Hey Guys,
Picked up our new to us 07 16.49.3 Outback recently, and had our 1st shakedown trip over easter.
Our handover was pretty poor, and we're 1st time caravanners, so sorry if the questions are stupid.
1. There is a warning alarm coming I think from the HWS. It beeps twice, quick beeps about 3 seconds apart. It then won't beep for about 5 minutes. It's sperratic and sometimes won't beep for an hour, then again in quick succession. Is this letting me know the HWS has reached temp, or is there something else wrong? It's very annoying while trying to sleep. Is there something i'm doing wrong, like the HWS is not meant to be on permanently when the van is being used? This is on 240V. I havn't run it on gas yet.
2. I couldn't get any reception (nothing at all) on the TV for the kids at Tin Can Bay. Could the TV be analogue and not digital? At my home on the Gold Coast I have had very poor reception on this TV. I have I believe an aftermarket TV aerial, which is about 1.5ft wide by 1ft tall. What's my 1st port of call here to get it sorted?
3. I'm towing with a 2011 Nissan Navara ST (3.0 Tonne tow limit). It tows quite well, but at 110km/h it gets a bit of light feeling with sway. At 100km/h it seems rock solid. Do you guys use load levellers/sway bars on this size rig, even though it only weighs around 2.0T.
4. On upcoming trips we plan on doing some free camping. Is a generator considered taboo by some, or vital?
We are considering a long trip soon, so would like to get these issues sorted out.
Darren
Picked up our new to us 07 16.49.3 Outback recently, and had our 1st shakedown trip over easter.
Our handover was pretty poor, and we're 1st time caravanners, so sorry if the questions are stupid.
1. There is a warning alarm coming I think from the HWS. It beeps twice, quick beeps about 3 seconds apart. It then won't beep for about 5 minutes. It's sperratic and sometimes won't beep for an hour, then again in quick succession. Is this letting me know the HWS has reached temp, or is there something else wrong? It's very annoying while trying to sleep. Is there something i'm doing wrong, like the HWS is not meant to be on permanently when the van is being used? This is on 240V. I havn't run it on gas yet.
2. I couldn't get any reception (nothing at all) on the TV for the kids at Tin Can Bay. Could the TV be analogue and not digital? At my home on the Gold Coast I have had very poor reception on this TV. I have I believe an aftermarket TV aerial, which is about 1.5ft wide by 1ft tall. What's my 1st port of call here to get it sorted?
3. I'm towing with a 2011 Nissan Navara ST (3.0 Tonne tow limit). It tows quite well, but at 110km/h it gets a bit of light feeling with sway. At 100km/h it seems rock solid. Do you guys use load levellers/sway bars on this size rig, even though it only weighs around 2.0T.
4. On upcoming trips we plan on doing some free camping. Is a generator considered taboo by some, or vital?
We are considering a long trip soon, so would like to get these issues sorted out.
Darren