Stop electric Awning Rattle
Our last trailer had a manual awning that worked fine and you could firmly "strap down" to help resist moderate breezes. Our present trailer came with an electric awning, which is handy, but rattles i...
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Never left the awning out in high wind but have thought about ways to discourage the flopping that you get when a gust comes along.
Everyone has a couple of gallon containers with handles.
Fill with water. Hook a shock cord between container & line to awning corner to act as a shock absorber. It would act sort of what we do for a boat mooring to reduce shock in high seas to the boat. For a boat mooring we put a length of heavy chain between the weight & lighter riding chain so that the heavier chain has to be lifted, a link at a time, thereby reducing shock between boat & weight.
Same principle for the awning.
Everyone has a couple of gallon containers with handles.
Fill with water. Hook a shock cord between container & line to awning corner to act as a shock absorber. It would act sort of what we do for a boat mooring to reduce shock in high seas to the boat. For a boat mooring we put a length of heavy chain between the weight & lighter riding chain so that the heavier chain has to be lifted, a link at a time, thereby reducing shock between boat & weight.
Same principle for the awning.
