Torn RV Awning With A Failed Motor Gets Removed And Replaced
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Certified Mobile RV Technician, Darren Koepp, walks you through removing and replacing a torn awning with a failed motor. Watch as he shows you the tips and tricks you need to know to tackle this project.
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Darren, I wanted to drop you a line to thank you for your video about R&R of the torn awning with a failed motor. I assisted my son-in-law replace his awning motor today and after watching your video it only took us about 45 minutes total. He tried getting quotes from local RV technicians and they could not be bothered to answer his request. Your video saved him about $1000. Your video's are very information and detailed. Thanks again
This is one BEST videos , this help me change my awning and motor in 2hrs (with my wife). thankyou very much . Your level to detail is what makes this video great.
Thank you for the video. I was able to tension my spring properly. Awning works awesome now. 👍🏻
Great video, thank you. the last couple of minutes actually helped me solve my awning being centered properly. It was not opening on one side without some help.
Once again you have taught me something I had no idea that the awning worked an operated that particular way . Thanks
You were not kidding about the gas struts!!! I way under estimated. Almost threw me off the ladder. Great vid. Very educational.
Great job at explaining things. Made it all so clear. 👍👍👍
Right on. Thanks for the clarification. I missed that part.
Wow ... Outstanding video and high energy too ... What a hoot ... the off the cuff remark on the coat hanger use ... Enjoyable and entertaining and educational...
Also love the 100% family business model... Non scripted ...one take action ... Shoot 2 show !!! Thanks and keep on keeping on...
Thanks for the great comment. We do have fun working on our family business. I appreciate you happy camping.
Amazing tutorial, thank you! We studied this and were all ready to do the replacement & install but decided to improvise which made it easier for us. Here's what we did:
1) with the awning fully extended, we put a pin in the non-motor side, as instructed, to maintain the tension, and we decided we would leave it under tension for the whole repair (a bbq skewer worked great.. was strong enough and went through to the other side to be held in place)
2) removed the single bolts on each side that attached the awning roller bar to the arms, starting at the non-motor side. Decided to leave the arms on to save us a bunch of time and fuss.
3) unhooked the motor power connector and drilled out the rivets, as instructed. Marked F and M for flap and main :)
4) took out the bad motor. Tension still held on the non-motor side.
5) took an exacto knife and sliced the old awning in half, lengthwise to make removal easier. Unscrewed the one screw at top of trailer on the right side, as instructed, and removed that gutter rail spout. Pulled the awning off the trailer. Then removed the other half from the awning roller bar as well.
6) fed the awning on to the trailer 1st. We felt this would be easier than having to hold the roller bar as we fed it on to the trailer. Then, fed the awning on to the roller bar (or rather, fed the bar on to the awning.. it went on from the left).
7) threw on the motor, riveted it back on and plugged it back in.
8) tested it and checked for stair stepping. Rescrewed in the gutter rail spout and screw that holds the awning at the trailer.
We felt this was way easier than having to remove the arms. No zip ties, no wire cutting/rewiring, no new breaches to silicone up, etc. Felt like it was half the work of the vid. However, still a great video and we thank you guys for the education so that we could get this done! Otherwise we would have been lost :)
Hey I really appreciate the detailed instructions! I might try your procedure on some awning jobs coming up. If it works out I'll post a video. The only part that I'm curious about is on the roller tube, the poly-cord gets tucked in behind each hub. So you would have had to pull of the hub off both sides of the tube to anchor the poly-cord under the Hub. How did you do that without removing the spring-side hub? But even still I think your idea is fantastic and I'm eager to try it.
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Wow, that is a super difficult way to do it. I don't remove the mounting brackets; just fully slide the new awning into the gutter (use a thin piece of flashing sheet-metal to make it easier to slide over the mounting arm and prevent the fabric from being ripped), with the roller removed and disassembled on the motor end, slide the roller in, roll it up and re-attach the roller. I mark the motor end cap location before taking it out. I also do not release the spring tension, just keep it locked all the way till the end. I have changed a 20ft awning several times all by myself several times, yes it was a challenge but doable; it really helps to have another person to help.
