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Turn off two important switches on your monitor panel to keep from draining your batteries:
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The battery disconnect switch.
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The inverter switch.
If you turn everything off and you have solar panels, the panels will keep your coach batteries topped up while your Aktiv is parked. If you don't have
solar panels, it would be prudent to check your coach battery state of charge every month or so and charge them if necessary. If you don't turn
everything off, even with solar panels, you will probably come back to dead batteries.
Interior Living Space
Cabinets and Drawers
The cabinet latches in your Aktiv are different from the ones in your home and more like those on boats as they
must stay closed when the vehicle is in motion. The cabinet doors have buttons to unlock and open them and
then lock them once closed. Press the button in and it will pop out further to unlock, then open and close the
cabinet and press the button back in to lock.
The buttons on the drawers work the same way to lock and unlock. Simply slide open when unlocked and slide
inwards to close.
Immediately beneath the galley countertop there is a drawer to hold silverware
and small cooking utensils. The right panel directly next to it and above to
refrigerator is not a drawer and is for maintenance access only. The two
drawers below the silverware drawer provide storage space for food and larger cooking utensils. There are movable dividers
to optimize the organization or the compartments. There are additional cabinets above the galley for food and other storage.
It is not recommended to keep large, round, and/or heavy objects in a cabinet unsecured as they may roll around and apply
excessive pressure to the inside of the cabinet doors as you drive. The objects may shift position with vehicle motion and cause
injury when the cabinets are opened. For this reason, Ewin Hymer Group NA recommends that you are aware of the objects
that you store in overhead cabinets.
Directly across from the galley (behind) there is a shelf with a slide up door. This is a great place to store spices and other
food items.
