electric controled awnings
I have an awning that is controlled by depressing a button, both inside the motorhome or outside on the arm of the awning! In the past, I have tied down the extended awning while at a camp site, with ...
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The manual awning have more slope then some electric awnings. I have a manual awning and I can slope it quite a bit. When we were in South Carolina it rained a lot and I had my awning out and sloped to where the water was no problem.
But I have seen some newer coaches that have four slides and the awning is above the slide. Which means that when they extend the awning it goes straight out with no slope at all. Very poor design by the engineering department. The awning should have been attached to the slide itself in order for that awning to do its job of giving shade. As it is they hardly get any shade what so ever. I have met many RVers that complain about their electric awnings that are over the slides.
As to the OP wanting to know whether to tie down an electric awning. I would say NO. Most electric awnings are made out of real flimsy material, and like some have stated in the forum, IF a gust of wind was to hit, it would bend the medal rods. Best to just roll it in with a push of a button.
We really like our awning. It is manual, but I like the slope you can put on it, or you can detach it from the bottom and make it like a patio applying some stakes to it.
But I have seen some newer coaches that have four slides and the awning is above the slide. Which means that when they extend the awning it goes straight out with no slope at all. Very poor design by the engineering department. The awning should have been attached to the slide itself in order for that awning to do its job of giving shade. As it is they hardly get any shade what so ever. I have met many RVers that complain about their electric awnings that are over the slides.
As to the OP wanting to know whether to tie down an electric awning. I would say NO. Most electric awnings are made out of real flimsy material, and like some have stated in the forum, IF a gust of wind was to hit, it would bend the medal rods. Best to just roll it in with a push of a button.
We really like our awning. It is manual, but I like the slope you can put on it, or you can detach it from the bottom and make it like a patio applying some stakes to it.
