Ready for a new awning...
My rig is 14 years old. I bought it when it was 6. The awning is so long that it had already bent a bit, still worked...and it's been incredibly strong but it's leaking a bit -- we get a lot or rain...
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BobsYourUncle wrote:
If I replace my power awning, it will be with a manual one. Let me explain why:
The power awning is nice for the reasons you state, but it is fixed there. It goes out, it goes in. Period.
There is no provision for tilting it. I wasn't paying attention one rainy day and it filled up with water. I tried to retract it to shed the water. No sale on that one. I stood there in my rear doorway with a broom, trying to push up to dump the water. The nitrogen cylinder let go and down it came, into the open door, flooding the whole back of my TT. 4 letter word. Maybe 2 or 3 of those.
There is no provision to raise or lower it at the front either.
Personal preference, yes it's nice to push a button but I will take the old style manual any day.
Maybe some of the newer ones offer tilt, I don't know. To me, tilt is a mandatory feature.
My power awning you can tilt to the side, you just pull down on the arm. One side the spring is weaker so when it rains it automatically tilts and drains.
The motor did die after about 3 years, but a new one was only like $80, and took 15 min to replace.
