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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Electrical Load Shedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Automatic Generator Start (AGS) . . . . . . . . . 161
AGS10 Automatic Generator Start . . . . . . . 162
AGS15 Automatic Generator Start . . . . . . . 163
Automatic Transfer Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Inverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Inspection and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Power Load Center, 30-amp, All-in-one . . . . . . 165
120-volt Circuit Breaker Panel . . . . . . . . . 165
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
12-volt Fuse Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Power Load Center, 50-amp . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
120-volt Circuit Breaker Panel . . . . . . . . . 169
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
12-volt Fuse Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Multiplex System 12-volt Circuit Breaker Panel . 170
GFCI Receptacle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Outside 120-volt AC Receptacle . . . . . . . . . 171
Section 12: Propane System
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Propane Gas Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Traveling With Propane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Propane Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Using the Propane System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Propane Leak Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
External Propane Hook-up Port . . . . . . . . . . 177
Section 13: Water System
Freshwater System Introduction . . . . . . . . . . 179
Potable Water Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
City Water Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Disconnecting City Water Source . . . . . . . . 179
Filling the Freshwater Holding Tank . . . . . . . . 180
Freshwater Holding Tank Drain Valve . . . . . . 180
Water Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Water Pump Strainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Freshwater Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Water Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Exterior Shower and Spray Port . . . . . . . . . . 182
Water Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Water Heater Bypass Valves . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tank-less Water Heaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Anti-Freezing Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Low Point Drain Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Holding Tank Heaters (if equipped) . . . . . . . . 186
The Water System in Cold Weather . . . . . . . . 187
Sanitizing the Freshwater System . . . . . . . . . 187
Sanitizing Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Winterizing the Water System . . . . . . . . . . . 188
De-Winterizing the Motorhome . . . . . . . . . 189
Wastewater System Introduction . . . . . . . . . . 190
Drainpipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Wastewater Holding Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Toilet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Toilet Flushing Procedure: . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Macerator Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Recirculation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Termination Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Campsite Sewer Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Emptying Wastewater Holding Tanks . . . . . . . . 193
Black Holding Tank Flush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Section 14: Heating and Cooling
Systems
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Dash Heater and Air Conditioner . . . . . . . . . . 195
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Heating/Cooling with Multiplex Integration . . . . . 196
Wall-mounted Thermostats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Ceiling and Ventilation Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Cooling the Motorhome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Temperature Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Manual Controls for Roof-Mount
Air Conditioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Basic Air Conditioner Operation . . . . . . . . . 199
Heat Pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Heating the Motorhome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Furnace Operation (propane, forced-air type) . . 201
What to do if you smell gas: . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Furnace Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . 202
Hydronic Heating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203