2. Safety
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Prepare the vehicle before driving!
• Fully charge the batteries before each journey. Please refer
to the section on "Ancillary battery" in Chapter 7
.
• Switch on battery circuit breaker.
Battery
Driver‘s cab
Do not forget the following
• Position the drivers seat correctly to enable you to drive safely.
Interior
Pre
paring the interior
• Close all of the windows in the vehicle as well as the roof
bonnets and roof windows and lock them securely.
• Sort loose objects and stow them in the compartments.
• Store heavy and / or large objects (e.g. TV, boxes of wine or cases of
beer) safely before you start your journey, securing them to prevent
them from moving around (see also Chapter 3.3 “Loading”).
• If necessary switch the refrigerator to 12 V operation (in the
case of an absorber refrigerator
*
).
• Ensure that no liquids, including those in the refrigerator,
will leak.
• Secure accelerator cylinders.
Do not overload the vehicle! It is imperative that you not the
permissible axle loads, the technically permissible overall mass
as well as the permissible height, width and length of the van.
Gas bottles must be placed and secured correctly in the
gas box only.
Ensure that there is suf
fi
cient ventilation. Never cover up
built-in forced ventilation (skylights with forced ventilation
or mushroom vents). Ensure that forced ventilation is not
covered by snow or leaves as this increases the
danger of
suffocation.
• Close all of the emergency shutoff valves on the individual gas
devices, with the exception of the stop valve for the heating, if
the vehicle has been equipped with a gas pressure regulator for
use while driving (e.g. Control CS).
• Close doors (including refrigerator door), drawers and lockers
fi
rmly (if necessary, lock the central lock on the kitchen drawers)
.
• Secure the table and, if possible, lower it.
• If necessary, secure the TV bracket
*
and, if possible, remo
-
ve the TV
*
and store it securely.
• Turn off interior lights.
•
Fully open and secure the darkening system for the driver's
cab.
• Should there be a thermal curtain
*
, remove it from the
driver's cab.
