Operation Manual

5M
otorcaravan - 09-08 - DET-0033-07EN
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9.9.3 Batteries gauge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
9.9.4 Tank gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
9.9.5 Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
9.9.6 Temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
9.9.7 Clock gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
9.9.8 Switch for tank heater . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
9.10 240 V power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
9.10.1 240 V connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
9.10.2 Power cable for external 240 V
connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
9.11 Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
9.11.1 12 V fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
9.11.2 240 V fuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
10 Appliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
10.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
10.2 Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
10.2.1 Models with waste gas vent on the
right-hand side of the vehicle . . . . . . 140
10.2.2 To heat properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
10.2.3 Truma Combi hot-air heater . . . . . . . 141
10.2.4 Trumatic C hot-air heater . . . . . . . . . 143
10.2.5 Webasto Dual Top hot-air heater . . . 145
10.2.6 Alde hot-water heater . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
10.2.7 Arizona auxiliary heat exchanger . . . 152
10.2.8 Independent vehicle heater . . . . . . . 153
10.2.9 Heater for waste water tank and
waste water pipes
(winter comfort package). . . . . . . . . . 154
10.2.10 Electrical floor warming unit . . . . . . . 154
10.3 Air conditioning unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
10.3.1 Dometic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
10.3.2 Truma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
10.4 Boiler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
10.4.1 Models with waste gas vent on the
right-hand side of the vehicle . . . . . . 159
10.4.2 Truma Combi boiler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
10.4.3 Trumatic C boiler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
10.4.4 Webasto Dual Top boiler. . . . . . . . . . 165
10.4.5 Alde boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
10.5 Cooker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
10.5.1 Gas cooker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
10.5.2 Gas oven (Spinflo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
10.5.3 Gas oven (Dometic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
10.5.4 Microwave oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
10.5.5 Extractor hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
10.6 Refrigerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
10.6.1 Refrigerator ventilation grill . . . . . . . . 172
10.6.2 Operation (Dometic 7 series,
automatic ignition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
10.6.3 Operation (Dometic 7 series with
automatic power selection and
frame heater). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
10.6.4 Operation (Dometic 8 series) . . . . . . 177
10.6.5 Operation (Dometic 8 series
with manual power selection
MES) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
10.6.6 Operation (Dometic 8 series with
automatic power selection) . . . . . . . . 180
10.6.7 Operation (Thetford) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
10.6.8 Refrigerator door locking
mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
11 Sanitary fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
11.1 Water supply, general . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
11.2 Switch for water pump
(winter comfort package) . . . . . . . . . . 190
11.3 Water tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
11.3.1 Fresh water filler neck with lid . . . . . . 190
11.3.2 Water drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
11.3.3 Filling with water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
11.3.4 Draining water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
11.4 Waste water tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
11.4.1 Waste water tank
(models with double floor) . . . . . . . . . 193
11.4.2 Waste water tank
(models without double floor) . . . . . . 193
11.4.3 Odour seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
11.5 Filling the water system . . . . . . . . . . . 195
11.6 Emptying the water system . . . . . . . . 196
11.7 Toilet compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
11.8 Toilet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
11.8.1 Swivel toilet (Thetford). . . . . . . . . . . . 198
11.8.2 Toilet with fixed seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
11.8.3 Toilet (Dometic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
11.8.4 Vacuum toilet (Dometic) . . . . . . . . . . 201
11.8.5 Removing the cassette . . . . . . . . . . . 202
11.8.6 Emptying the cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
11.9 Vario toilet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
11.9.1 Converting into a shower cubicle. . . . 204
11.9.2 Conversion to toilet compartment . . . 204
12 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
12.1 External care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
12.1.1 Washing with a high-pressure
cleaner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
12.1.2 Washing the vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
12.1.3 Windows of acrylic glass . . . . . . . . . . 206
12.1.4 Underbody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
12.1.5 Waste water tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
12.1.6 Entrance step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
12.1.7 Driver's cabin insulation mat
(model I). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
12.2 Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
12.3 Extractor hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
12.4 Toilets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
12.4.1 Toilet with separate water tank . . . . . 209
12.4.2 Vacuum toilet (Dometic) . . . . . . . . . . 209
12.5 Winter care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
12.5.1 Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
12.5.2 Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
12.5.3 At the end of the winter season . . . . . 210
12.6 Lay-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
12.6.1 Temporary lay-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211