BlackSilver wrote:
Our 2011 Big Country 5th wheel has an electric awning. As compared to the manual (Dometic) type of awning, the electric style is downright flimsy, and prone to flop around on windy days. This stems from the fact that is lacks the rigid "triangle" support of the manual design. In effect, the roller basically just floats out on the end of the arms, and can easily be "lifted" by the wind.
What's this got to do with Dometic which manufactures an extensive variety of RV awnings, both power and manual. :h If yours is a Carefree of Colorado power awning (which you haven't said), that's your biggest problem - it blows around excessively because it's an inferior design. :M I've owned both brands, both manual and power, and have no issues at all with my Dometic 9100 power awning and would store it anytime the wind comes up just as I would have any manual awning, including my previous Dometic 8500 manual awning which IMO was the best of the bunch in terms of tolerating heavy rain & wind. Sorry, but there's no way I'd consider this mod to my current 9100 power awning when the simple solution is to just push the button when the wind comes up and in seconds have it safely stored,
just as the manufacturer intended. ;)
