Coachman 2022, Руководство пользователя

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the towing vehicle tow ball should be
between 350mm and 420mm from
the ground.
Your new caravan should not be towed
by a commercial vehicle with a gross
weight in excess of 3500kgs.
When selecting a towing vehicle, it is
recommended that you check the NCC
website “Towcheck” www.towcheck.
co.uk to ensure your car and touring
caravan combination is safe and legal.
Stabilisers and traction control
All Coachman caravans come fitted with
a stabiliser. It can make a good towing
vehicle/caravan combination safer to
handle. A stabiliser should never be used
to try to improve a combination which
has poor stability, since instability will
reappear at a higher speed.
Coachman caravans are also equipped
for the fitment of the AL-KO Trailer
Control System (ATC) and some models
have it fitted as standard.
The AL-KO ATC is the emergency
braking system for caravans and
works in a similar way to Electronic
Stability Programme systems for cars.
The electronic system monitors the
lateral movement of a caravan during
travel. When difficult driving conditions
are experienced, such as evasive
manoeuvering, high side winds and
turbulence encountered while overtaking
HGV’s, AL-KO ATC takes control to
regain stability and prevent dangerous
snaking accidents.
ATC operating instructions
After coupling the caravan correctly to
the towing vehicle, connect the 13 pin
plug to the tow bar.
Upon connection, ATC will carry out an
initial self-test and the LED light on the
front fairing will light up RED. During
the self-test, the sound of the push rod
moving inside ATC can be heard. When
the self-test is complete, the LED will
turn GREEN or flashing GREEN to signal
that ATC is active.
If the LED does not change to GREEN,
then ATC is not functioning correctly.
For details of what to do in this case, see
the provided table on page 23.
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Warning
Under no circumstances should
holes be drilled into the chassis
members e.g. for fitting additional
equipment.
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Warning
Many modern cars are equipped
with ‘stop/start’ technology. Once
the engine has stopped, the fridge
may not be supplied power and will
turn off. The fridge will have to be
manually switched back on to 12V
operation. It is therefore, best to turn
off the ‘Stop/Start’ feature if possible.
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