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Before You Head Out
Your new Roadtrek is ready to go with just a little bit of preparation. To prepare for your first trip, you should:
Read this manual.
Contact your dealer with any questions.
Plan your trip.
Then use this quick checklist:
The day before your trip:
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Charge your batteries by plugging in overnight.
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Cool your refrigerator by turning it on.
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Chill any beverages in your home refrigerator.
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Fill your fresh water tank with clean tap water.
The day of the trip:
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Load the refrigerator with cold food (from your home refrigerator).
Coming Home
When you come home, there are a few maintenance tasks you should do to get your Roadtrek ready to go for next time. Refer to other sections in this manual
for the procedures listed here.
On your way home, dump the gray tank and toilet cassette at a convenient facility. See the HOWTO: Waste Water Dumping section for a concise
description of the procedure to do this. Some RV parks and gas stations will let you dump for a fee, some city wastewater plants will let you dump for
free but there is no real pattern, so local knowledge is vital in locating dump stations. The website http://www.sanidumps.com is a good resource. The
maps for each state and province are
Especially helpful: http://www.sanidumps.com/maps/help.php
At home, flush the water tank and fill it with fresh chlorinated water if you will be using it in the next few days. Otherwise, drain the tank. Don't let
water you are planning to use sit in your tank for more than a week or so, and don't let any water sit in your tank for more than two weeks, whether
you plan on using it or not. Over time, the chlorine goes away and the microbes come out to play.
To flush the tank, fill it using the fill port in the driver's side rear panel and open the fresh water tank drain under the tank at the rear of the Roadtrek.
Plug in overnight to fully charge batteries.
Turn off and clean out the refrigerator and prop the door open to let it air out.
