Good news from Girard

[Joel Weiss]

Last year I had to replace the wind sensor for my Girard awning because one of the little anemometer "cups" had broken off and Girard didn't sell the plastic part by itself.  My sensor was replaced with one of the newer style with the "s-shaped" spinner instead of cups.  Yesterday I had a close encounter with a tree and the spinner is now missing.  It turns out that Girard does sell the s-shaped spinner as a separate part and I don't have to buy another $100+ sensor.  Cost of the spinner is $30.  Score one for Girard!

[John Harris]

What was the cost of the complete sensor and spinner to convert it? Is the $30 just for the spinner?

[Joel Weiss]

Yes, the $30 is just the spinner for the new model sensor.  I think I paid ~$125 last year for the replacement sensor.  My understanding is that they didn't design the earlier version with replacement in mind so there is no easy way to remove the plastic spinner from the shaft.  I guess no one ever figured RV's would encounter large obstacles 12 feet in the air!

[Dave Cunningham]

just finished retrofitting the new anonometer with the ''s'' style cups , got it direct from Girard for about $ 130.00 ( simple install ) worked awesome for about two weeks , untill one day without me hitting anything the top part was gone, just a threaded shaft sitting there, called Girard and told them what happened, and they told me no problem we will ship you another one, get this, for free and they payed the shipping, no less, ( to canada) they just told me to put some lock tight on it this time. gotta love suppliers like that

[Larry Fisk]

Wish I had a Girard, I have not found Careefree to be so accomodating. Their Tech support needs some customer care training.