Do Solera Electric Awnings Require Lock When Travelling

Updated 08/13/2025 | Published 10/14/2020

Question:

Do they have travel locks fir them

asked by: Sharon C

Expert Reply:

The electric Solera awnings don't use locks to keep them held in place as the motors of them keep them from unrolling. The locks are only needed with the manual awnings like what the # LC362101 provides.

expert reply by: Jameson C

Bruce

8/13/2025

The truth is that when that crappy plastic gear strips the flat on the drive shaft, the awning can, and does unroll. Ask me how I know. So, they need some kind of a safety catch. Luckily we weren't going very fast, and were in the right lane when it decided to deploy. Any thoughts on a locking mechanism? There is not enough meat on the aluminum arms when they come together when closed to install a 1/4" latch pin.

Jameson C.

8/13/2025

@Bruce We do have the Replacement Travel Lock for Solera Classic Manual Awning # LC362101 that you could potentially use to keep it from unrolling. This is the only lock solution Solera has for their awnings.

Bruce

8/13/2025

I have looked at that but I am not sure how I would make it work. The shape of the arms are different. The one I have is on a 2020 Overnighter.

Jameson C.

8/13/2025

@Bruce I can't think of a perfect way to do it...but my mind keeps going back to trying to find a way to have a strap anchor on either side of one of the arms and then run like a tie down across the arm to hold it to the body of the RV.