Solera 12V Power Awning Owners Manual Video

today we're gonna be talking about some features and benefits of the Soleri 12-volt power awning now this guy's motorized awning so you can fully extend or fully retract with the push of a button press and hold that extend switch or retract switch to get that ami to go to either the fully extended or retracted position every salami has a pitch arm built into it this version of the pitch arm pull down on it to pitch it to the position you want so let's say there's some rain coming and you want the water to pitch off to one side of the other I got the entry door right here so I'm actually going down to the other side right here when I come down to the other side now it's left out and there's some water that comes it's going to pitch off in the back of the coax that way I don't get mud in the front of my entry here now if you don't want to pull this pitch arm down if they're both left in the normal position they'll Auto pitch at 10 pounds or more so if you get enough water up top there eventually it'll just pitch the one direction or the other or both directions now if you do pitch it or if it does pitch so you have it down in the pitchers position here we don't recommend that you push it back up to the standard or neutral position or we also don't want you to hyperextend that joint like this well that can cause is when you go to retract that awning that can actually damage either the outer arm the pitch arm or any of these connections here your mount on so best bet if you're unsure leave it in the pitch position just like you see here and then when you go to retract it this will be perfectly fine that'll actually when fully retracted set back to its normal position the power awnings on the head assembly up here all have this rubber cap it's kind of hard to see on this black head assembly but they all have this rubber cap underneath this rubber cap is the motor that motor override nut is a seven sixteenths override nut and then you can actually either run the drill and clockwise or counterclockwise either retract or extend that awning as needed once the awning is fully retracted you want to go ahead and reset that rubber cap in place so we don't get dirt or debris inside of there and that's how you can manually override that on in the event of a power loss lastly we'll talk about some fabric maintenance so fabric maintenance it's pretty easy I'm gonna get a five-gallon bucket of water quarter cup of soap go ahead and apply that to both the underside and top side of the fabric as needed and then go ahead and actually roll that on and back up fully retract that on let that sit for five minutes that'll that mixture will kind of help clean it for you then you want to run that on all the way back out and hose that fabric off another thing that the awning is able to do is actually grow up backwards so if you hold onto your extend switch for too long it'll get to the fully extended position and then it'll actually start to roll up backwards and go back to the fully retracted position you can use that to help you clean the fabric as well in the event that you do that and you would want to hold the retractor to get it to go back out to the fully extended position so the best bet to avoid any confusion if the extend button until it's fully extended and then once it's at the fully extended position let go of that extend button and once you're ready to go press and hold it retract button that way it's always operating under normal conditions we do have if you get a small tear your fabric on the website we do have a recommendation for a repair kit from fabric new you can get more information for that on our web site as well other than that more of a Sun Shade we don't recommend that you leave it out during heavy downpours high winds or you're gonna be away from your coach for a long period of time we would recommend that you go ahead and fold your track that on me those conditions if you need any further assistance you can go to our website LCI 1.com we have further operational videos and maintenance videos and also the owner's manual there alright let's go over some quick maintenance and troubleshooting so maintenance to clean this fabric it's just a bucket a 5-gallon bucket of water 1/4 cup of dish soap mix those together apply that mixture to the fabric itself roll the awning up let it sit for 5 minutes in that retracted position that mixture is gonna help kind of clean the fabric for you itself after that 5 minutes has been met go ahead and run that on and all the way out and then hose that fabric off let it air dry we don't want to run that awning back in with the fabric wet it could grow a mold or mildew on it next sticking with fabric we want to make sure that that fabric while operating is not bunching up to one side of the other that can cause the arms cannot flows properly or operate properly so in our rule tube there's screws that are holding the poly cords for the fabric on both ends there holding that fabric squarely on the roll tube and then we have two screws on either side of our awning rail that are holding that fabrics secure as well if those screws are missing that fabric can shift and start to bunch up on one side on the other or actually cause maybe one arm to kind of pull away from the coach even though the awning is fully retracted so if you see it's something like that happening it's a good indicator that maybe wanting your screws is missing next another thing that could cause some operational concerns if these screws that hold the end cap gear to your roll tuber missing or loose if the screw that holds the end cap excuse me holds the head assembly to your outer arm if that's loose or any of the screws mounted mounting the mountain to the coach if those are loose are missing that can cause that arm to wobble and not allow that awning to either retractor extend from so verify those are tight another thing that can cause the arm to have a wobble where the pitch arm the strut where all these things get pinned together there's spaces there but those spacers need to be there otherwise that can cause the pitch arm let's say to walk to the left or walk to the right inside of this outer arm and if it does that that's going to get that chance for that wobble so if this has been serviced let's say someone goes into and replaces this pitch arm because it got damaged we need to make sure that those spacers get reinserted to prevent that wobble now up in our drive side here we've got that motor that motor has a six amp auto reset fuse built into it it's going to trip out between 6 and 9 amps now that motor is being fed power out of this coach with a 14 gauge minimum wire right so supplying power through that 14 gauge minimum wire up to that motor that voltage should not get less than 11.5 volts that's the minimum operating voltage or the Solera on it so minimum operating voltage of 11.5 so if the voltage starts to drop below that that can trip that fuse that's built into that motor another thing you want to look out for is supplying power to that switch between that switch and that battery there's a 15 amp that's our VI a code there's a 15 amp fuse so let's say you're not getting this on e to run out or in at all if that 15 amp fuse is blown obviously that would prevent operation so verify that that guy's intact and then verify when you hit the extend or retract portion of that switch that you're getting signal through that switch up to that mode now checking for voltage and checking for amp draws checking for voltage we're going to want to do that at the motor verify we got that 11.5 at the motor and then after all we don't want to do that on retract so we're looking for that 69 or less than that 6 amps on the track because we have this struck back here we want to do it on retract because that motors units will work harder right we don't use a spring in our roll tube to assist that motor on the retract side so that motor is having to compress this strut on its own so that's why we're gonna have you check am girls on the track that'll let us know where those damn girls are sitting and then lastly the other thing you just want to verify is that your your wires are routed properly nothing's gettin pinched inside of the arm assembly itself and just make sure there's no debris or anything in the arms that could prevent the AI from operating correctly now manual override let's say you have that loss of power and the customer just needs to get mobile on the end of the power arm and he's actually on the end of all of our head assemblies there's this black rubber cap that will give you access you need a 7/16 socket tell you the access to the manual override that's built onto the motor and then you'll be able to retract this awning or extended let's say you need to do service but that'll at least give the customer the ability to retract it to that fully retracted position and get mobile so they can get in through service

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Length: 9min 48sec (588 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 17 2020