Motor Number for a Dometic 9100 awning.
I have a Dometic 9100 power awning, at least I think so according to the model number. I'm trying to figure out if the Dometic awnings all take the same motor. I found a motor number on the Dometic pa...
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Ralph Cramden wrote:That's good advice about storing it nose high, and since it is stored on a slight slope that works.
Pull the motor and get the number off of it. That said, even though their are different part numbers they're most likely interchangable on the 9100. Dometic changes part numbers when they change vendors.
I have 3 9100 motors in my garage I pulled from others rigs that were inoperative when replacing their motors, and had them internally rebuilt. All failed due to corrosion. It corrodes the stator. They are all identical as far as dimensions and such.
Always keep your trailer stored nose high and when the awning is out pitch it down towards the rear opposite the motor. Its the water that kills them.
I'm pretty sure it is corroded since we rarely use the awning, and it is pulling some pretty high amps when trying to roll it up using an independent battery and amp meter. They certainly do want a pretty penny for those motors.
On a side note, did you have to lock the awning in place when you pulled the motor, to keep it from rolling up? I've read differing accounts that say you don't need to since there isn't any spring inside, but the Dometic literature says you do.
TIA
