Awning issue

[deaton]

One thing I’ve learned after owning three coach’s and paying for two awning repairs/replacements, is that any wind sensor is useless. The sensor may trigger, but the awning likely won’t retract fast enough to prevent it from becoming a pretzel.

The only reliable wind sensor is the one at the end of your finger on the retract button.

[walkerhound]

Originally Posted by dlennick

Hi all, we are having a problem with our awning. With zero winds, it keeps retracting. We put it out and after 30-45 minutes, it retracts again. We even unplugged the wind sensor and it still came in. Getting tired of this game with the awning. Any ideas??

Been dealing with the same issue these past few weeks. Can't say I really found good advice during my hunt, but the manual does have a troubleshooting section. So, each time my awning went in, I would run out to the bay to watch the blinking lights and match up what I saw with the troubleshooting instructions. I expected it to indicator low voltage or a motor issue to be honest. But, I didn't find a match. Matter a fact the lights say it was working fine, so I just kept bumping up the threshold at which it triggers a retraction. I am all the way up to the max value and it finally stops retracting. Doesn't make sense, because like you there is no wind so the min should be fine.

I did read that spider webs, dirt, etc in the sensor could cause a false reading.\

Good luck and sorry I couldn't be helpful!