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Getting Your Coach Ready to Travel
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Between camping trips you'll be storing your coach. To get it ready for travel, do the following:
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Plug into shore power |
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Turn on 12 volt power (battery) |
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Check all detectors: smoke, propane, carbon monoxide |
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Turn on propane |
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Purge air from propane lines by lighting stove burners (30 to 60 seconds) and activating furnace until hot air is produced, then shut off |
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Light refrigerator first on propane; once you are assured it operates on Propane, switch to Auto (requires overnight to fully cool down) |
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Check monitor panel (battery level, tank levels) |
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Add water to fresh water tank as needed |
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Turn on water pump, open cold faucet first, then hot, purge any air |
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Light water heater |
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Check tire pressure |
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Check lights inside and out (including headlights, taillights, turn signals, clearance lights) |
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Check all fluid levels in motorized RVs |
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Check oil level in generator |
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Before leaving, don't forget to perform a Circle of Safety |
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Important: Propane is on to prepare coach; safety experts strongly urge traveling with propane turned off. See more info in Blog under "Traveling with propane" |