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harry_and_thea
Explorer
Dec 14, 2018

Securing power awning while in transit

Just heard about a friend of my brother's whose awning on his fifth wheel started coming out while he was driving. He has a new high end trailer so I'm sure it must have been a power awning. Heard this second hand from my brother so I don't know the particulars.
My last trailer had a manual awning which I felt was fairly secure. Ever since I got my current trailer with the power awning I always wonder about the possibility of the awning coming out while travelling. It would only take two strands of the wire going to the switch to come together to make this happen. Any one ever hear of this happening? Any safeguards that can be taken?
  • mordecai81's avatar
    mordecai81
    Explorer
    Dec 20, 2018
    Esacnj wrote:
    I installed 3 of the awning locks shown on travel trailers with manual awnings. On all 3 the hole and pin wound up in a different position (not lining up) each time awning was closed leaving them useless. I contacted the manufacturer several times and got no response.


    I've found that the awning length and thus final rolled up and stowed point varies with temperature so the hole you've drilled will end up in a different place if the temp and sun are different from the day you did the install. Installation on two trailers have been close enough but I have had to do some wiggling to get the pin to engage on cold mornings.

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