No power to Carefree awning
Good morning. I have a 2009 Monaco Camelot with an electric Carefree awning. Without any prior issue, my awning now has no power. I looked though all the fuse panel labels and I can't find anything th...
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Well...I learn something new every. Single. Day.
I started digging around today based on some of the feedback here. I didn't get too far when I decided to plug in the clock in the bedroom and set the time. Oddly..no power to the outlet. So I checked the GFCI in the master bath and sure enough it was tripped. I reset the GFCI, plugged in the clock and set the time. Went back out to finish poking around with the awning and boom, it had power! So I tripped the GFCI, checked the awning...no power. So, the awning power is in the same line as the GFCI. I had no idea and I would have never guessed.
In other news(I thought I had another problem), the igniter on the AquaHot is tied to the GFCI as well. Our burner would not ignite with the GFCI tripped. Works perfectly now.
I'm glad I completely stumbled on to an easy fix but I feel pretty stupid. So hopefully this helps if you didn't already know.
I started digging around today based on some of the feedback here. I didn't get too far when I decided to plug in the clock in the bedroom and set the time. Oddly..no power to the outlet. So I checked the GFCI in the master bath and sure enough it was tripped. I reset the GFCI, plugged in the clock and set the time. Went back out to finish poking around with the awning and boom, it had power! So I tripped the GFCI, checked the awning...no power. So, the awning power is in the same line as the GFCI. I had no idea and I would have never guessed.
In other news(I thought I had another problem), the igniter on the AquaHot is tied to the GFCI as well. Our burner would not ignite with the GFCI tripped. Works perfectly now.
I'm glad I completely stumbled on to an easy fix but I feel pretty stupid. So hopefully this helps if you didn't already know.
