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This battery-powered awning attaches to your RV to provide shelter from the sun and rain. It extends and retracts with the flip of a switch. Rain dump feature releases pooled water automatically. Easy installation - no need to wire into your RV.
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The Solera 18V Power awning provides shelter from the sun and inclement weather. A battery-charged motor conveniently extends and retracts the awning with the flip of a switch. The beauty of this awning is that you get a powered unit without the hassle of having to wire it to your RV's power supply. This also means that you don't have to deal with the added expense of paying a professional to install it. The battery pack comes inside the awning arm, so there's no wiring to connect internally. Everything comes ready to go.
The rechargeable battery lets you deploy the awning 22 to 25 times between charges. A 110V charge kit is included. This AC adapter plugs into any 110V wall socket and connects to the battery pack built into the arm. There is no need to remove the battery pack from the arm to charge. A manual override allows you to extend and retract the awning using a power drill (not included) if the battery runs out of juice.
The durable awning fabric holds up to the rigors of the outdoors. It's made of premium 13.5-oz vinyl, which is an upgrade over the 10-oz fabric used in many awnings. In addition, this fabric features heat-welded seams to prevent leaks. The fabric is cold-crack protected to -25 degrees Fahrenheit, so it won't crack or degrade during cold weather.
The Solera 18V Power awning offers manual pitch adjustment for each arm to keep you shaded from the sun all day long. This is a great feature on hot summer days. When the awning is initially extended, it will be parallel to the ground. This provides protection in the middle of the day, when the sun is high in the sky.
As the sun gets lower throughout the day, you can tilt the awning to one side to effectively block the sun. When you're ready to retract the awning, you can do so no matter what position the arms are in. There's no need to readjust the pitch to its original, parallel position before retracting.
This awning also makes a great rain shield. Its automatic rain dump feature prevents too much water from building up in the canopy, so there's no need to manually adjust the pitch to release the excess water. When the arms sense that there is about 10 lbs of water pooled in the canopy, the dump feature will automatically activate. The awning arms will reposition to release the pooled water and then return to their original position. Just don't get caught walking by when it happens!
An awning rail (LC715216 - sold separately), which is used to anchor the fabric of the awning to the RV, is required for installation. You will need a minimum clearance of 2-1/2" between the awning rail and the top of the entry door. You'll also need 69" of open space on the RV wall - from the awning rail straight down - so that the wall-mounted brackets for the awning arms can be installed.
The roller tube, which comes with the awning fabric already mounted, attaches to the awning arms. The other side of the fabric slides into the awning rail on the RV. To complete installation, just use the included self-tapping screws to secure the arms to the wall-mounted bracket. Because this awning is powered by the self-contained, rechargeable battery, no wiring is required.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (17 Customer Reviews)
This battery-powered awning attaches to your RV to provide shelter from the sun and rain. It extends and retracts with the flip of a switch. Rain dump feature releases pooled water automatically. Easy installation - no need to wire into your RV.
The awning itself works fair. The battery system totally sucks and has never worked properly and still doesn’t today. If I had my choice I would never buy this awning again. Product support was poor to say the least!
Easy to order, fair price, quick delivery. The new awning is a great update to our 20 year old trailer.
It was easy to install, usage is easy with the battery power, however I would think the controls would be on the end where the door to my RV is not the other end, that's the only issue I have
Review from a similar Solera 18V Power in RV Awnings
Delivery too long and then awning wasn't correct. Will not have an awning for our 3 week vacation starting this Saturday. Unbelievable!!!
Katrina B - 08/09/2022Review from a similar Solera 18V Power in RV Awnings
Super great quality, easy to install and works awesome!! Thank you Greg S for all your help, you did a great job getting me what i needed in my very short time frame!!
Pat S - 05/17/2021Review from a similar Solera 18V Power in RV Awnings
This awning has been great. This awning was part of our "RV Renovation" project. It was a fantastic upgrade. It deploys and retracts without any issues. You can be set up in a minute without any problems. This unit is battery powered so there were no installation issues or wiring required which made it simple.
We do a lot of dry camping, and the battery capacity has not been an issue for us even when we have had to deploy and retract it multiple times during a trip.
Review from a similar Solera 18V Power in RV Awnings
Jan. 3-2020
What a great company and staff. Thanks to hard the hard work you performed in my behalf.
I had purchased a Solera 18 volt-20 ft awning package and had it shipped to Camping World in Minnesota.
Somewhere along the way the 20 ft awning escaped from the delivery truck.
I won't mention who the freight shipper is, but the awning is still on the loose.
After many calls to the freight shipper and etrailer the staff decided to send me another awning to help me get on the road for an upcoming trip with my RV.
Otherwise it would have ruined my trip.
Thanks to everyone and I will continue to be a loyal purchaser of the many fine products the company sells.
Hats off and a big salute!!!
Thanks Dino
P.S. I hope to post pictures after the awning has been installed.
Hopefully it will be found and returned to E-Trailer
Dino L - 01/05/2021Review from a similar Solera 18V Power in RV Awnings
freight delivery driver backed up to my shop & helped me inspect package for damage. Haven't installed awning yet.
Review from a similar Solera 18V Power in RV Awnings
Great product easy to install looks great and works great
Review from a similar Solera 18V Power in RV Awnings
I have not been able to install my awning and cradle support yet. I'm giving 5 stars for the customer service I have received from the ordering process to receiving. There was a slight glitch (missing component) but was remedied quickly without hassle.
Review from a similar Solera 18V Power in RV Awnings
Excellent product, easy to install I would purchase it again and from you.
Review from a similar Solera 18V Power in RV Awnings
love the awning works great only complaint is the instrution manual is not very good we kinda had to wing it.
Review from a similar Solera 18V Power in RV Awnings
I love the awning, it is doing great!
Review from a similar Solera 18V Power in RV Awnings
Please give call about parts.
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