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Originally Posted by Shortimer
Thanks Chuckster57 and everyone else who piped in. The tongue jack is an FIC Model 3500. The awning is a Solera but I dont see the model number ( i can't extend it right now.)
The inop water heater was just the switch turned off at the heater as a member mentioned. Thanks for that info!
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You may simply have "slow finger syndrome" with the Solara awning. There is no "limit switch" on Solara awnings. That means if you extend the awning fully AND continue to push the "extend switch" the awning will continue to unroll, but in reality, once it hits the end of the fabric, "unrolling becomes rolling" and the awning will return to the trailer wall, but the fabric will be rolled up "under the awning roller tube, not above the roller tube". So, next time you try to extend the awning, it will not extend since the trailer wall is a physical stop that limits further movement. You can, however, push the retract side of the awning switch and the awning will extend (rather than retract). In other words, the switch functions "backwards from the printed function"... Once you get to the end (fully extended) if you continue holding the switch, it will "roll up properly" and the switch functions will again be correct. This will "change switch positions" every time you over-extend the switch when the awning is at full out position....
So, you may be causing the "switch confusion"... To check the "current awning/switch relationship, go outside and look at your awning in the retracted position. If the fabric is rolled "above the awning tube" it is in the correct relationship. If the fabric is rolled "under the awning tube" then you've overextended your awning and will need to correct the condition by fully extending the awning and holding the awning switch until the awning rolls up with the fabric rolling up "above the awning tube".
By "under/over the awning tube" What I mean is from the trailer sidewall, the awning fabric should immediately roll OVER the awning tube. If the fabric "goes down the sidewall and then rolls UNDER the awning tube an up the outside of the tube. Looking from the front of the trailer, at the awning, the fabric rolls "COUNTERCLOCKWISE" around the awning tube "over the tube"... If the fabric rolls CLOCKWISE around the awning tube "under the tube" it is rolled up backwards and the switch will function "opposite the switch position.