LIVING WITH YOUR MOTOR HOME
When preparing to travel in your motor home,
you have
20
minutes to retract your slide outs
and raise your leveling jacks before the air
leveling system
"times out".
In
the event you
exceed this period, you will be required to turn
the motor
off
with the ignition key, wait five
seconds with the key
in
the off position and
restart your engine. Press the "Travel Mode" on
the leveling system key pad to ensure activation
of
the leveling system to "travel height". This
event should take less than five minutes. You
can verify the leveling system is at ride height
by observing the clearance between the tires and
the wheel well skirts. There should be
approximately two to three inches
of
vertical
clearance between these two components with
the wheels pointing straight ahead. Failure to
wait until the leveling system is fully inflated
may result to damage to the fiberglass wheel
well skirt or damage.
MONITOR PANEL
Your motor home is equipped with a computer.
The computer will operate the Monitor
Panel
System. The motor home will have two color
display screens.
One is located in the dash and
the other monitor is located
in
the control panel
display center.
Your Network Computer Information Package
contains detailed operating and maintenance
instructions concerning the system.
PLUMBING SYSTEMS AND
HOLDING TANKS
DRAINING
THE HOLDING TANKS
The holding tanks terminate
in
a valve arrange-
ment that permits draining
of
each tank sepa-
rately. The valves are called knife valves. A
blade closes the opening in the sewer drain
pipes. The blade is connected to a 12-
Volt elec-
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tric motor. A button will activate the knife valve
for discharging the wastewater from the
RV.
During self-containment use, the sewer line is
securely capped to prevent leakage
of
waste
material onto the ground or pavement.
Do
1I0t
activa,te
the
knife
valve
when
the
protective cap
is
installed
on
the
pipe. Always drain the tank
into an acceptable sewer inlet or dump station.
Drain the holding tanks only when they are at
least
3/4 full.
If
necessary, fill the tanks with
water to
3/4 full. This provides sufficient water
to allow complete flushing
of
waste material
into the sewer line.
Whenever possible, drain the holding tanks
before traveling. Wastewater and sewage
in
the
holding tanks reduces the
cany
capacity
of
the
motor home. See the Motor
Home
Loading
chapter.
During extended or semi-permanent hook-ups to
sewage systems, waste materials will build up in
the tank and cause serious plugging.
If
the tank
valves are continuously open.
In
these cases,
keep the valve closed until the tanks are
3/4 full,
and then drain into the sewage system.
The holding tank drain valve outlet is to
be
used
with a removable termination fitting that locks
onto the outlet with a clockwise twist. Clamp
the sewer hose drain to this fitting. A protective
cap should remain in place when you are
not
draining the tanks.
To
drain
the holding tanks:
1.
Attach the sewer hose to the holding tank
outlet. Insert the end
of
the hose into the
sewer or dump station inlet, pushing
it
firmly far enough into the opening to be
secure. In some cases, adapters
may
be
necessary or required between the line and
the inlet. Arrange the sewer hose so
it
slopes evenly.
2.
Drain the black water holding tank first.
Push the dump switch up towards the word
"open" and watch for discharge down the
sewer hose. The valve will open
in
1-2 sec-
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