Electric Awning Unrolling
I've read on forums that you shouldn't unroll your electric awning all the way out, yet no explanation as to why. They state you should roll it back a bit. An example of this is in the attached YouTub...
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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.
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.
