Power awning question

For emergency retraction purposes they can be operated by plugging wires into the motor and using a battery. Not practical for normal use and no good if the motor is no good.

A thread I started a few months ago.

Power Awnings

My Girard has a crank so I can manually crank it in.

Carefree and Dometic power awnings require an act of congress and an RV tech to use manually.

Retired JSO wrote:
Carefree and Dometic power awnings require an act of congress and an RV tech to use manually.

Not really, simply two jumper wires and a battery.

wing_zealot wrote:

Retired JSO wrote:
Carefree and Dometic power awnings require an act of congress and an RV tech to use manually.

Not really, simply two jumper wires and a battery.

What happens if you don't have a jumper or batteries? If you can't get the awning in via manual means, the awning isn't worth squat.

wing_zealot wrote:

Retired JSO wrote:
Carefree and Dometic power awnings require an act of congress and an RV tech to use manually.

Not really, simply two jumper wires and a battery.

And if the motor is shot?

fj12ryder wrote:

wing_zealot wrote:

Retired JSO wrote:
Carefree and Dometic power awnings require an act of congress and an RV tech to use manually.

Not really, simply two jumper wires and a battery.

And if the motor is shot?

You disengage the motor and roll it in. Quite similar to what you would do if the spring broke in yours. My recommendation though would be for you not to buy one, you clearly have a preconceived bias. The OP's question was "can you...", the answer is: yes.

Here's a novel concept - read the awning owner's manual which describes how to manually roll up a power awning that's not cooperating, even if the motor itself is shot. :S

SoundGuy wrote:
Here's a novel concept - read the awning owner's manual which describes how to manually roll up a power awning that's not cooperating, even if the motor itself is shot. :S

Not in my manual.