Electric Awning Unrolling

I am not convinced that the caution stems for a bit of pooled water because the awning can be pitched, and the guy who did my PDI never mentioned that if the awning was pitched it can be fully extended. Of course he never explained why it should not be fully extended.

Also, mine has the so-called "rain dump" feature which would not allow significant pooling.

What Dannybear said and for the very reason....also relieves the tension just slightly to give it a light bump back in. The seam there the awning attaches to the roller should be just barely at the top, not over the top. The valance will hand down perfectly.

Good stuff. Thanks folks.

I never knew why for sure, but my dealer told me to extend all the way and then bump it back just a bit.......not much. Dannyabear1's explanation seems very logical. My awning seems a tad stiffer if I roll back a hair.

I suspect that the reason that some people caution against fully etending is probably on some designs the link assembly could be over-extended past the point that would prevent it from coming back in when the button is pressed to retract, and with it locked the motor could burn out. In other words it would be as if the "knee" was bent a bit past the straightened point so that the linkage acts as a strut and does not bend when the awning is asked to retract.

Watch the YouTube video as he extends it fully and you could see how the knee almost straightens out and then just imagine if it went fully straight or even had a slight reverse crook. It would be hard to pull that roll back in. If the awning fabric is little too long then this could happen, but if the awning fabric is the appropriate length then the knee would still have the right angle when fully extended and hence would still bend easily and retract without problem. In that case you should be able to fully extend as far as it can go.

At least that is the rationale I use to justify putting it all the way out.

Kinda hard to explain but here goes;
If you unroll it all the way out the awning, where attached to the tube, is pointed towards the camper and makes a 'valley' for water to pool on and the valance it on top;
If you extend it all the way then roll it back until the valance hangs right, the awning attachment point to the roller is on top and doesnt create the low spot for water to collect in.

The manual says hold the button down until the awning is fully extended, then release. So, why would there be a need to do anything else?

I stop my awning when the valance unfurls; if I do not, the motor continues to run and it would simply wind the awning back up.

If they did not want it all the way out, they would not have put a valance on it.