I moved the new van, I thought the leisure battery was packing in.

Bertie.

 held up for 30 seconds

 they will not wait that long near us.used to bother me,not now