Automatic Awings

[DLane]

Can power to an automatic patio or door awning be turned off so it can't retract on its own? If you can do this, I would think you could also rig up some tie-downs to stabilize it until you are ready to retract it by turing on the power again.

Also, does anyone have experience with a sun screen that can be attached to the outer end of an automatic patio awning? I believe I have read about this and think you can add one to the main patio awning so it will roll up when the awing is retracted. I think a sun screen handing down from the outer end of the automatic awning would be good since it is typically higher off the ground than a manual awning can be set.

Thanks, Don

[DLane]

Can power to an automatic patio or door awning be turned off so it can't retract on its own? If you can do this, I would think you could also rig up some tie-downs to stabilize it until you are ready to retract it by turing on the power again.

Also, does anyone have experience with a sun screen that can be attached to the outer end of an automatic patio awning? I believe I have read about this and think you can add one to the main patio awning so it will roll up when the awing is retracted. I think a sun screen handing down from the outer end of the automatic awning would be good since it is typically higher off the ground than a manual awning can be set.

Thanks, Don

[soricobob]

My Girard awning has a on/off switch over the driver. This cuts power to the main awning.

[Lug_Nut]

quote:
Originally posted by DLane:
I have a follow up question concerning automatic awnings. Can you turn the power off to them so they won't close automatically when you don't want them to?

Don


Yes you can on most, if not all. You can, however, instead, adjust the retraction wind speed. This can be adjusted high enough that you would not want to keep the awning out in the conditions that would trip the retract feature.

Peter