Instruction manual

Contents
6 T-Modell - 13/14 - Ausgabe 08/13 - 2354677 - BUE-0029-14EN
11.3 Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
11.4 Water system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
11.4.1 Cleaning the waste water tank. . . . . . 210
11.4.2 Cleaning the water tank . . . . . . . . . . . 210
11.4.3 Cleaning the water pipes . . . . . . . . . . 211
11.4.4 Disinfecting the water system . . . . . . 211
11.5 Extractor hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
11.6 Air conditioning unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
11.6.1 Dometic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
11.6.2 Telair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
11.7 Winter care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
11.7.1 Preparations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
11.7.2 Winter operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
11.7.3 At the end of the winter season . . . . . 213
11.8 Lay-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
11.8.1 Temporary lay-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
11.8.2 Winter lay-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
11.8.3 Starting up the vehicle after
a temporary lay-up or after
lay-up over winter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
12 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
12.1 Inspection work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
12.2 Maintenance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
12.3 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
12.4 Living area battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
12.5 Fuel cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
12.5.1 Replacing the tank cartridge . . . . . . . 218
12.5.2 Refilling service fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
12.6 Alde hot-water heater. . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
12.6.1 Checking the fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . 220
12.6.2 Topping up heating fluid. . . . . . . . . . . 220
12.6.3 Bleeding the heating system . . . . . . . 220
12.7 Independent vehicle heater . . . . . . . . 221
12.8 Replacing bulbs, external. . . . . . . . . . 221
12.8.1 Front lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
12.8.2 Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
12.8.3 Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
12.8.4 Types of bulbs for exterior lighting . . . 223
12.9 Replacing bulbs, internal . . . . . . . . . . 223
12.9.1 Recessed halogen light . . . . . . . . . . . 224
12.9.2 Recessed halogen light (flat) . . . . . . . 224
12.9.3 Recessed light with LED . . . . . . . . . . 225
12.9.4 Halogen spotlight (movable) . . . . . . . 225
12.9.5 Halogen spotlight (movable) . . . . . . . 226
12.9.6 Garage light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
12.10 Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
12.11 Vehicle identification plate . . . . . . . . . 228
12.12 Warning and information stickers. . . . 228
13 Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
13.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
13.2 Tyre selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
13.3 Tyre specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
13.4 Handling of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
13.5 Changing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
13.5.1 General instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
13.5.2 Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
13.5.3 Changing a wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
13.6 Spare wheel support
(special equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
13.7 Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
14 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
14.1 Braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
14.2 Pneumatic spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
14.3 Electrical system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
14.4 Fuel cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
14.5 Gas system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
14.6 Heater/boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
14.6.1 Truma heater/boiler (gas heater) . . . .241
14.6.2 Truma heater/boiler
(diesel heater). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
14.6.3 Alde heater/boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
14.7 Air conditioning unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
14.7.1 Dometic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
14.7.2 Telair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
14.8 Cooker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
14.8.1 Gas cooker/gas oven . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
14.8.2 Microwave oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
14.9 Refrigerator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
14.9.1 Dometic 8 series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
14.9.2 Thetford refrigerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
14.10 Water supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
14.11 Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
15 Special equipment . . . . . . . . . . .251
15.1 Weight details for
special equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
16 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
16.1 View of ground plans . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
16.2 Table of linear measures . . . . . . . . . .260
16.3 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
17 Helpful notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
17.1 Traffic rules in foreign countries . . . . .263
17.2 Help on Europe's roads . . . . . . . . . . .263
17.3 Traffic rules for motorhomes. . . . . . . .265
17.4 Sleeping in the vehicle away
from camping areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
17.5 Gas supply in European countries . . .269
17.6 Toll regulations
in European countries. . . . . . . . . . . . .270
17.7 Tips on staying overnight
safely during travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
17.8 Tips for winter campers . . . . . . . . . . .270
17.9 Travel checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
18 Inspection plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275