. How do you get the on-board water tank to fill up? We've hooked up the shore waterhose and all the faucets work fine, but we don't know how to fill up the big tank that's directly under the kitchen sink, and to know how to stop the water coming in when it's full or does it automatically stop? DUH. There is a white water fill fitting next to the shore water supply. You can use a hose or pour water in from a jug. You can look under the sink or use the Water level gauge on the control panel to check level. If you overfill, it will come out the vent. Obviously the TM must be open to do this.
2. There's a "PUMP" switch on the panel in front of the kitchen sink, as well as a "TEST" switch that when it's flipped and held down illuminates ALL the lights. What does that pump switch operate, when should we turn it on, and should it stay on while we're camping? Does it activate the on-board water supply? The pump switch operates the water pump when not connected to shore water and using water from the waer tank. Fill the water tank, open the Hot water faucet and turn on the pump. When water runs fairly steadily from the faucet, shut the faucet and the the pump will shut of automatically. When you use water the pump will periodically come on.
3. How do we light the hot water heater? Is that done outside? It seems that I recall some information about connections to the water heater and maybe the refrigerator on the outside but some clear directions on this will really help us from blowing something up or incurring an expensive problem, I think. If you are on shore power, there is a switch that is accessible from the out side vent ( square one) . The switch is in the lower left side. Make sure the water heater is full of water before you turn it on. Also make sure you turn it off when you disconnect and empty just in case you connect to shore power and forget to fill the water heater.
4. How do you empty the onboard water tank and the hot water heater before we tear down? We've successfully dumped the toilet and gray water tank previously, if that helps in directions. Under the TM just below the water tank are two small black valves open both of them and they will drain automatically. Be careful, one is the Hot water heater and HOT water will come out. You can do this with the TM Closed. There are two more similar valves back under the outside shower. Opn these also when you winterize or wish to drain the entire system.
5. How do we light and use the furnace? This may too broad a question to answer in this forum, but thought I'd add it in here. too. Because this involves propane, we want to make sure we are especially careful with this process.
6. Speaking of propane, is it as intuitively easy to open the propane as turning on both tanks, like our barbecue at home? Is that all you have to do to get the propane to the stove, etc.? Yes. They will automatically switch tanks when one is empty. You will need to check the indicator on the regulator to note that the tanks have switched. If you haven't run the propane for a while, it may take a while to fill the lines. Run the stove for a few minutes before you try lighting the fridge or WH
7. We had no battery power on our first trip. On checking the battery, we found one yellow wire disconnected so we connected it as we were tearing down, but just turning on a light inside the TM (after shore electric was disconnected) yielded nothing. Does the battery recharge only when the TM is being towed (via our towing vehicle's battery)? Is there any other switch somewhere that activates the battery for use inside the TM? The battery has a fuse in line with it near the battery. Some dealers ( mine did) add a battery cut off switch near the battery. If your tow vehicle has the +12V wire in the connector connected properly, it will charge a little while towing. Most of the charging comes when you are connected to shore power. Also you need to have the bathroom walls up to activate the internal lights. There is a safety switch that shuts most of the 12V down when the back wall is down.
8. These questions may have to be handled by a Winegard dealer. We have a Winegard satellite dish on the roof (former owner never used it so couldn't tell us if the setup worked or not). On the interior wall of the TM right below the dish, there's a box mounted that refers to elevation; despite having TV/DirecTV unit plugged into the Winegard electrical connection on the side of the kitchen sink wall (and shore electrical plugged in and working) we could not get any response/light up/display on that box on the wall when we pushed the button. This was BEFORE we hooked up the unhooked wire on the battery. Does anyone know if that box operates from battery only and when our battery is operational, it should display elevation numbers? Probably need to have a Winegard dealer check it out, but thought I'd ask just in case someone knew. Can't help here.
Check out the online manuals on the forum, They will further explain many of these questions.
Whew--lots of questions but sure appreciate anyone's help with them. We love our TM and know we'll appreciate it even more when these things are operational!!! Thanks, everyone.
|