power awning

[olly72]

Hi all back from a four month stay in galcier national park driving the red busses. have a itasca sunrise with a weather pro power awning. it developed a short and would not open but blew the 15 amp fuse. stopped at winnebago in forest city and they replaced the motor. it worked several times but after a heavy rain storm the awning blew the fuse again. how can i open the awning without the motor and is this problem going to continue to happen. thanks olly

[olly72]

Hi all back from a four month stay in galcier national park driving the red busses. have a itasca sunrise with a weather pro power awning. it developed a short and would not open but blew the 15 amp fuse. stopped at winnebago in forest city and they replaced the motor. it worked several times but after a heavy rain storm the awning blew the fuse again. how can i open the awning without the motor and is this problem going to continue to happen. thanks olly

[AFChap]

No knowledge of that specific awning, but after my entry door power awning quit 4 yr ago a dealer found the motor housing was not constructed to drain properly, so the housing would fill up with water when it rained enough. He drilled a drain hole in the bottom of the housing and dried the motor out ...no more problem. I have read of others having the same problem on both door and patio awnings ...sure sounds like a possibility for yours since it happens after a heavy rain.

[skigramp]

There are directions in the manual telling how to extend or retract the awning my using wires connected to a 12 volt battery.

WeatherPro Instructions

I have only read about it ... I have never done it.

[John_Canfield]

The A&E owner's manual also give instructions on how open/close it manually as I recall.

[skigramp]

The user's manual shows how to manually close it ... but not manually open it ...

[olly72]

Hi all this is olly72 again just to let you know that you can use the wires to close the awning but no way to do it to open the awning. when they fixed the motor the first time the guy said you can remove the top screw on the motor side of awning and then manually pull it down. but you have to put a pin in both sides of the top of the awning to lock the tension spring and then have an EXPERT retork the spring. i have down the spring tighttening on a manual awning just not sure of this power awning. thanks again

[Wayne M]

I would think that if you reversed the polarity when connecting the battery on the motor it would open. If it is just the motor that opens it and not some engineering monstrosity that just uses some fancy gears to revers the opening/closing.

I am just thinking, and that is dangerous! But, if the switch provide a positive polarity opening, then the same switch would probably provide a negative polarity when closing. Huh?