I agree. you made it way more difficult by removing the arms from the camper
If you do as Darren does, most likely when you remount the arms to sidewall, the lag screws will strip the threads in the wall, leaving you with an added issue to fix, or 2 since sealing is going to be a problem! You are losing most DYI people too.
S.O.L.I.D. Video! I have a tracking issue and now I have a good Idea where to start my FIX!! Thank You!
Little Giant ladders are the best. I have a 3 step Little Giant with hand rail/tool tray and it's foldable. Something you may want to look into. I have a Four Wheel Camper that has a "gutter" over the back door. I always wondered what that was for. I'll have to look for a small awning for it.
Well done, Thank You for the information! Buying 18" Tie Wraps right now...
Don't leave home without them!
Cheers,
Darren
I have an awning just like this one, now I know how to work on it. Thanks.!
Wow... now that was a heck of way to replace that awning fabric 😮 I just changed mine out, and I done the job alone. I didn't remove the awning arms as you did. Wish I had of done video showing how I done it. It was a real easy job. Now nevertheless you done a great job at replacing the fabric.
Great video. Thank you for the education. I'm in the process of placing an order for a new awning fabric. my current fabric is vinyl. looks like I have the same arms & motor set-up as your video. Can I upgrade my fabric with a Marine fabric or will I expect other issues going that route?
I have been looking for a video on the Dometic 9100 awning Thank you.
Great video. Thanks! 😀
Another GREAT video! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
VERY VALUABLE TO KNOW JUST IN CASE 😊 THANK YOU
Great video. I had a similar problem. I replaced my awning fabric by myself without unwinding and disassembly of the springs but a second camera wasnt working that i thought was, and another went dead but didnt miss too much. If you get a chance to watch it, let me know if you have any tips or tricks that might make it easier than it already was.
real good video, thanks. hope will will do one for solar installation :)
great video! thank you!
This is my next job on our rv, thank you for showing us this.
Our pleasure!
Thanks for this video. Answered a lot of my questions. I was pulling out of a tight space and mangled my awning arm and broke the motor bracket that goes into the awning arm. Demotic doesn't sell that part seperatly. Do you know of an RV junkiyard that may sell that peice? I'm looking around. Found a place that sells the arm, Panther RV.
Great video
The video was great. Did the old awning have lights? If not. How did you wire them to stay on?
Very helpful.
Nice video!! We had our fabric rip. "Technicians" at a dealership replaced it. They failed to tension the spring correctly. Less than a year later the motor failed. So now I am replacing the motor and tensioning the spring myself and want to do it properly. I suspect the spring has little or no tension on it. Is 7 turns typical? This is a 17" awning dometic (Looks exactly like what is in your video.) Thanks again!! Eric
My motor is making the same clicking sound. I have to twist the FRTA to get it started in either direction. I'll be testing with a separate power source today.
Excellent how to...great camera person
Thanks for you for sharing ❤️👍
Thanks Mary, I had my wife Anne with me to do the camera work. I will let her know you approve!
Cheers,
Darren
@@MyRVWorks I know another novice TH-camr that his wife does the recordings while he shares info. ( Badge is his name).
@@Scorpiomary Most of the time I am solo on the jobs but my 8 year old son works with me at times and he does the camera work (which he loves doing) and other times my 10 year old daughter comes along and does the camera work. On big jobs like awnings and refrigerator cooling unit replacements I need my wife for the extra pair of hands. We have a 100% family business here so we all jump in where we need to be. My son will be more prominently featured in a furnace video that will be uploaded soon. He was excited to be on this side of the camera for that shoot! He is working through his shyness to be the featured troubleshooter in some videos in the future. He really does know a lot but gets shy in front of the camera. He and I through it would be fun if he explained how the systems worked and used the meter to explain where the fault was. Should be a fun summer!
Cheers,
Darren
@@MyRVWorks I love it
Getting them all involved is PRICELESS. I followed my dad and helped him and today would not trade any of the things I learned from him.
Another outstanding... instructional video... thanks.
