Travel'r awning issue
We have a Carefree of Colorado Travel'r awning. It went out but didn't come back in. No noise, nothing. I got a ladder and I was able to turn the tube while my wife hit the button. It then very slowly...
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MrWizard wrote:
your on the right track, following correct trouble shooting procedures
check the voltage on the chassis batteries before you start up, then check voltage on the switch with the engine running
I think I have it figured it out. I have 12.45 volts at the chassis battery. I also found the awning fuse under the dashboard in an ignition protected circuit. The awning won't go in or out with the engine running.
The fix? Pull the 12 volt wire off the awning switch and put it on a relay. Then run a new wire from the house batteries to the relay and then from the relay to the switch. This will give me 13.65 volts to the awning. Big problem is getting the wire from the batteries to the switch which is basically from the bottom of the coach to the top. If it can't be done I may be able to tap into a wire up near the switch but I'd rather not do that. The awning is on a 15 amp circuit, don't want to overload something else.
