Electric Awing won't close

Mine did the same thing and of course I assumed it was either the switch or the motor itself. I checked the switch with a meter to find it was working properly then I bought a matching plug from an local auto parts store and hooked the motor directly to a 12v battery and found the motor was working fine, after some head-scratching my buddy suggested we should check the wiring from the switch to the motor and there was the problem. When the dealer installed the awning (I won't mention his name and I wouldn't buy a doghouse from this goof!) their installation was "shoe-maker quality" at best, they ran the power wire from the forward base of the awning arm using two "crimp connectors" without either taping or heat-shrinking the connection so I re-did it properly but that shoddy workmanship still wasn't the issue, I followed the chord up the awning arm under the plastic cover to where there the hinged part was and there I saw that the chord had shorted out after being bent over a period of time and it would make a contact intermittently so I went to my local Handy Andy and bought a better quality chord and where the extreme bend was I added three layers of heat-shrink tubing to reduce abrasion and it's been good ever since, I hope this helps!

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