Good video I have the same motergetting ready.ro replaces I rolled mine back up by hand mot easy dident take it.a.part took out the other bolt and rolled it back up
great vid
You sir are sure doing this the hard hard hard way! Just cut the awning at the rail, slide out that piece then remove the tube and the spring tension.... take the fabric off the tube.... then reverse the process
No fighting the gas tube
You can pin it and leave it under tension.. even easier! The motor will come off and back on and no fighting with the spring at all
I have this exact awning motor (Dometic 9100) that retracted slowly on our last camping trip. We had to give the awning arms some assistance to get it to retract. The motor was running but it seemed slow and weak. Is my tension off? Motor failing? Poor connection? Someone I know suggested lubricating my motor with silicone but where would you do this? The motor is inside the awning tube so, ?? Also, when I got home, it did not want to extend.
Thanks, my awning when rolling in n out makes a clunk noice like ever couple of rotates. Could the motor be loose or something else.
I watched the whole video luvd have the same awning I think the motors suck on those domestic so ty for helping me so much I’m finna convert it to manual f dat motor draining my light lol
Do you have a recommendation for which fabric to use? Also, is there a source for how many turns on the spring, I disassembled mine before seeing this video and the spring as unwound! Its a Dometic 16' awning.
Quick tip! Save the old fabric, works great for a heavy duty table cloth ,
Excellent sharing of information. Could you leave the arms in place and remove the awning spool & awning and accomplish the same thing? Also, do you advise on lubricating the spring with garage door spring lube to keep it from binding and increase the lifespan of the spring? I do all my own work, but would not hesitate to enlist your services if you were local.
The issue you will run into without removing the arms is feeding the fabric back into the gutter. It is going to want to unroll on you and you are not able to strap it since it slides in the gutter track. To feed the fabric with it not rolled on the roller tube sounds like a nightmare. With the arms attached it makes it a lot easier to slide the fabric back while you walk along the ground, but you do need 3 people (one on each arm and the third on a ladder feeding the fabric in the gutter track). I have done it with two, but it was an emergency type situation. 3 people is minimum. I really hate we did not hit the record button for that section of the video. I will have more awning video’s coming out and will make sure to capture that part.
Lubricating the springs is an excellent PM step!
Thanks for the vote of confidence in enlisting us. I try to rely on good ole’ work ethic and keeping it real. I will watch the video’s after I recorded them and realize I didn’t call a tool correctly or called a bolt a screw etc. Sometimes my brain does not communicate with my mouth, but it is all done unscripted and in one take. At the end of the day if I helped folks out, I have succeeded!
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the comment!
Happy Camping.
Cheers,
Darren
We did ours by leaving the arms on.. saved us a lot of headache. Feeding the awning on over the arms was tricky, but we fed it on to the trailer 1st.. then on to the roller bar after. We had a few extra hands. Beat having to cut wires, rewire, zip ties, resealing holes etc
Thank you.. two questions. My fabric split completely off from snow. Arms are out and motor still turns roller but would not retract the arms with no fabric. I took the roller off and of course the roller spun. Can I still use this video to attach new fabric, re-spin the spring, lock it down, run other end of fabric at the camper.. then roll the fabric back out to the arms and put the bolts in? Will it work that way or do I have to take the extended arms off like you did and try to manually close them and tie wrap down?
dometic says on a 9100 awning, to remove star screw and install an awning strap to manually retract the awning, then take it to a R.V. Dealer, when you return home, what will the R.V. dealer need to do, are they going to have to change the motor? even if it was'nt a motor problem? can you remove the star screw to move it out also?
I opened awning, took only motor side out and slide new fabric in while it is attached to the RV by myself. 17ft awning in. Didn't touched the other end or to arms at all. This video made it looks so complicated and extra non necessary work.
I have your exact sense of humor! You’re hilarious!’
is there limit switches to prevent over opening it ?
Thanks, I need to change out manual Dometic awning 8500 and two slide toppers for a Winnebago. All are Dometic, and the question is do you know of any other manufacturers who make good awning fabric? I know the OEM is always best but we are talking about shedding rain and providing shade. I'll be writing under separate cover how I can pay for advice when I have questions on a new RV repair business as I've repaired homes and appliances for decades and even RV's for a few years so my intentions when I am faced with new requests that I can get Darren et al to video or otherwise connect for your fees of course. I am a Patreon member to you and about a month away from publishing my website.
When retracting wouldn't a person on the ground with an awning strap to help you walk it in work better than chasing it toward the RV from ladder to ladder?
