Airstream 360 XC Land, Owner'S Manual

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AIRSTREAM 360 XC LAND YACHT OWNERS MANUAL
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SOLAR POWER
The 10-watt solar power system primarily functions as a battery maintainer. Memory functions in radios, locks
and many circuit boards each draw power in the milliamp range. If a charge source is not available, even these
miniscule power drains will run batteries down in seven to twelve days unless the "kill" switch is turned off.
Barring an unusual number of cloudy days the 10-watt system will prevent battery discharge even with the kill
switch on. A small red light below the monitor panel shows the solar panel is charging when lit. It goes dim and
eventually completely dark as the batteries reach full charge capacity.
Detailed information provided by the solar panel manufacturer can be found in this notebook.
110-VOLT POWER
The 110-volt system works very much like your home. The circuit breakers, located behind access door in the
foot of the rear bed, supply the power to the receptacles and appliances.
If a circuit is over loaded or a short circuit occurs, the breakers will "kick" out. To reactivate the circuits, turn
the breaker to off, reduce the load or correct the short, and tam the breaker back to on.
One of the breakers is a GFI (Ground Fault Interrupter) breaker. The intent of this breaker is to sense any loss of
ground before a harmful shock could occur, and kick the breaker out. These sensitive breakers are installed in
the circuit feeding the bathroom, outside receptacle, and galley area. These are the areas where the use of water
or the wet ground could put a person in danger of shock. Since the GFI breaker is so sensitive, it is not unusual
to have it kick out for no apparent reason.
GENERATOR
Using the generator is very much like plugging into an external power source. The generator has start switches
located on the driver side armrest, monitor control panel, under the roadside bed wardrobe, and on the generator
located in the front nose slide-out compartment. When you start the generator there is a built in delay of about
20-30 seconds before the circuits are switched and the generator is providing all the 110-volt power to your
coach.
The electrical device that has the delay and switching feature is called the generator switch over relay. The time
delay feature allows the generator to reach full operating speed before it takes the "load". The switching device
has two sets of points. It is normally closed so city power coming in goes through the switch and on to the main
circuit breakers. When the generator is started and the delay feature is satisfied the switching device goes to the
second set of points. This cuts the contact between the city power and the breaker box and makes the contact
between the generator and the breaker box.
NOTE: The generator manufacturer provides an operators manual that should be reviewed prior to use.