Contents
12.7 Winter care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
12.7.1 Preparations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
12.7.2 Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
12.7.3 At the end of the winter season . . . . . . . . .156
12.8 Lay-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
12.8.1 Temporary lay-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
12.8.2 Winter lay-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
12.8.3 Starting up the vehicle after a temporary lay-
up or after lay-up over winter . . . . . . . . . . .159
13 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
13.1 Official inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
13.2 Inspection work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
13.3 Maintenance work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
13.4 Stabilisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
13.5 Braking system AL-KO chassis . . . . . . . . . . .163
13.6 Alde hot-water heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
13.6.1 Checking the fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
13.6.2 Topping up the heating fluid. . . . . . . . . . . .163
13.6.3 Bleeding the heating system . . . . . . . . . . . .164
13.7 Air conditioning unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
13.8 Replacing bulbs and fluorescent tubes . .165
13.8.1 Ceiling lamp (cover with screws) . . . . . . . .166
13.8.2 Halogen spotlight (movable). . . . . . . . . . . .166
13.8.3 Halogen spotlight (with glass shade) . . . .167
13.8.4 Recessed halogen light (flat) . . . . . . . . . . . .167
13.8.5 Recessed halogen light with housing. . . .168
13.8.6 Surface-mounted halogen light (swiveling) .
168
13.8.7 Indirect lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
13.8.8 Light column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
13.8.9 Range hood light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
13.8.10 Wardrobe light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
13.9 Changing the battery of the wardrobe light
with LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
13.10 Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
13.11 Vehicle identification plate. . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
13.12 Warning and information stickers . . . . . . .172
14 Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
14.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
14.2 Tyre selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
14.3 Tyre designations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
14.4 Handling of tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
14.5 Changing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
14.5.1 General instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
14.5.2 Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
14.5.3 Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
14.5.4 Changing the wheel at alloy wheel rims .178
14.6 Spare wheel support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
14.7 Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
15 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
15.1 Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
15.2 Braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
15.3 Electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
15.4 Gas system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
15.5 Cooker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
15.5.1 Gas cooker/gas oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
15.5.2 Microwave oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
15.6 Heater, boiler and water heater. . . . . . . . . 184
15.6.1 Trumatic S hot-air heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
15.6.2 Alde heater/boiler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
15.6.3 Truma boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
15.6.4 Truma water heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
15.7 Refrigerator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
15.7.1 Dometic refrigerator without AES . . . . . . 186
15.7.2 Thetford refrigerator without SES (error diag-
nostics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
15.7.3 Dometic 8 series with MES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
15.7.4 Dometic 8 series with AES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
15.8 Air conditioning unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
15.9 Water supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
15.10 Vacuum toilet (Dometic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
15.11 Body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
16 Special equipment . . . . . . . . . . . .193
16.1 Weight details for special equipment . . . 193
17 Helpful notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
17.1 Traffic rules in foreign countries . . . . . . . . 195
17.2 Help on Europe's roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
17.3 Speed limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
17.4 Driving with low beam in European coun-
tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
17.5 Sleeping in the vehicle away from camping
areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
17.6 Gas supply in European countries. . . . . . . 202
17.7 Toll regulations in European countries . . 205
17.8 Tips on staying overnight safely during travel
205
17.9 Tips for winter campers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
17.10 Travel checklists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
