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Old 03-05-2018, 11:36 PM   #19
bharrisv65
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Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Challenger 37YT
State: Tennessee
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Hind sight is 20/20

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Originally Posted by Laco View Post
We have the 'carefree' on ours, which is set so the rear (toward the rear of the coach) of the awning is noticeably lower than the front, I'm guessing to drain water off. Since it has never been out while it was raining, can't say how well it may or may not work, but, not sure I really want to test it either. As far as wind sensor, it has sort of an imitation wind sensor, which is, if the awning if buffeted up and down it will retract. That I have tested, by raising and lower the outside edge of the awning with a broom. Shake it up and down, it does retract. How well that works in the real world of wind, don't know.

Looking at where my setting was on the adjustment, it did not have any tilt to the side, but it was slanted. I guess I should have checked that beforehand and after reading the awning install guide, it states you can adjust it no more than 3 notches different than the other side. Like others have said, lesson learned, although I knew to do this, I just didn't think about it or get around to it, having a plethora of other issues I was fixing. But according to Scubes, who had a similar issue, his WAS tilted, now how much, I don't know. I'm going to see how it does once I get it fixed but I will be watching it VERY CLOSELY and OFTEN. To me, an awning isn't of much use if you can't trust it in a rain. I'm not talking a monsoon but just normal weather and not windy.

That's what I love about this forum, before, I didn't know how or that you could even check a sensor like this. I thought I'd have to wait and see when it got windy enough! Had I known or thought about it, I would have found out it either didn't work or didn't have the sensor, which it ended up not having but I was told it did.

Thanks for the reply Laco!
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