The bypass may be accessed from inside the case on the motor housing or from the top of the case above the motor housing.
Carefree electric awning manual retract.
This is a tutorial on the various ways to manually override your awning if the motor or electricity goes out.
Maintaining a carefree awning is easy.
Lock the handle in place by turning the twist lock knob clockwise.
The in limit is not used with the direct response system.
Just follow these basic steps.
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If 110v power is not available to the vehicle the awning can still be safely retracted using the manual override.
The manual contains important safety information detailed operating.
A walk through the basics of what i learned using the carefree electric rv awning that is on my hymer aktiv.
Apex service manual carefree of colorado 2 052522 301r11 standard system adjustments setting the motor limits the out limit switch stops the motor when the awning is fully extended the in limit switch is used to stop the motor when the awning is fully retracted.
Time retract the awning to avoid unexpected weather conditions.
If this happens and it does happen to rain it will likely stretch the canvas.
Turn the handle to extend and retract the awning.
Carefree s electric awnings also come with optional direct response electronics that sense the canopy s motion and automatically retract the awning when this motion gets beyond a predetermined threshold.
The crank handle may be extended or shortened by turning the twist lock knob counterclockwise and sliding the handle in or out as desired.
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The limit switches are located.
If you do not see the rv awning you are looking for you can call our customer service directly to find the right model or part for your rv camper trailer or 5th wheel.
To use the inside bottom access the awning must be open a minimum of 8 to afford access to the override.
Rv awnings can get stuck when extended for several reasons so we ll touch base on a few.
Always operate the awning according to the instructions.
Carefree of colorado electric awning if your specific model is equipped with a carefree of colorado 12v electric awning it can be extended or retracted with the switch located on the wall inside your unit see picture below.
In this article we re going to focus our attention to motor driven electric rv awnings nbsp it s a common mistake for campers to extend their rv awning out too far to the point where water would collect on the awning itself.
