Operation Manual

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12.6.2 Winter lay-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
12.6.3 Starting up the vehicle after a
temporary lay-up or after lay-up
over winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
13 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
13.1 Inspection work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
13.2 Maintenance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
13.3 Alde hot-water heater. . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
13.3.1 Checking the fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . 216
13.3.2 Topping up heating fluid. . . . . . . . . . . 216
13.3.3 Bleeding the heating system . . . . . . . 217
13.4 Independent vehicle heater . . . . . . . . 217
13.5 Air conditioning unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
13.5.1 Truma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
13.5.2 Dometic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
13.6 Replacing bulbs and fluorescent
tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
13.6.1 Ceiling lamp (cover with screws) . . . . 219
13.6.2 Ceiling lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
13.6.3 Halogen spotlight
(with glass shade) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
13.6.4 Halogen spotlight (movable) . . . . . . . 220
13.6.5 Room lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
13.6.6 Living area lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
13.6.7 Recessed halogen light with
housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
13.6.8 Recessed halogen light (flat) . . . . . . . 222
13.6.9 Surface-mounted halogen light
driver's cabin (model I). . . . . . . . . . . . 222
13.6.10 Wardrobe light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
13.7 Changing the battery of the
wardrobe light with LED. . . . . . . . . . . 223
13.8 AL-KO rear axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
13.9 Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
13.10 Vehicle identification plate . . . . . . . . . 225
13.11 Warning and information stickers. . . . 225
14 Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
14.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
14.2 Tyre selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
14.3 Tyre specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
14.4 Handling of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
14.5 Changing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
14.6 Spare wheel support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
14.6.1 Spare wheel support under the
vehicle (Renault) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
14.7 Tyre pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
15 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
15.1 Braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
15.2 Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
15.3 Gas system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
15.4 Cooker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
15.4.1 Gas cooker/gas oven. . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
15.4.2 Microwave oven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
15.5 Heater/boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
15.5.1 Heater/boiler Truma . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
15.5.2 Webasto heater/boiler . . . . . . . . . . . .238
15.5.3 Alde heater/boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
15.6 Refrigerator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
15.6.1 Dometic refrigerator without AES . . .239
15.6.2 Thetford refrigerator without SES
(error diagnostics). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
15.6.3 Refrigerator Dometic 7 series
with AES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
15.6.4 Dometic 8 series with MES. . . . . . . . .242
15.6.5 Dometic 8 series with AES . . . . . . . . .243
15.7 Air conditioning unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
15.7.1 Dometic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
15.7.2 Truma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
15.8 Water supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
15.9 Vacuum toilet (Dometic) . . . . . . . . . . .246
15.10 Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
16 Special equipment . . . . . . . . . . .247
16.1 Weight details for special
equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
17 Helpful notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
17.1 Traffic rules in foreign countries . . . . .251
17.2 Help on Europe's roads . . . . . . . . . . .251
17.3 Speed limits and permissible
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
17.4 Driving with low beam in European
countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
17.5 Sleeping in the vehicle away from
camping areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
17.6 Gas supply in European countries . . .259
17.7 Toll regulations in European
countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
17.8 Tips on staying overnight safely
during travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
17.9 Tips for winter campers . . . . . . . . . . .260
17.10 Travel checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261