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Awning Motor
mpm32:
I was given a motorized awning. The house it came from was hit by lightning and the awning motor stopped working. The awning did not get struck directly. I hooked it up to test it and it is indeed dead. I opened up the case and there is a control board that I assume is for limiting the travel both in the outward direction and the inbound direction. There are no obviously cooked components.
If I take pictures, does anyone here think they could walk me through testing so that I can see what went on it? I have a multimeter but I don't know exactly what to test.
I like to try and fix this as a replacement motor is around $700.
I imagine that it's most likely the control board and less likely the motor portion itself.
Ken Layton:
There's probably a fuse on the board somewhere.
What brand is this unit? Hopefully not a Chamberlain or Liftmaster as they are ---smurfs--- to deal with.
mpm32:
It's a german motor, company begins with an 'E'. I have the name at home. I'll take some pictures and maybe you can guide me as to what I need to look at. In my first cursory look, I didn't see a fuse.
Thanks for your help Ken I appreciate and respect the knowledge that you pass on around here.
Ed_McCarron:
Pics would be worth a thousand words.
What kind of power supply?
Are the limit switches based on torque or are there external switches of some variety?
ChadTower:
There has to be a fuse somewhere, doesn't there? I thought UL required it on everything electronic now. I could be wrong on that, though.
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