Power awning question

[NanciL]

For people with power awnings: can you manually operate them ?

Jack L

[SuGar_Shack]

We have had several different kinds of awnings on various motorhomes including Girard which we liked. We now have manual and are going to replace it with electric. I saw the 9100 listed (A&E, Dometic) and also Carefree, which in reality nothing is. What kind of awning would you recommend if price was not an obstacle and why? Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

[mchero]

Dump the wires and battery, disengage the motor and manually roll it up. Simple, that is iF you can remove one bolt.

Had an A&E manual awning on our 93 Pace Arrow Diesel that we had for 12 years. Had to replace the fabric after an incident but now that we have the weatherpro I don't know if I'll ever want to go back to a manual awning.
We have the keyfob for both Entry door and main awning. Nice to be able to bump the awning out about 2 or three feet if we want to shade the side of the MoHo to shade the backside of the Norcold OR if the wind starts to pick up we can pull them in.

[fj12ryder]

bid_time wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:

wing_zealot wrote:

Retired JSO wrote:
Carefree and Dometic power awnings require an act of congress and an RV tech to use manually.

Not really, simply two jumper wires and a battery.

And if the motor is shot?

You disengage the motor and roll it in. Quite similar to what you would do if the spring broke in yours. My recommendation though would be for you not to buy one, you clearly have a preconceived bias. The OP's question was "can you...", the answer is: yes.

I know how they work, and have one. However, the answer the poster gave was incomplete, and I merely was pointing out that "two jumper wires and a battery" won't work if the motor has failed.

You might want to avoid such sweeping statements in the future.

[bid_time]

Lynnmor wrote:

SoundGuy wrote:
Here's a novel concept - read the awning owner's manual which describes how to manually roll up a power awning that's not cooperating, even if the motor itself is shot. :S

Not in my manual.

You'll probably never need to know anyways.

[bid_time]

SoundGuy wrote:
Here's a novel concept - read the awning owner's manual which describes how to manually roll up a power awning that's not cooperating, even if the motor itself is shot. :S

The problem is the people that don't have a power awning don't have an owner's manual to read but still think they have all the answers. So when an OP, who may be considering an RV with a power awning asks a legitimate question; you get uniformed answers from the unknowing.

[Lynnmor]

SoundGuy wrote:
Here's a novel concept - read the awning owner's manual which describes how to manually roll up a power awning that's not cooperating, even if the motor itself is shot. :S

Not in my manual.

[SoundGuy]

Here's a novel concept - read the awning owner's manual which describes how to manually roll up a power awning that's not cooperating, even if the motor itself is shot. :S

[bid_time]

fj12ryder wrote:

wing_zealot wrote:

Retired JSO wrote:
Carefree and Dometic power awnings require an act of congress and an RV tech to use manually.

Not really, simply two jumper wires and a battery.

And if the motor is shot?

You disengage the motor and roll it in. Quite similar to what you would do if the spring broke in yours. My recommendation though would be for you not to buy one, you clearly have a preconceived bias. The OP's question was "can you...", the answer is: yes.

[fj12ryder]

wing_zealot wrote:

Retired JSO wrote:
Carefree and Dometic power awnings require an act of congress and an RV tech to use manually.

Not really, simply two jumper wires and a battery.

And if the motor is shot?

[dons2346]

wing_zealot wrote:

Retired JSO wrote:
Carefree and Dometic power awnings require an act of congress and an RV tech to use manually.

Not really, simply two jumper wires and a battery.

What happens if you don't have a jumper or batteries? If you can't get the awning in via manual means, the awning isn't worth squat.

[wing_zealot]

Retired JSO wrote:
Carefree and Dometic power awnings require an act of congress and an RV tech to use manually.

Not really, simply two jumper wires and a battery.

[Retired_JSO]

Carefree and Dometic power awnings require an act of congress and an RV tech to use manually.

[dons2346]

My Girard has a crank so I can manually crank it in.

[lawnspecialties]

A thread I started a few months ago.

Power Awnings