Part One - Use Of Camper Equipment And Safety Considerations; Safety Considerations; General Operating Instructions & Information; 240V Supply - Volkswagen T6 Manual

Part One – Use of Camper Equipment and Safety Considerations

Safety Considerations:

There are three key areas for safety:
1) 240V supply and systems
2) Gas supply
3) 12V supply and systems
These systems have been kept apart as far as possible and all have been designed for
maximum safety. The key safety issues have been addressed within the following detail.
This manual cannot and does not provide complete detail of every safety issue and the
user must apply normal commonsense and additional research if you are not trained in the
difference between campervan equipment and the use of both 12V and 240V electrical
equipment. In a camper, there are fundamental differences to a home environment and
more safety awareness is required.
General Operating Instructions & Information
These cover the campervan operations and not the VW Transporter Van – these can be
found in the standard VW
fitted is Higher than the original Van and may not fit under standard heights eg car
parking limits.

240V supply

This has a double pole supply switch unit that cuts off both live and neutral inputs from
the rear OS hook up plug. This supply unit has a built in cut off (RCD) for sensing any
earthing within the 240V wires and equipment and two switched and fused circuits (MCB's),
one 16 amp for the 240V socket and one 16 amp circuit for the leisure 240V charger which
is directly wired to this switched circuit.
All 240V cables run separately to the 12V wires and are protected by cable trunking and
earthed to the van body as required by regulations.
Charger MCB
Above: shows the 240V switch RCD / MCB unit. The switches are show in the ON
positions. There is also a small test push switch that tests the RCD function is
working. Note that the cover hinges on the left and it is stiff to open.

240V Hook-Up

Care must be taken when not in the UK as some countries have reversed polarity.
manual. Note that the height of the vehicle with the Pop Top
Main Isolator
Socket MCB
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