Awning link section rain pool

[Mocko1962]

Has anybody figured a way of stopping the drive away awning link section filling with and holding water when it rains in the night for example.. as tight as I can erecting the awning when it rains the link section fills with water to the point it will collapse the section or rip the seams on the awning … it’s a Vango Air beam Cove Low …

I thought about propping the link section somehow in the middle so the rain runs off either side ..

It was partially full this morning when I got up and had deformed one of the air beams with weight but not done any damage or rips to the awning

 

[Shaun Witts]

Yes.
I found somewhere selling a pole system that creates an arch across the tunnel and so lifts it up to prevent pooling. You can see the effect in this photo, but I don’t seem to have one of the inside. I also cannot find where I bought it from, but I think I’ve posted it somewhere in the forum in response to another comment?

 

[T4goneby]

Not something like this was it?

Awning Tunnel Tension Pole

www.lightningleisure.com

 

[Mocko1962]

Found this .. looks about right ..

 

[Shaun Witts]

Not something like this was it?

Awning Tunnel Tension Pole

www.lightningleisure.com

Yep. That’s the one, ta.
It worked well on a recent camp in the Peak District, with no pooling at all. It does put a bit of strain on the tunnel material though, which may have an impact long term?