I agree with Chris Bryant above. I would not go back to manual. I love being able to close my awning from inside my rig if the weather gets bad. I can tilt mine for rain and even tie it down if need be. I swapped mine out on my previous rig (Montana) after being backed in to by a motorhome creasing and tearing my awning. I replaced with the same size awning. The hardest part was drilling the hold and running wires for the switch and motor. Don't release the straps and screws until installed would be my only warning.