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bjlakatos1
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Mar 06, 2017

Carefree of Colorado Travel'r Awning blows fuse retracting

My awning has been retracting slower and slower over the past year. Last week it began to retract then seemed to get bogged down and blew a fuse. I can extend it fully and have the problem or extend i...
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bjlakatos1
Explorer
Mar 06, 2017
dougrainer wrote:
...shorted someplace between the switch and the motor...


If I direct connect the battery to the awning motor wires at the switch it operates normally.

If I direct connecct the battery to the power wires of the switch, the Switch operates the awning normally.

You do bring up a good debug point, to switch the wires at the motor and see if it follows a wire (or the switch).

Thanks, will keep you posted on my results.

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