Warning -- wind damage.....awnings!
I've been doing a little research about electric awnings. I ran across an RVNet thread from last year discussing electric vs manual. One person said he ties down his awning, has the de-flappers, and...
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Lantley wrote:
An electric awning requires a different mindset. I was an manual awning staker with my prior TT. I ratchet strapped everything down and was ready for battle.
Now that I have an electric awning I don't consider going to battle....
Lantley, with us, mindset never really changed much when we went to an eletric awning.
In both cases (manual as well as electric), we have always chose not to even try to fight that battle. We just roll the thing up whenever we leave the campsite, or if there is a storm in the forecast. Electric awning just makes it much, much easier and quicker to 'withdraw' from that battle, like you said. :)
Chosing to 'fight that battle' and anchor down an awning, IMO is a case of too much risk, for too little reward. I bet if you asked folks that had an awning destroyed by wind and had to fork out bunches of $$ to replace it, very few if any would still be anchoring down their awning and trying to fight that battle. 'Tis a case of a lesson you learn and remember very well, when you learn it the hard way.
Will