I have replaced my fabric before by leaving the support arms attached. The spring and motor end are disconnected as you did. Then the fabric is pulled out of the gutter track. The new fabric is pulled into the track (after the track is opened a little and sprayed with silicone). The fabric goes right in, and once in and hanging down, centered, the awning aluminum tube is then slid on to the fabric ( this is first sprayed with silicone too). Then fabric is wound up on the tube (two guys needed here) and once at the top of the rv, spring is tensioned and pined and attachment bolts are reconnected. It wasn't that bad...
You know what they say... There is more than one way to skin a cat! Next time you do it make sure to make a video to share with us.
Happy Camping!
@@MyRVWorks I meant no disrespect...You're doing a great job and are surly doing the job as recommended by the manufacture and it may be the easiest way. I was only commenting on another way, that sometimes may be considered. I love what you do and all the great videos you put out...keep up the good work...
@@TerrydeAlaska No offence taken. I love when folks offer different ways. I would love to learn from them. With as many subscribers we are attracting there is always at least one offering a different way - some offer suggestions in a friendly manor like you, others state I am an idiot and should have done it this way or that way. I just wish they would post their video on their site and we can all learn together.
On a personal note, I wonder how many paying customers they have served doing things their way (I have served thousands!) and how many claims they have against them because they did not follow industry best practices. Then I look at the returning and referral rate of my customers and my balance sheet for my business and know I must be doing something right and I just don't worry about their way.
You can even leave it under tension by keeping the pin in and the non motor side can stay riveted to the roller bar :)
Thanks for the info. I'll be a Harbor Freight tomorrow! Even if they don't have it, I'm sure I'll find something I can't live without!
Is it possible to just disconnect the gas strut on both sides? I'm an ex-telephone tech and we used those long (and even longer) tie wraps. I had some fail in the clip section that grabs the serrations.
I've messed around a bit with those gas springs but they're such a pain to reattach so I just leave it all connected. Yes those long tie wraps, not all are made the same. I had some break on me before, so now I just go with the better name brand ones. I cannot afford to have one failing me.
@@MyRVWorks white cable tie wraps are generally only for indoor use. We used the black ones for outdoor use as they are more resistant to sunlight. You are correct, you usually get what you pay for.
Barring the motor failing, I copied another You Tube video on using four inch diameter pvc tubes used for drains to cover my awning when my trailer is in storage.
Dumb question for $200: how does one get a long tie wrap behind the awning arm to secure the awning for the ride home? I have a Dometic awning that I love to hate and there is no space between the wall piece and the awning arm. Does one loosen the wall mount bolts, tie wrap and then tighten the wall bolts?
Great 👍🏻
If the tension is lost on the slave side how many turns does it take to reload it?
Darren, I need that exact motor for my auwning. Can you reply with the information on that motor? plz. Make, model, number and maybe where to buy it at. Thanks my friend.
Great
There are no videos available regarding the replacement of the hydraulic cylinders on the 9100 Dometic awnings
Which side is which left/right the one he unbolted first is the ___ arm?
Thank you so much, I have a dead motor and the fabrice is not torn the awning is in the retracted position. How could I change the motor while not unrolling? TIA
Hi Doug,
You will need to take that 7/16 nut off to move (un-roll) the roller away from the side of the RV so you can access the rivets to slide the motor out. Do be careful because the gas strut will want to swing the arms out with a lot of force.
You only need to un-roll enough to get to the rivets so you can drill them out and put new rivets back in. In the video you may notice I had the motor side resting on the extended arms. So, set up something like that, the bracket (part that attaches to the arms) is part of the motor assembly so just let the arms extend all the way so you can have total access to swap out the motor.
That is pretty much all you need to do, the old motor will slide out and the new one will slide back in. Put in new rivets, wrestle the arms back in and seat the bracket into the arms. Connect it to power and you done!
Good Luck and Happy Camping!
Cheers,
Darren
@@MyRVWorks Thank you, and stay safe while on ladders :-)
@@douglamp178 Thanks for the information. Do you still need to pin the other side with a pick if you are just replacing the motor?
@@stevelove4226; I would think so, haven't done mine yet.
@@douglamp178 I got this out of the Dometic Instruction book - When the removal of the Right Hand Drive Assembly is necessary, the left hand must be pinned, or the FRTA will unroll and the spring tension will be lost.
