7. Electrical Installations
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Position of the battery circuit breaker
Thebatterycircuitbreakerislocateddirectlybythepassenger
seat.
A circuit breakerhas been installed to protect the modular
batteryfrombeingexhaustivelydischargedwhenthevanisnot
beingused.Whentheswitchisopened,themodularbatteryis
completeddisconnectedfromthe12Vmains."O" position
= disconnected from 12V mains.
Thebatterycircuitbreakermustbeon when using the
vehiclehomeandwhilstdriving.
Whenthecircuitbreakerisopen,theelectricalinput
stage will notengageautomatically.
Ifthebatterycircuitbreakerhasbeenswitchedonfora
longerperiodoftime,youmayloseyourcustomisedradio
and/orsatnavdevicesettings.Thesesettingsmustthen
be entered again.
The battery charger is directly connected to the ancillary bat-
tery so that the ancillary and starter batteries can be charged
evenifthebatterycircuitbreakerisswitchedon.
Battery circuit breaker
Thebatterysensor*continuestobeactivatedevenifthe
batterycircuitbreakerhasbeenopened.
Tokeepthebatterieschargedevenwhennotinuse,itis
mandatorythatthevehiclebeconnectedtoa230Vmains
connectionevery6weeks.Rechargingshouldbecarriedout
foratleast24hours.