Awning Question

[cekkk]

In the desert here outside of Phoenix and it's hot already. Not much wind lately so I put out the electric awning yesterday and noticed the awning material was not stretched firmly as on a neighbor's Designer, but sagged several inches. I'm wondering if others have tight or sagging material. Seems it's more susceptible to winds when it's loose.

[Island Eagle]

I really don't like to admit it but I have a saggy one!

[Farmer Dave]

On mine it sags when it is all the way out so I just roll it back up till the sag is out of it.

[grantsoo]

The tech who did the walk through for me had me hold the button until the awning was fully extended and the same for retracting.
I then read through all of the manuals and the awning manual said to press and release the button and it will stop automatically in both directions.
I haven't tried that yet and I don't know if it will automatically set the correct tension.

Grant

[wiscampsin]

Originally Posted by Farmer Dave

On mine it sags when it is all the way out so I just roll it back up till the sag is out of it.

X2. Doesn't take much back roll to take the sag out.

[Parcany]

Craig what I do is put awning all the way out and then hit the retract button until the awning material is tight. Later Ernie

[usmc616]

Originally Posted by Island Eagle

I really don't like to admit it but I have a saggy one!

I hear they make a pill for that now.

[29BHS ECO]

cekkk-- X3 A little "roll back" cures the sag problem Larry

[cekkk]

Solved the problem. I was pulling the trigger a bit too soon, not wanting to strain the motor. Found that if I keep the extend button down a couple extra seconds it snugs up the fabric. So bottom line, while the arms were fully extended, it still had a bit more work to do.