Solera 18V Electric RV Awning Conversion Kit – Battery Powered – 69″ Arms – White

Swap out the tedious manual support arms on your RV awning with these battery-powered arms for easy, push-of-a-button operation. Rechargeable conversion kit works with your existing setup and requires no wiring, making it perfect for dry camping.

Features:

• Battery-powered conversion kit upgrades your existing manual awning to an electric setup
  • Extends and retracts awning smoothly and quickly with the push of a button
  • Works with your existing roller and fabric
  • Perfect for boondocking when you don’t want to drain your RV’s power supply
• 18-Volt rechargeable battery gives you 20 to 25 uses between charges
  • Includes 110V charging kit – takes 48 hours to fully charge
• Integrated waterproof switch lets you control the arms without having to go into your RV
  • Manual override lets you operate your awning with a power drill (not included) if needed
• Automatic rain dump drops one side of your awning down to keep rainwater from pooling
  • Prevents arm strain and wear and tear on your awning’s fabric
• Easy manual pitch adjustment allows you to block out the sun throughout the day
  • Does not require readjustment before retracting
• Simple bolt-on installation with included hardware – no internal wiring required
  • 69″ Of unobstructed space from the awning rail straight down is required
  • 2-1/2″ Minimum clearance needed between awning rail and top of entry door
  • Butyl tape (sold separately) is recommended to seal brackets
• White color
• Made in the USA

Specs:

• Application: 8′ extension awnings from most leading awning brands, including select Dometic and Carefree
  • Dometic models: 8500, 9000, 9100, Sunchaser, and Weather Pro
  • Carefree models: Spirit, Fiesta, Simplicity Traveler, and Eclipse
• Overall dimensions:
  • Wall-mounted bracket: 69″ tall
  • Outer arm: 63-1/2″ long
  • Inner arm: 50″ long
  • Pitch arm: 32-5/8″ long
• Voltage: 18 volts
• Weight: 58 lbs
• Quantity: 2 support arms
• 1-Year warranty

You picked out a beautiful campsite for the weekend, a nice place to pause and relax. But before you can enjoy it, you have a whole checklist for getting your RV set up at your campsite. Getting your manual retractable awning extended is one of those tedious chores. Wrestling with your heavy canopy as you crank it all the way out, turn by turn, is exhausting and takes forever. It’s time to find a better way to do this.

With a battery-powered awning, there’s no bother and there’s no effort: push a button and your awning rolls in and out, just like that. It’s perfect for dry camping when you don’t want to drain your RV’s battery. It gives you all the convenience of a powered awning without losing the independence from electricity that a manual awning gives you. Fully charged, these arms provide 20 to 25 uses before needing to be charged again (charge for 48 hours). If you ever run out of charge and need to get the awning back into place, there’s a manual override built into the drive head that you can use to retract or extend your awning with a power drill (not included). No wiring is required, which makes for an easy installation.

Note: The manual override function is not available on 2017 Forest River Cherokee campers.

Best of all, this conversion kit is a great economical option. You don’t need to buy new fabric or a new roller to upgrade to a power awning. You just need these new awning arms and endcaps, and you’re good to go.

Automatic Rain Dump

One thing that can quickly ruin your camping trip is a broken awning. It’s not easy or cheap to replace, and you can’t really enjoy your patio without one. A big hazard to a healthy awning is rain: water pools in the fabric, stretching it out and putting strain on the arms with extra weight it wasn’t designed to hold. Next thing you know, the fabric rips – the arms snap – the whole awning comes crashing down, slamming against your RV and leaving you with a big and costly problem.

For traditional awnings, it’s up to you to run out in the rain and lower one of the arms yourself. If you’re away from your RV when it starts to rain, you can only hope your awning isn’t damaged when you get back. Solera awning arms are smarter than that. This conversion kit comes equipped with an automatic rain dump function. As soon as rainwater starts to pool in the fabric, one of the arms will automatically drop, giving your awning a pitched angle. The rainwater will then run off to one side, taking the pressure off your awning and your mind.

Manual Pitch Adjustment

It’s hard to get your awning in just the right place to keep you in the shade all day, especially with those awnings that are pretty high off the ground. Sometimes you need just a little slant to your awning to keep the sun out of your eyes. The manual pitch adjustment built into these arms gives you that option. Simply pull on one of the arms at the friction joint to drop that corner. It comes down easily and holds itself there for as long as you need it. When it’s time to retract your awning, there’s no need to readjust it; the awning will slide back into place.

434730 Solera 18V Battery Powered RV Awning Conversion Kit – 69″ Arms – White

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