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Kit Needed to Upgrade A&E Manual Awning to Powered Awning on Travel Trailer  

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Hello Jon, Thank you for this! I was not aware that a battery-operated shade kit was available. However, I am a bit old-school. Is the Solara Hybrid hand-crank available as a kit in white? I'd need the awning material, too. My current A&E is 13 feet 5/16 inches, measured center to center of the support posts, so I'm thinking a 13-foot awning kit is what I'd need. Thank you.

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To upgrade your A&E awning you can either use the 12V Solera Conversion Kit, White # LC434724 or Black # LC434723, OR the 18V Solera Conversion Kit, White # LC434730 or Black # LC434729.

Both options use electricity to extend and retract the awning, but they also include manual overrides so that you can do it by hand in the event of a power failure.

The 12V kits connect directly to the 12V power of your RV while the 18V version uses it's own (rechargeable) battery so it's a little easier to install. Since you have a completely manual awning right now I recommend going with the 18V version so that you don't have to mess with routing wires on your trailer.

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Rick

2/26/2020

Hello Jon, Thank you for this! I was not aware that a battery-operated shade kit was available. However, I am a bit old-school. Is the Solara Hybrid hand-crank available as a kit in white? I'd need the awning material, too. My current A&E is 13 feet 5/16 inches, measured center to center of the support posts, so I'm thinking a 13-foot awning kit is what I'd need. Thank you.

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Jon G.

2/26/2020

We do have the Hybrid Solera Universal Awning Support Arms for RVs available in White as part # LC434728. Then to complete your setup you need a 13' Solera roller and fabric kit like the White Fade # LCV000211462 and possibly a Awning Rail Extrusion # LC715216 if you need to replace your old one or you just want a completely new kit. If you want to reuse your old roller then you'd just need the fabric like part # LCV000334365. We offer the 13' wide awning fabrics (and fabric/roller kits) in other color options as well and I have attached a link to our full selection to this page that you can reference.
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