Lantley wrote:
Ralph Cramden wrote:
Lantley wrote:
@ Ralph Cramden
Once upon a time I took your approach. But now I realize the electric awnings are just too flimsy to survive a strong wind.
I put my stuff under the fiver overhang for the night and just press that button and not worry about any overnight gust or what the weather is going to do.
I awake and push that button again and all is well.
I no longer feel the need to protect my table/stuff with the awning overnight.
It's not worth the risk.
Mother Nature can easily destroy our flimsy awnings despite our best attempts to strap them down with various gadgets
I feel little risk if any, since my various gadgets have proven themselves on more than one occasion, including the one when the ranger station 1/4 mile away recorded 70 mph gusts and 45 mph sustained winds.
Your awning/technique must be better than mine. I would not suggest leaving out an awning in 70 MPH winds, that's just me.
Your table must be pretty sturdy as well as the 70 MPH winds did not affect it either.
Yes I consider 70 MPH winds a risk, I will push the button.
The 70 mph gusts were in a popup storm while away at the lake, took out a few popup canopys and knocked down some tents.
On another forum a gent makes and sells aluminum brackets for pole attachment on Dometic awnings, basically a kit that comes with a detailed plan for the poles, the brackets and mounting hardware. Another member had been making and selling the poles. They are self storing so you have the option of using them OEM style or not, and you need not store the poles elsewhere, and they take less than 5 minutes to deploy if you want to use them. Want to run the awning in? Pull two ratchet straps and two pins....have at it. 30 seconds or less.
Those guys sold hundreds if not thousands over the last few years, actually could not keep up with orders, so I guess they dont work and are a bad idea. Especially since I dont remember ever seeing one post where someone lost an awning when using them other than when the user screwed up, like using unsecure ground anchors. But then again here at RV.net, having absolutly no experience with a modification qualifies one as having a high level of expertise with something they have not had and know absolutely nothing about, as per usual.
Run your awning in and out half a dozen times a day if you wish, have at it.
As far as power or manual.....good luck getting a manual now days as a lot of manufacturers will not install a manual one even by special order. Rockwood had agreed to install a manual when we did a factory order in 2015....with a caveat that they would not cover the lower bracket attachment points under warranty because backing was installed in the mass produced laminated wall panels for the power awning, and there was no way to alter or add more to align with the manual attachment points.
