Awning switch wiring - Weather Pro

[FreeRanger]

I have a A&E Weather pro on a 2005 Southwind. I removed the controller box because it was cr-- . Now I have no power to the main roller switch. There were three wires going from the box to the roller switch. My question is can I somehow rig jumpers from the pigtail that fed the controller to power the switch or do I have to rewire? Wiring diagram would be helpful if any electrical gurus can help.

[dougrainer]

SCVJeff wrote:

dougrainer wrote:

SCVJeff wrote:
That also defeats all the fail-safe devices, and that becomes a liability for a shop to work on it, bla-bla..
You could probably make it work with a DPDT ON (mom)-OFF-ON (mom) rocker if that's a quest.

What Fail safe devices?????
The roof/arm wind sensor is an option and the Ignition interlock is an option. Doug

Those are the ones, and I've had trouble with both.

That comment relates to a warranty fix on the ignition interlock. They had problems chasing it down, I said 'pull it', they said 'can't'.

You are correct. IF under warranty, then do NOT modify any device on the RV, unless the OEM says to do it. Doug

[SCVJeff]

dougrainer wrote:

SCVJeff wrote:
That also defeats all the fail-safe devices, and that becomes a liability for a shop to work on it, bla-bla..
You could probably make it work with a DPDT ON (mom)-OFF-ON (mom) rocker if that's a quest.

What Fail safe devices?????
The roof/arm wind sensor is an option and the Ignition interlock is an option. Doug

Those are the ones, and I've had trouble with both.

That comment relates to a warranty fix on the ignition interlock. They had problems chasing it down, I said 'pull it', they said 'can't'.

[dougrainer]

nbounder wrote:
Chris - it seems obvious to me that you and Doug are beating your head (s) against a wall here. Perhaps you folks have better things to do than argue...probably.

Who is arguing????????? Doug

[nbounder]

Chris - it seems obvious to me that you and Doug are beating your head (s) against a wall here. Perhaps you folks have better things to do than argue...probably.

[dougrainer]

SCVJeff wrote:
That also defeats all the fail-safe devices, and that becomes a liability for a shop to work on it, bla-bla..
You could probably make it work with a DPDT ON (mom)-OFF-ON (mom) rocker if that's a quest.

What Fail safe devices?????
The roof/arm wind sensor is an option and the Ignition interlock is an option. Doug

[SCVJeff]

Chris Bryant wrote:
It really should not be an issue- Dometic sells a power awning which is basically the WeatherPro with no electronics, just a simple switch- it's just a different switch than the WP one. The only safety the power awning has is an optional ignition interlock.
It could be done with your switch, 2 relays and a diode.

WHAT?
You wouldn't use a programmable microprocessor, and write 500 lines of code to do that? How.... Efficient.. 🙂

[Chris_Bryant]

It really should not be an issue- Dometic sells a power awning which is basically the WeatherPro with no electronics, just a simple switch- it's just a different switch than the WP one. The only safety the power awning has is an optional ignition interlock.
It could be done with your switch, 2 relays and a diode.

[dougrainer]

Chris Bryant wrote:

FreeRanger wrote:
Doug, I don't want the cintrol box. Just want to be able to put the awning in and out. I think the power went to the box which fed the switch.. With the box unhooked there is no power to the switch.

Yes- the switch will not work without the box. The switch controls the box, the box controls the awning. You can rewire with a different switch, you can figure out a set of control relays, but you cannot directly control the awning with that switch without the box.

You can use the same switch that controls a 5th wheel front landing gear. The wiring will also be the same. Doug

[SCVJeff]

That also defeats all the fail-safe devices, and that becomes a liability for a shop to work on it, bla-bla..
You could probably make it work with a DPDT ON (mom)-OFF-ON (mom) rocker if that's a quest.

[FreeRanger]

Doug, that's what I thought. Thanks.

[Chris_Bryant]

FreeRanger wrote:
Doug, I don't want the cintrol box. Just want to be able to put the awning in and out. I think the power went to the box which fed the switch.. With the box unhooked there is no power to the switch.

Yes- the switch will not work without the box. The switch controls the box, the box controls the awning. You can rewire with a different switch, you can figure out a set of control relays, but you cannot directly control the awning with that switch without the box.

[FreeRanger]

Doug, I don't want the cintrol box. Just want to be able to put the awning in and out. I think the power went to the box which fed the switch.. With the box unhooked there is no power to the switch.

[dougrainer]

Why not replace the control box? There are 2 wire harness's from the controller for the Main awning. The 3 wire goes to the switch and THAT switch feeds the control box to tell the control box to reverse the 2 motor wire polarity. The 2nd wire harness is the Black and Red 2 wire that goes to the awning motor. Doug