What model is this? I have the same one but it's not labeled. Thank you. Great video.
the awning in this video is a Dometic 9100
@@MyRVWorks thank you
my Dometic AE patio awning user manal says to just take out the large phillips screw and it will roll up on it's own without taking anything apart. One person unscrews the large screw and another on the ground controls the retracting awning with the strap and walks it in as it heads in to the coach. Then the phillips screw is replaced and that's it. Why didn't you just do that?
Great video! Would you happen to have a video to change just the spring? My awning on my 2004 discovery tension spring broke so I don't know how many turns to give it for tension. The motor and fabric are fine and its an A&E brand awning.
Let me ask a question after seeing the videos. When the awning tube is next to the trailer you have seven turns of tension that is on the tube and when it is fully retracted it has way more than 7 turns? When the awning is normally extended it puts more tension by the rollout. Am I correct in this assessment? It's quite similar to the old-style window shades. If one lost its tension by unraveling one puts it back in by winding the shade and pulling slightly to get a little tension only to retract the shade. When extended the shade now has enough tension to retract via spring tension? Isn't that the dynamic of the awning setup in your video a minimum of 7 turns, lock it and slide it in the track?
The number of turns of an awning is a function of the length of the awning. Some smaller awnings have seven truns, but most are 12 or 15± turns. You are also correct that as the awning unrolls it is getting tighter and tighter in Spring tension. This allows for a good balance in retracting the awning back. Analogy I often use is of a garage door, where you can see the spring is above the door. That's the type of spring that's in your awning. Unless your awning is a manual awning, with the ratchet lock on one side of the tube, then there is nothing in the spring preventing it from unraveling.
I am looking for a motor that doesnt work. The piece on the end of the motor that the assembly arm attaches to, broke. My motor works fine i just need that piece.do you know where i could get that at?
What I usually look for is the sticker affixed to the roll tube. Information on that sticker will allow me to pull up an exploded view of the awning components. From that I can get part numbers for the individual pieces. Hope this helps.
How about doing a repair on a Dometic 9100 awning hydraulic cylinders replacement
Nice, thank you. Mine doesn't retract 2 to 3 inches from home, motor stops. Gun range is area??? Can't you just mark an arrow to re spring it?
Is it the same for manual ones to.
H Chris,
Yes it is. On manual you may have a spring on both sides so just be advised.
Cheers,
Darren
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What size are those Rivette
What size are the rivets? Instead of rivets, couldn't you use self tapping screws? Thank you.
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Do all motor awnings have springs??
The simple answer is no, but that is because not all awnings operate with a tube and some awnings use gas springs for assistance. Overwhelmingly though, if they roll up on a tube, like a typical RV type awning without gas springs, then you will usually find at least one end of the tube with the spring. The other end might have a motor.
great job the motor on mine gave up (YEP when rolled out ) my wife and i thru a rope over the rv i cut on top and rolled it manualy ,,, 2 of my belts and she was jury rigged ,,,,
Yeah, these RVs can break at the most inconvenient times. I'll keep trying to offer tips and tricks. Thanks for watching. Happy camping.
How many turns for the spring?
The official number of turns to start with is in the manual. I have found a good rule of thumb is 12 turns and then I add or take away from there.
I have a dead motor and the fabric is not torn and the awning is in the extended position. How could I change the motor while not having to manually re-rolling?
In the video you will see where I remove the arm from motor end and place the roller tube on the arms - I used a long tie-wrap to hold the tube in place. Once you get to that position you can easily replace the motor w/o having do do much more.
Here is another awning video I uploaded that may help: th-cam.com/video/yUzTgU0Fljg/w-d-xo.html
@@MyRVWorks in this situation, do you still need to pin the spring, since "it's the motor that's keeping it from turning"? In your other video, the motor isn't connected to the spring shaft.
I just want to change the electric motor, is there a video how to just change the motor?
He answered this down below, see Doug Lamp's Question!
@@bmickle I found that the 2 pin connector had pulled apart.It is about 5 inches from the motor in the awning channel arm.There is a cover that can be removed at end of the awning. I applied 12 volts to the red and black wires to open the awning out. you can revers the direction by switching the wires. Then the plastic cover on the back of the awning arm will expose the two wires. The wires had become tangled at the bottom of that arm and just pulled the connector apart. this problem can be a wind fall for a some techs.
