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Hi,

We've got a 2002 Pathfinder and we're about to set off on our maiden voyage. Bit confused about what to switch the electric panel onto and when.

1. At home the EHU was plugged into the house and the van and the selector switch was left in the middle.

2. When towing which position should it be on to power the fridge? Car, Middle, or Van?

3. On site and plugged into a EHU point which position?

We're a bit green you see, we've had older caravans before and it seemed quite straightforward, but we always had problems with the  poxy battery.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Quote: Originally posted by Jan P on 24/8/2007

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If you want to draw power from the car ie when towing have it in the car position. On site when on hookup have it in van position. Make sure the charger switch in the bed box is on when on hookup so the leisure battery charges. (The dial on the wardrobe will go right onto full so you know it is charging.)

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Firstly appologies for hijacking your post Joella but I too would like a few things clarified before we go on our first outing

On site, hooked up with switch in van position and charger on, is it correct to assume that everything is running on the mains, including the lights on the wardrobe and anything plugged into the 12V outlets?

On site, hooked up with switch in van position but without the charger switch turned on, am I correct in saying that the lights and 12V outlets would now be powered by the leisure battery and anything plugged into the mains socket outlets would be powered by mains?

Is it safe to leave the charging switch on all the time on site?  I ask this because having hooked up at home to charge the battery I noticed that the seat area above the mains panel gets rather warm with the charger on.  I had it on charge all afternoon but it put virtually no power into the battery (battery hadn't been kept charged up so I have purchased a new one, all is now well).  Is it possible that the duff battery could have been the reason for the charger getting warm or is it normal for the charger to get warm?  

Is that right Jan?  It's a bit different on the pullman then.  We have it in the middle if it's on mains ehu at the site and van if we are using the battery and car if we are towing.  It shows empty as it's not connected to van or car but with the battery charger and the mains unit turned on it works off the ehu.

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