ok here's a few for today :)1) if no heavy wind etc do you leave the awning out all night ?2) I see the knobs on the arms to tighten it...do you always tighten these ?3) I see some people tip theres to force rain to run off one corner...do you just tighten one side then pull down on the corner you want the rain to run off then tighten that knob ?Thank you

1) NO...awning gets retracted AT Night or if going somewhere. Wind came come up FAST and I am NOT going to deal with after going to bed or come back to camp site and find it over the top of roof destroyedIt only takes 2 minutes to put it away :S2) YES3) YES

We are the same as Biscuit on 2 and 3, but we do sometimes leave ours out overnight. It takes pretty good winds for it to really be a problem. If we are on a weekend trip and want to hang our awning lights, we check the weather in advance. If it is supposed to be calm, we will put them on and leave them out. If there is any question of the weather, we skip it and pull them in at night.

I pull the awning back in if there are bad storms--heavy rain and wind. If the forecast is iffy and we are going to be gone, then I will retract it too but it does not happen too often...many times we are not far away from the campsite.2> No..I usually leave them loose so they will dump like they are designed to do.3> yes...if I want to direct the water to one side or the other. The rain dump feature works great on mine.

Never left out at bed time or if we leave the camper. (also turn shore water off)Almost never tighten knobs.If knobs are loose, the awning will "auto dump" water.If we need to make the water run off one way or the other, I will pull that end down slightly and tighten that knob only.

I do not always roll mine up at night, but do when we go away, when I remember... I rarely tighten the knobs except when I want to lower one side to direct rain water to that side. In my case the knobs are too high to reach without a ladder even though I’m 6’2”. I see no reason to tighten the knobs under normal conditions.

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Ralph_Cramden
Explorer II
Sep 28, 2018
luberhill wrote:
ok here's a few for today :)

1) if no heavy wind etc do you leave the awning out all night ?

I leave ours out for weeks at a time, even in heavy wind, and have been doing so for 3 years. No concerns whatsoever.

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/29740958/gotomsg/29741633.cfm#29741633
Ralph_Cramden
Explorer II
Sep 28, 2018
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Mickeyfan0805
Explorer
Sep 27, 2018
luberhill wrote:
Nomadac wrote:
Power Awnings do not have knobs. Some will retract if the wind is a certain speed.

Humm...that's not true,,,I DO have a power awning and the arms DO have knobs to tighten it

As do I.
luberhill
Explorer
Sep 27, 2018
Nomadac wrote:
Power Awnings do not have knobs. Some will retract if the wind is a certain speed.

Humm...that's not true,,,I DO have a power awning and the arms DO have knobs to tighten it
garmp
Explorer II
Sep 27, 2018
Oops double post
garmp
Explorer II
Sep 27, 2018
I have to agree with oldbiscuit. Bring it in, tighten it down and angle it.
fj12ryder
Explorer III
Sep 27, 2018
1) No, because we've had the wind come up at night and blow hard enough to damage a power awning. We also try to remember to put the awning in if we're gone during the day because they are pretty flimsy, and wouldn't take much to damage one.

2) No.

3) That's why we leave the knobs loose: so if the rain pools on the awning it will self dump.
theoldwizard1
Explorer II
Sep 27, 2018
The "standard" power awnings used on RVs today use ridiculously thin aluminum channel for arms. I think a good sneeze would cause one to bend.
Deb_and_Ed_M
Explorer II
Sep 27, 2018
I always put ours (manual) in at night because even a soft breeze could make the RV move with the "sail" out. And that little bit of motion could wake me up ....
Nomadac
Explorer
Sep 27, 2018
Power Awnings do not have knobs. Some will retract if the wind is a certain speed.

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