@@josephe.biedenbach2440 Awesome, my motor definitely has corrosion and worn brushes, and didn't have covers when I bought it from the previous owners. Darren's video's a huge help getting it all apart, and fixing a motor's a lot easier than paying ~$500 for a new one!
@@bmickle I don't you would find a new motor for $500.00
@@bmickle My motor has the same problem. Were you able to disassemble the old motor and clean the brushes?
What do u do if the spring goes pruuufffjjhh lol
Is there away to change the gear for the motor? Motor is good but not the gear!
Any advice on how to square the fabric on the roller tube? Awning isn't retracting flush to walls of rv. I've straightened the fabric in channel at rv roof. But, there seems to be too much fabric on one end of roller tube and it's not rolling up straight and crinkling as it does roll up.
The solution a lot of the awning mfg's will recommend (and I have used in the field) is to fully extend the awning and apply layers of tape to the actual roller tube - on the slack end - and roll it back up. Keep building up that end with more layers of tape until the fabric rolls up square.
Why can’t you use a carpet knife to cut the old Awing and slide out the old bit attached to the rail.
Why did you need to release and remove the spring end? Couldn’t you just unroll and remove the awning and replace it with the spring wound tight?
The awning poly cord is tucked inside the tube. You have to pull the caps off both ends to get the poly cord out. After feeding the new awning the polychord tucks back in and then the caps back on. Oh my next video with awnings I'll make sure I point that out.
Somehow.. ours worked this way. I think the poly cord just snapped off..
i,m confused I see people replace the motor while the awning is in the up position ? and a pin in the other end after it was in the up position because of the spring ? I'm confused You know if it was stuck out you can put a strap in the middle and remove the 2 Bolts with a Allen wrench on the motor side and it will roll up so I was confused with your Video
I would suggest you look at the video from RVGeeks their way seems a lot easier
Thanks for the suggestion, as I've said the other viewers there's more than one way to skin a cat. In the end I got to do what I feel I can back up with my work warranty and not having Insurance claim if things go awry.
Never mind my dumb question below - just figured it out at the 12:00 minute mark of the video. I am stepping away from the keyboard until I watch the entire video...
I'm not sure as to why to remove the extending side rails why not just lift the whole top rail or Spring tension and motor off of it and remove just that
Why take the legs off?
Any chance the customer thought at some point he could of moved his car to give you more working space ?
LOL! Yes, that would have been nice!
Cheers,
Darren
Miata's gotta be involved with everything! Lol
You charge extra for customer helping, right? ;)
Absolutely! Most shops you bring your RV to the work is done behind the curtain and you see nothing. You want to see it done will cost extra and you want to help even more! LOL!
I love when the customers are involved in their repairs and learning more about their investment...
Cheers,
Darren
Well done brother! WWG1WGA.
So why not just remove the allen screw on the top and let it roll up?
What Allen screw are you referring to?
@@MyRVWorks In the manual figure 8 shows to remove the two allen screws in the cap of the motor and allow the awning to retract with use of a pull strap
Couldn’t you just remove the bolt that holds the arms to the tube ends and just slide the tube and fabric out, without removing all the hardware from the side of the trailer?
You would still need to pin the spring side or else is spring roll on spring on you. But yes, I have seen it done that way. For me it's just easier to grab the legs and walk off the gutter that way.
This is what we did, much easier!
I don't get what the point of taking the whole assembly arms off the RV when you simply just pinned the roller and unbolted it
Hi Jake, What procedure do you recommend when replacing the fabric? I pin the spring end so I can count the turns and not have to 're-tune' the tension when I reinstall. Always enjoy learning new tricks so I am eager to hear your suggestions to make this process better.
Cheers,
Darren
Curious to that too. Why not leave the arms on the camper and just unbolt tube and slide out of tracks
Why didn't you move the car????
Business might be better in Arizona lol , sun or mold who knows
Can you replace the motor without taking the whole thing down. No disrespect...but without watching the whole video to find out. Lol. Ty
Talking to yourself in 3rd person is just creepy.
I do that because sometimes I need expert advice.