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Personkazbat
12/10/2013 at 8:52pm
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Hi Guys

I have just bought a 1996/97 Compass Connoisseur 360/2 and I am thrilled with all of the gadgets but haven't got a clue how to work them lol. My previous van was a very old 1984 Abi debutante which had a very basic heater and fridge, this new caravan has a host of wonderful toys, water heaters, shower, hot air blowy thing and a very complicated looking fridge as well as a theford cassette loo with buttons a-plenty but unfortunately I don't know how to work any of them :/ I hope some of you wonderful people can help out a Geordie damsel in distress with any info I would find useful or even better a manual I could beg, buy, steal or borrow!!

I was also wondering if I would be able to swap the gas regulator over to my old one as the new van only comes with one bottle with a sort of press n twist coupling while I have two of the other screw on type bottles??

Thank you in anticipation :)

Kaz x


PersonAl+Mel
12/10/2013 at 8:57pm
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Water heater & hot air manuals from Gary's site;

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Personkazbat
12/10/2013 at 9:04pm
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ooooh thankyou, I will get the model numbers when I am next   at the caravan :) two down in one go!! Thanks again

Kaz x


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12/10/2013 at 9:21pm
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Some Thetford Cassette Loo manuals here, Click.

Might be worth buying a new regulator as they don't cost much. A new rubber hose to go with it would be a good idea - its date stamped and shouldn't be more than 3 years old (I think).


Personkazbat
12/10/2013 at 9:41pm
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Thanks again :) I have looked at the theford site but they don't seem to have my type of loo on that page. I don't know what the model number is but when I get it I will ask their service department. It has a manual flush round button and an opening button but I don't know how to fill the flush tank or even where it is lol. I can take it out to empty from the outside no problem. It also has a little device on the front of the built in bit with a green sort of sticker showing, I am guessing this must be a tank full indicator of some sort??

The regulator I had on my older caravan was brand new, only fitted 3 months ago, and the hose I have on the new van is also immaculate, I was just wondering if I could fit the regulator I had on the old van onto the new caravan so I can use the bottles I already have? They are both the blue bottles of gas on both vans.

I can't thank you enough for your help hun. It is a very complicated business for someone like myself who isn't very technical :/

Kaz


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Personrobert/julie
12/10/2013 at 9:54pm
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Is it a newer swivel type toilet or is it the older bench type ???


PersonAl+Mel
12/10/2013 at 10:02pm
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Swap the regulators, all will be fine, although if you are going to use the 'van in the winter a red regulator (propane) and red bottles would be better (you can swap the bottles). The hose date is important because oil suspended in the gas rots the rubber from the inside - it can look ok on the outside but be rotten inside.

The other manuals are probably on the web somewhere, you just need the model number.

Happy 'vanning!



Personkazbat
12/10/2013 at 10:07pm
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Hi robert/julie, it is the older bench type hun. The manuals I have found haven't got all the gizmo's that this one has :/

Al+Mel

The guys at the lock up where I store the van keeps an eye on the hoses for me and change them when they need it so I will ask him to check it out for me before I use it. I have heard that the red bottles have a much better no freeze capacity than the blue so I will take that into account too when I come to change the regulators. Thank you so much again. With this hep I will certainly be happy vanning in no time again!

Kaz x


PersonJTQU
13/10/2013 at 10:13am
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With cold weather now on its way make sure you find out how to drain anything with water in it; can otherwise work out a very dear "learning curve".


Personkazbat
13/10/2013 at 9:35pm
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Hi JTQ

That is why I am trying to find out how to use the loo, I have no idea how to drain it or refill the flush tank

Kaz


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Personkazbat
13/10/2013 at 9:51pm
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Hi Guys

I ahve checked out the manuals on the appliances but the one for the fanmaster and the theford loo seem to be just installation guides with no user instructions?? Or am I just having a few senior moments

Kaz x



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