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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: Rick Vyncke on August 16, 2013, 05:31:34 PM
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The large Girard awning on our 2004 Marquis has stopped working. Local repair facility says that it's getting no power to the motor and none to the switch. They cannot seem to find where the power is fed from. Any help would be appreciated.
They mentioned that they think it ties to the ignition so that it retracts when the coach is started but I am not convinced that is accurate. This same repair facility recently installed a new wind sensor and everything was working for a week or two. Now nothing.
This coach seems to have electrical gremlins...
Any help is greatly appreciated. (Thinking I might need a new repair facility...but too far from BCS - darn)
Thanks
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Rick,
The Girard awning is a 120V awning, so it only works when the inverter is on or when you are hooked up to shore power. Is that the problem?
Gerald
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If you can find the metal j box that the wiring for the awning and sensor goes into, open it and on the circuit card there is a reset button. The reset button is small and kind of hidden behind some components. My j box happens to be above the door behind a wooden panel.
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Thanks Gerald but that's not the issue.
The dealership tells me that it needs a new control board??? $850 part plus labor? They say it's getting power in but nothing coming out. If it has a reset button that could be the issue...
Is the j box located near the box that contains the thermal override? We initially had a problem where it would extend but when retracting would only come in about foot and then stop. Girard suggested bypassing the thermal override which is located behind a panel in the cabinet above the couch. Can you tell me which cabinet the j box is located in?
Can you tell me where the control board is located?
Thank You!