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Open Roads Forum  >  Tech Issues  > Power awning question This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Bachus • View posts Stratford, Ontario, Canada Senior Member Joined: 08/13/2003 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 04/15/12 03:04pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Hi; We just got our new Durango 2500 home, and I have a question about the power awning. It was a little bit windy the other day, and we had the awning out. There were a few gusts that blew the awning back toward the trailer. Is there some sort of mechanism for locking the awning in the "out" position? I just pushed the button until it was all the way out (or looked like it), and then left it. Didn't expect it to just blow back in. No damage, but it does concern me. Any thoughts? Thanks, Dean Dean and Tracy Bachellier Isobel,Evelyn, and Stuart 2012 KZ Durango D355BHS quad bunk with 5 slides HiJacker 16K double pivot slider 2011 RAM 3500 SRW Crew Cab 4X4 CTD "It's five o'clock somewhere...." pulsar • View posts Lewisville, NC Senior Member Joined: 12/30/2001 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 04/15/12 03:57pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Moved from Forum Technical Support to Tech Issues. Joy • View posts Henderson KY 42420 Senior Member Joined: 08/10/2001 View Profile Offline Posted: 04/15/12 04:02pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Most automatic awnings are very sensitive to wind. Some have an adjustment for that but mostly it is just something you have to live with, I understand. See ya' down the road! Don-SCPO USN Ret.Corpsman Joy-Ret.Off.Mgr. Maggie-Chihuahua Chrissie-Chihuahua Lucy-Jack/Rat '06 42' Allegro Bus DP '06 Saturn Vue LIFE ISN'T ABOUT HOW TO SURVIVE THE STORM BUT HOW TO DANCE IN THE RAIN. john b • View posts anywhere USA! Senior Member Joined: 11/07/2001 View Profile Offline Posted: 04/15/12 04:07pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator When it is that windy it is telling you to roll it up for now!!JMHO jb That is if you care about having it for a while!! 2001 F 350 CC PSD 373 rear,auto RBW X16 slider,Bedsaver,Prodigy,Fold A Cover,Pressure Pro! 2011 Crossroads Cruiser cf32mk Patriot edit. 5th wheel Fibreglass and all the goodies necessary,Dish,comfy loungers,and a nickel to spend, Mr & Mrs and the PUP. raygreg • View posts Seattle,WA Senior Member Joined: 06/30/2003 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 04/15/12 06:51pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator My elecric awning has a switch on the controle box to shut off the sensor if I want it to stay out in a windy situation. Bachus • View posts Stratford, Ontario, Canada Senior Member Joined: 08/13/2003 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 04/15/12 06:56pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Hey Raygreg; My awning didn't roll up in the wind. It just blew up against the side of the fiver. One side out, one side in. I was hoping there was a way to lock the mechanism. It wasn't so windy that I worried about the awning getting damaged, but I was worried about the awning tube slamming up against the side of the rig. fla-gypsy • View posts North Florida Senior Member Joined: 04/19/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 04/15/12 07:08pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Locking the mechanism on an powered awning would ultimately lead to you trying to retract it when locked and tearing something up. I am sure that is why there is no locking mechanism for the arms. 09 SuperDuty Crew Cab 6.8L/4.10(The Black Pearl) 06 Keystone Hornet 29 RLS/(The Cracker Cabana) cekkk • View posts Colorado Senior Member Joined: 06/22/2009 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 04/15/12 11:01pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Well, we just don't use ours much at all. I have seen folks attach lines to the corners that run down to stakes in the ground. '11 Eagle 320RLDS Equalizer WDH '02 Ford F350 dually, unchipped 7.3 PSD, PacBrake, 6.0 cooler, Ford AIS and Isspro trans. gauge Replaced old AirLift airbags bogen2 • View posts Edmonton Full Member Joined: 05/04/2010 View Profile Offline Posted: 04/16/12 11:05am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I have always been concerned about the effect of wind on my electric awning, so I have always pulled it in when the wind blows. But I want to sit out there in the wind and rain sometimes. After having a close look at the mechanism, it appears that its engineered to allow the wind to blow and the awning just "bends" with the force. There are two forces that can be a problem: downforce from wind and rain and upforce from wind gusts. Mine will "give" when either of these situations occurs using the spring loaded mechanism and then return to its fully extended position. So if a gust of wind gets under the awning, it just retracts slightly and then re-extends. If a load of water from the rain accumulates on the top of the awning, the weight causes the awning to start retracting which dumps the water off the side and then extends again. Seems to work pretty well in light to medium winds and rain storms, but I still haven't pushed it to see how it handles big storms. And I do retract it at night just to be safe. 2006 Ford F150 Supercab 2010 Jayco Jayflight G2 23FB w/ Reese Dual Cam WD hitch 190w solar, 1000w PSW inverter, Prostar PWM controller This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Open Roads Forum  >  Tech Issues  > Power awning question

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