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Water Services

Owners Handbook :

Filling The Fresh Water Tank

The tank is filled via a lockable water inlet on the outside of your vehicle.

This inlet is identified by a blue tap symbol adjacent to it, (either a blue label or a blue moulding on the filler itself).

The location of the water inlet will vary from vehicle to vehicle so please familiarise yourself with its location before using your vehicle for the first time.

Before attempting to fill your fresh water tank please ensure that the cold water drain tap inside the vehicle is in the closed position (see ‘draining the water system’ section).

To Fill

• Remove the cap and insert a suitable length of pipe.

• Connect the other end to a clean water supply.

• Fill the tank until either the water level gauge reads 100%, or until the tank begins to overflow.

• Remove the hose. Replace the cap, lock and remove the key.

Emptying the fresh water tank

Your freshwater tank will have at least one drainage tap located outside your vehicle (depending on the model it could have two drainage taps fitted – see

“travel drain” section below).

To completely empty the freshwater tank simply rotate the drainage tap to the open position and the tank will empty.

Please note, use only food or drug quality pipe.

Travel Drain

Your vehicle may be fitted with a “travel drain” system. This secondary drain tap (which is be clearly labelled) allows you to empty the freshwater tank to a predetermined level (nominally 20 litres).

Emptying the tank to this level gives you the capacity to carry additional equipment to your destination where that tank can be ‘topped up’ to its full capacity. If you chose not to use this feature then the tank can be filled to its ‘full’ capacity but you must adjust your carrying capacity accordingly to ensure the vehicle is not overloaded.

Waste Water Tank

All waste water (excluding the toilet) is piped into an onboard waste water tank located underneath your vehicle. The volume of the waste water tank will vary depending on which model you have chosen.

When the waste tank becomes full (which will be indicated by a visible and audible signal on control panel), the tank should be emptied via the drain valve on the outside of the vehicle over a suitable drainage point.

When the ‘tank full’ indicator sounds there will still be some capacity in the waste tank, but we would advise that it is emptied as soon as possible.

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