Tiffin Motorhomes VANLEIGH BEACON Owner's Manual page 259

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PARK MoDEL — A travel trailer that requires park facilities to function. It lacks holding
tanks and dual-voltage appliances, requiring to be plugged into water, sewage, and electri-
cal facilities. A park model is more of a small mobile home than a recreational vehicle, in
appearance and function.
PART TIMERS — The term used for people who use their RV more than usual (more than
just a few weekend trips a year), but who still use it less than full time.
PATIo MAT — Carpet or woven mat for use on ground outside of RV. Used whether or not
a concrete patio pad is available where camping.
PAYLoAD cAPAcITY — The maximum allowable weight that can be placed in or on a
vehicle, including cargo, passengers, fluids and fifth-wheel or conventional hitch loads.
PILoT — A pilot is a small standby flame that is used to light the main burner of a propane
fired appliance when the thermostat calls for heat. Pilots can be used in furnaces, water
heaters, refrigerators, ovens and stove tops.
P oRP oISING — A term used to define the up and down motion in an RV while traveling
P oWER SoURcE — Also referred to as shore power, this refers to the receptacle outlet
you are using to plug in your shoreline power cord. This can be a campsite power box or
electrical box, a residential receptacle outlet specifically wired for your camper or a gener-
ator (customer supplied).
PRIMITIVE SITE — A campsite that may have city water, shore power or sewer hook-ups
but not all of them; primitive sites may have no hook-ups or connections at all.
PRoPANE — LPG, or liquefied petroleum gas, used in RVs for heating, cooking and refrig-
eration. Also called bottle gas, for manner in which it is sold and stored. This is the proper
term in the RV industry when referring to "LP Gas."
PULL - THRoUGH SITES — Campsites you can drive through and park (without having to
back up into the site).
REFER — Slang for "refrigerator". Refrigerators are often found in either a "two-way" or
"three-way" operating mode. Two-way: has a gas mode and an AC mode. Three-way: has a
gas mode, AC mode, and 12V DC mode. The coolant used in RV refrigeration is ammonia.
The two most common manufacturers of RV refrigerators are Norcold and Dometic.
RIG — What many RVers call their units.
RoADSIDE — This refers to the side of the camper that faces the road when it is parked.
Often called the off-door side.
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