Dometic Power Awning Replacement

[Chappy133]

Had to replace the Dometic awning on our camper.  It was tired and starting to rip at the top seam.  It was a power awning with LED lights.  The linked YouTube video IMHO is the best technique for swapping out your power awning.

The challenge we had was the LED lights were sown into the awning and this required cutting off the plastic light track that was preventing the awning to slide out of the track.  Otherwise, the awning brackets would have had to be unscrewed from the camper to allow an easy slide out.  Once I found the right place to cut the plastic for the lights it slid right out of the track.  I will use the existing LED light power supply and install some LED lights later.

We purchased a ShadePro awning through Amazon.  ShadePro has good instructions on how to measure the awning size you need.  We had no issues installing the new awning.  Very pleased with the ShadePro product.  Well one issue my 30 year old pop rivet tool stopped working.  A quick trip to the hardware store got us back to replacement.

It is very important to mark your awning tube for valance, awning and motor position along with pining the spring retraction side of the tube too.  The gas struts also have to be secured too.  The video does a great job of pointing all this out.

https://youtu.be/J9RQiX5_Jpo?si=6spiugoSzWkhR_vJ

[Merlin]

Thanks for the youtube link. There's a youtube for just about everything now!