Hi I am new to this here motorhoming and dont speak German but thats what our LMC manual is in, (lovely motorhome while it all works) does anyone know where we might obtain an English translation of the manual?
You will get a manual for the base vehicle, ie Fiat, etc from a main dealers. As for the manual for the caravan bit, if the model wern't sold in't UK I doubt you will get a UK edition. The interior fittings electrics/fridge/cooker/toilet etc, will be much the same as any motorhome of the same age so any probs you should find the answer on here & any caravan workshop will be able to fix it.
Thank you, it is as I thought and we have all the tech stuff but in German and as you say the Fridge, Toilet and Fat base vehicle is already in English. What kind of confuses me is the electrics, 12volt, 240 volt and charging.
Do you mean you are completely unfamiliar with the workings of motorhome/caravan electrics, or is it just the particular van you have, what yr is it?...
I am unfamiliar with any motorhome electrics, I do know that there is a leisure battery and that is charged by the engines alternator or when you are hooked up to 240 volt it gets charged from the hook up, does it do this automaticly without having to switch anything?
My wife and I bought the motorhome in September and have only used it once for a few days at Bidiford and everything seemed to work fine. We love it and look forward to doing much more this coming year.
Yes thats basically it. You can check the leisure battery is being charged with a volt meter. With engine running or plugged into mains it should go up over 13volts. If you have any specific questions, post up yr & model of van & you should get an answer.
Don't know the specific van but they are all much the same as far as equipment goes. Ours is a German import and I got the Hymer manual in English sent as a pdf file via Brownhills at Preston, so you might be able to do the same from an LMC sipplier.
Having said that, the content is all fairly self evident and as with any company blurb it's full of safety warnings (don't put your hand on a lit burner etc.), but I did find out where the drain valve for the water system is and a few other useful bits.
You'll find this place is as good a database as any.
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Quote: Originally posted by cornishaitch on 27/12/2009
I do know that there is a leisure battery and that is charged by the engines alternator or when you are hooked up to 240 volt it gets charged from the hook up, does it do this automaticly without having to switch anything?
harry
To my knowledge,of the three MHs that we've had(Autosleeper/Compass/Chausson),none have charged the leisure battery from alternator,only from hook-up.Similarly the vehicle battery has only been charged from the alternator and not from the hook-up!..
(On the first two vans we were able to select which battery to "drawn" from though).
Obviously, vans will vary(some may have split chargers fitted),so it would be worth contacting a "knowledgable" LMC dealer to check..(..it may be worth sending an email over to the main office in Germany,quoting the exact model/serial number).
Thanks everyone but it does not matter so much now as while we were away up in South Devon we called in at Alan Kerr motorhomes and bought a Peugeot Boxer Autostratus (2001) The LMC (1991) did the trick it showed us what a pleasure it is to be on the road with a campervan.
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