Overnight Stop; Overnight Or Weekend Trips; Longer Trips; Extended Stay - Airstream Interstate 2020 Owner's Manual

8� Keep sharp or hard articles securely packed�
9� Do not pack things in the passenger seating area�
You will need the maximum space for comfort�
10� Wear easy wash, drip-dry traveling clothes�
11� Do not make your vacation trips a mileage
marathon� Stop and relax frequently�
12� Verify first aid kit provided in passenger door is
complete and up to date�
13� Carry your pet's dish, food, leash, and health and
registration papers�

Overnight Stop

In time you will develop a knack for spotting wonderful
little roadside locations by turning off the main highway
and exploring� There are many modern recreational
vehicle parks, including State, County, and Federal
parks with good facilities, where you may obtain
electrical, water, and sewer hookups and connections�
Directories are published which describe in detail these
parks and tell what is available in the way of services
and hookups�
All you need to do to enjoy the self-contained luxury is
to:
1� Turn on LP gas supply and light appliance pilots if
required�
2� Turn on water pump and open faucets until air is
expelled from the system�
Before moving on, turn off the LP gas and water pump�
Check your campsite, both for cleanliness and to be
sure you have not left anything behind� Make sure
everything is properly stowed�

Overnight or Weekend Trips

On overnight or weekend trips, chances are you will
not use up the capacity of the holding tanks� Deplete
the water supply if using the system moderately or
conservatively� You will need to maintain the level of
your battery during this time� If your battery falls to 60
percent capacity, charge the battery by starting your
generator�
Frequently depleting the battery below 60%
capacity will shorten its lifespan.
2020 Interstate
WARNING
General Information

Longer Trips

On a longer trip, when you have stayed where sewer
connections and utility hookups were not available, it
will be necessary for you to stop from time to time to
dispose of the waste in the holding tank and replenish
the water supply� Many truck stops and gas stations,
chain and individually owned, have installed sanitary
dumping stations for just this purpose� Booklets are
available that list these facilities�
When you stop for the night, your Airstream Touring
Coach is built to be safely parked in any spot that
is relatively level and where the ground is firm. Your
facilities are with you� You are self-contained� Try to
pick as level a parking spot as possible�

Extended Stay

Making a long trip is not very different from making
a weekend excursion� Since everything you need is
right at hand, you are at home wherever you go� When
packing for an extended trip, take everything you need,
but only what you need�
Hook up to water by attaching a ½ -inch minimum high-
pressure water hose to the city water service�
Plug the 120-volt, 30-amp Electrical Cable into the City
Power Service� Be sure you have the wire grounded
and have the proper polarity�
To use the generator, you simply start it� All switching is
done automatically� The generator can be started from
any of the Multiplex Systems control panels� It is easier
on your generator and appliances if you'll allow the
generator to reach its normal operating speed (about a
minute) prior to applying heavy current loads�
Your Touring Coach is equipped with an Automatic
Generator Start System (AGS)� The purpose of an
AGS system is to automatically start (and run) the
generator when the 12 volt electrical system (house
batteries) drops to a pre-determined level� See Section
5 for more information on the AGS System�
A Cable/Satellite TV connection is located in the
exterior compartment along with the switches for the
dump valves, macerator pump, and macerator pump
high-pressure hose reel�
Turn on the gas supply� Lighting a top range burner
to bleed any air from the system will make it easier to
start other appliances including the furnace�
When you stay for extended periods where electric
or water hookups are not available, you must make
regular checks on the condition of your 12-volt battery
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