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afidel
Apr 04, 2018Explorer II
drsteve wrote:TurnThePage wrote:
I'm all for new gizmos and automation, but I will surely miss my manual awning when I get around to upgrading the old RV.
X2. I am still trying to figure out why a power awning is seen as a necessity, or even an improvement over the manual kind. The power feature saves probably 90 seconds in setup time, and adds another electromechanical system that can malfunction.
When the wind and rain pick up and the wind is gusting at 20+mph when the forecast called for 10 it's nice to be able to pull in the awning without having to go out and get soaked. I'm actually thinking about automating mine, have a wind sensor that retracts the awning if the wind is over 12mph.
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