oh well just picked upour first caravan...so managed to get the door open and eventually gotthe elctric on...... amutterly confused about how to switch to and charge the battery so please any times for new owners would be really appreciated
Welcome and happy holidays with your new van, but as you are over at the darkside at the moment I am not much help, but enjoy I'm sure you will have fun!
For anyone picking a new van up; its worth videoing the dealer/owner showing you how it all works at the handover. You think you will 'remember' when you get it home. No you wont!
We bought a used caravan a few years ago and it took a while to work out how it all worked!
Battery - sometimes they charge automattically, mainly on newer vans. Our older van (1995) had an unlabeled switch a floor height with a red light on.
My advice would be to open up the under seat storage and find the battery charger, if its warm, then its on (provided you are hooked up to the mains). If you have a voltmeter on your control panel, then you should see the voltage go up if the charger comes on automatically when you connect to the mains. If not then try every switch to see if the voltage goes up!
Make sure your battery is in good condition before you charge it otherwise you might cook it (like I did!).
The problem with many older vans is that things like battery chargers were retro fits so the caravan manual may not provide any clues.
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Topic: new owners tips wanted ! please
