This video helped me with my awning Ive been having trouble with for over a year lol. Original owner said it was broken but it was just stuck in the closed position
Great video and tips. I didn't know about the carport position, I suppose because I've never seen anybody using it. So I'm glad to know about the choice, and how to do it. Thanks Ronda.
Great Job, I just bought a used RV and tried following the manual for an hour with no joy. Your detailed video allowed me to see that my " remote lock" lever was not working, so the roller would not release. Since you had no such lever on your awning, I could see how to easily bypass my faulty "remote unlock" feature using your technic. The "closing'" part of your video was invaluable as it helped me understand what the manual could not get through my thick skull about the dangers of letting the roller retract uncontrollably . Thanks a million!
Great informative video. I am going with the manual awning in my new rv so this is perfect. Rhonda, when you want to move you are fast! I could hardly keep up when you went from one end of the awning to the other!
I purchased a new to me rv with a carefree awning and I had no ldea how to operate it thanks to you and your great video now I know , I also like the fact that you showed how to put it back. Thank you so much 🙂
You are awesome!! I'm bout to open mine, and I've seen other videos, but when it comes time to do it, I tend to forget the steps, or it seems more complicated , but you have made it much clearer and also your really great at demonstrating and explaining , so keep making more videos !
Excellent manual awning instructions! Well done, Rhonda! Back when we had a manual awning, I really liked the carport position if we were camping with others. Non-Escape campers were not used to ducking around the support arms so the carport position reduced head knocking. The other nice thing about carport position is that we could run a line between the arms to dry our towels. We didn't do that with the regular position as we did not want to put wet towel weight on the components. But in carport position the weight of the wet towels is transferred directly to the ground so is not an issue.
Excellent video. Only thing I will add is that the black knobs can most likely be tightened right after the rafters are raised up and latched (this is certainly true on an A&E 8500) and saves you having to reach so high to reach the black knob.
Great job, had this owning in my old e15, this video reminded me why I went with the electric version in my e19, it's far from perfect but I find that I use it a lot more.
@@AdventuresInNoMadness We've had both types (power and manual) on rentals. We prefer the manual... you can adjust the angle for rain/sun and it doesn't need power.
Where do you store the wand? We are picking up our 21NE the first week of September. I really love your videos and learn a lot from them. Thank you two! 😊
The top half of my rear awning arm got slightly bent due to a gust of high wind, so that the bottom half wont slide all the way up inside it. Any ideas on how to straighten it?
After I open the lever (arm latch) and attempt to to slide up the upper arm channel , it doesn't move. I tried to hammer a block of wood against the channel, but it won't budge. Does anyone have solution?
Sorry I haven't responded yet! We didn't have very good connectivity while driving down from Alaska through Canada. It's hard to say what's wrong with it without looking at it. I wonder if it got bent and won't move now.
