firemedic16 wrote:

Has anyone tried to modify the awning with a small grommet, like you would find at the corner of a tarp ? I thought of putting this in the middle, near the deepest part of the pooling, and let water drain. It would stop the pooling, but cause a stream of water to fall into the " dry area " of the awning. I was thinking this might be better than retracting the awning during rain, and could provide some usable space under the awning during a storm.

Any thoughts ??

DeutscheMan wrote:

The Carefree "Travler" flat pitch electric awning is just as bad as the A & E if not worse. Anyone who says they like theirs, has probably not used it much in inclement weather. In rain, the awning holds "gallons" of water before enough weight builds to activate the so called "automatic" dump feature. In reality, its more of a "collapse". All the water pours down at once. What used to be dry, is now wet from the waterfall hitting the ground. If it stops raining before it dumps, then the water stays on the awning causing it to stretch. If it freezes in the middle of the night, you have a giant ice cube. They are very sensitive to wind, and you have to take it in even in moderate breezes. Since it only has one pitch "flat" its pretty much worthless as a sun shade too unless you're on the equator and the sun is directly overhead. I really see no practical application for this design at all. Oh yea, it goes in and out with the push of a button. It must have been quite a song and dance routine to get the manfacturers to use these.

FyrFytrDad wrote:

DBCC Can you post a pic so we can see exactly where you hooked this up? Sounds like a viable option......

The only down fall of rolling the awning back a couple inches is that you automatically lose ANY pitch you had on the awning as compared to the top edge of the camper. I actually played with this idea a few different ways when scrubbing the roof on out 27BHSS and figured the pitch part out. Oh, and the motor does NOT have enough power to retract when there's much of a pool of water on the awning.....