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Re: AE Electric Awning Troubles
dougrainer wrote: MrWizard wrote: my understanding. is that a spring pushes the awning out as it unwinds the motor is used to Retract the awning which winds up the spring so they all go out faster than they retract/wind-up sounds like you have either a power problem, not enough voltage to the motor or a binding problem i would lube everything you can and then i would check the wiring to the motor a corroded or loose ground/negative wire would create a power problem last choice .. replace motor, probably have to buy the complete assembly-arm section that contains the motor lets hope you don't need to do that Not correct. The rear spring pulls IN when retracting. The OP's problem is he has a worn out motor and needs replaced. Regardless of manual or Electric, awning springs always pull IN for retract. Doug Doug, what you say makes sense. The manual does state that to retract manually you loosen a screw on the forward end with someone holding the roller so the awning won't freewheel back to the trailer like a manual one would if released. So to understand this a little better. when extending the motor is basically used as a brake against the gas struts and is working against the struts on retract? And a low voltage situation or weak motor are the most likely issues? Sounds like I need to get out my MM and start tracing things out. Kinda disappointing on a 2012 TT. You'd expect things like this on older units. But I know it does happen.364Views0likes0CommentsAE Electric Awning Troubles
After scanning 7 pages of "electric awning" issues I've not seen what I think is my issue. Specifically, when rolling out it works fine. When rolling in it starts very slowly, and without assistance, will stop. Additionally, when I help it, by reaching out the door and putting some inward pressure on one of the arms, it will continue to retract slowly, making "popping" noises until, getting close to closing, it then finishes on its own. In my scanning of the issues on the forum someone mentioned the awning "locking" when closed. What is that? The owners manual is basically - push extend to open - push retract to close. Great manual. Ideally, that should be all you need but....... Thanks in advance.1.1KViews0likes8CommentsI 35 Through Oklahoma
We plan to travel through Oklahoma in a couple of months on I35 north to south. Being from the west coast we've never had to put up with toll roads. We have gone up through OK from TX to Branson MO and dealt with them somewhat until we found a route to avoid them. How much in total will it cost us to get through there? Is there a web site that can tell us or give us a less expensive route? Thanks.961Views0likes3CommentsRe: Just Wondering
To be honest it may be more appropriate for hired security not just the average workamper. What you are offering is basically an (almost) empty parking lot and asking for security monitoring. It would be more attractive for someone IF there was a fully equipped RV site with water, sewer, and electric. If you had a reasonably equipped site then you have to think about lining up people to occupy it and the scheduling rat race that goes with it. Good luck.574Views0likes0CommentsRe: Working at Amazon - The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Fair question, sort of hard to put into words (for me anyway). Let's see, guy goes out, wants a compact car, buys one, finds out he doesn't like it, and then blames the car company, the dealership, and the salesman. Don't get me wrong, most folks who sign up for Amazon seem to be able to go with the flow. Just don't go with some preconceived notion that your going to make it work to your advantage. Amazon is going to make it work to their advantage, if that's okay with you all is good.620Views0likes0CommentsRe: Working at Amazon - The Good the Bad and the Ugly
We worked at Amazon the 2013 Peak season (oct, nov, dec)(Fernley, NV. Not there anymore). It was our first time. I think one of the most important things to keep in mind is that you are there temporarily to do what Amazon wants you to do. If you can be flexible, and have a mind set simply do what they ask to the best of your ability, and not worry about anything else, you will be fine. I found that if you're productive, follow the rules, and remain upbeat you should have no trouble. As said before, don't try to argue with their way of doing things. I worked for Uncle Sam for 35 years and the Amazon way of doing things remind me of that to some degree. The work can be physically demanding as mentioned above. We were VERY tired pups the first week but it got better. If you focus on just working and taking care of business on your days off the time will go by quickly. And you will make new friends and have a reasonably good time. This is not a career. Three months of working equals about 60 actual work days. Even if you don't really like what you're doing 60 days is doable. If you don't fight it it goes by pretty quickly. I remember one guy bellyaching about whether or not we were going to get the promised free T-shirt or not. Really? Life's too short to fuss about stuff like that. We are going back for our second time this year to Texas. Looking forward to it in fact.619Views0likes0CommentsRe: campers-help-amazon
deltamaster wrote: soon2bexpat wrote: Can anyone tell me about the NV warehouse: 1)Do you get a locker? I found that the best and easiest thing to do is take only the things you absolutely must have with you to work each day and keep that to what you can carry in your pockets or your little bag. I do not know if they still do it but when I was there they issued a fanny pack made out of clear soft plastic that you could take on the production floor. It was just big enough for a sandwich and a couple other things if you jammed it all in. They provided free coffee and cocoa and water so I did not bring drinks to work. They also prefer you not wear jewelry to work as well. Partly for safety reasons as there is machinery and conveyors all over the place that an errant necklace or hanging bracelet can catch in and do some serious bodily harm. The other thing is for theft prevention. They figure that someone might be able to slip off a cheap ring and swap it for a more expensive one. If you do wear rings they want to document them. I did not wear a ring so I do not know the whole procedure for that but I was told that they wanted to photograph it and place that in your file. If security questioned your ownership they wold bring up the photograph on a computer or go get your file to make sure it was actually yours. This did not happen at Fernley this year. Can't speak to other years. Same reason for the clear bag. Makes it easier for security to see what you are taking on and off of the production floor. When I was there one of the briefings we had described theft and theft prevention. I do not know how accurate this is but they claimed that for every dollar of merchandise stolen it costs the company ten dollars. SO... they are very big in to theft prevention. They have people walking throughout the facility watching for employee theft. They have searches at shift changes. They restrict what can be brought on the production floor. They have cameras everywhere except the bathrooms. They tell you all about all of it! With all that going on some people still try to steal stuff. I heard through the rumor mill while I was there that a couple people got caught trying to steal stuff. Oh, and some folks have mentioned/complained about the searches when you get off shift. I can not speak for other people's experiences but I did not find them to be all that bad. You pass by a button that you have to push. A randomizer built in to the button system decides if you get the green light to go or if you get the red light to be searched. Green light, keep moving and out the door. Red light and you step aside to the line to the security table where they pass a wand over you and search your pockets just like at the airport. In my experience they were actually better at it than the TSA is at the Airports... and much friendlier too. You get to know the guards and they are just doing their job so you do what you must and they move things right along. No randomizer either. Just had to pass through metal detectors when leaving the production floor for breaks/lunch/etc. I did have an issue with my cell phone. Took it on the floor by accident and had to have it looked at on the way out, my fault, I knew better. They had one guard posted at the entrances during the shifts and two during shift changes. I would assume the other guard is patrolling the plant during the shifts. Campbellsville had to building entrances so there were four guards on patrol (two at the doors and two walking the floors) at all times. Likely there was another one in a room somewhere watching monitors. I personally do not recall experiencing the half hour exits that others have reported. I also worked the overnight shift so there may not be as many people in the plant on this shift.418Views0likes0CommentsRe: campers-help-amazon
1) When you attend orientation you are asked if you want a locker and get on a list. There are more employees than lockers. If one is available and you're next on the list you get one. Some campers did, some didn't. 2) I don't remember but the weather wasn't very hospitable and I didn't see anyone biking.417Views0likes0Comments
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