Windscreen Electric Blind Emergency Crank?

[heliart]

Maybe I'm stupid, but the manual for the Dethleffs states this:-

I can't for the life of me see where/how you would manually wind the blind.
I assume the electric blinds are common across many motorhomes.

Anyone care to share where to manually crank if the motor fails?

Cheers,

Steve

 

[jongood]

N &b tend to have the either in the top cupboard or behind the curtains if a drop down

 

[heliart]

OK, maybe I should drop the bed and take a look, it's certainly not obvious as is. Cheers.

 

[Wh05apk]

On our LV, there is a small grill just above the blind on the LHS, remove this, and there is an allen key fitment - be patient it is very slow.

 

[Speve]

Lenny HB will know I think he posted on a previous thread about it

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[Leltel]

When our blind stopped working on our LV, hubby pulled the fuse out that was behind the grill and popped it back in. That reset it.....for now. Might be worth a try if it's not working, otherwise it could be like ours, a hole that takes an allen key

 

[BwB]

Does this help? Looks like the manual crank is behind the cover - if this system is the same as on your van.

 

[Lenny HB]

Here is a photo of my crank arm.
You need to take the curtain around the bed down and it fits in the opposite end to the motor.

 

[Speve]

Here is a photo of my crank arm.
You need to take the curtain around the bed down and it fits in the opposite end to the motor.

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we never got a crank handle with our van Lenny hope I don’t ever need one though

 

[Wh05apk]

we never got a crank handle with our van Lenny hope I don’t ever need one though

Nor did we, hence why I had to use an allen key.

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[Speve]

Nor did we, hence why I had to use an allen key.

I have Allen keys and long extension bars for my cordless drill so would be able to sort something out I think

 

[Lenny HB]

we never got a crank handle with our van Lenny hope I don’t ever need one though

Nor did we, hence why I had to use an allen key.

Should have done I think ours was just lying in the garage. I've stored it under the drop down bed mattress.