12th february
A lovely little place overlooking a wide beach and the Ria De Formosa Reserve.
Stopped for coffee at the restaurant on the left as you walk into the village. Almost empty at 12.00 and almost full at 13.00. Mostly well,dressed Portugese, the menu was very unusual with a lot of fish stews, octapus etc.
That morning the domestic battery is reading 11.7 so getting better but all a bit odd. I suggest ro JC that we should at least find the batteries and see what they are and how big etc. So get back to the house and i take the panel off the front of the passenger seat. Yep, that is where one is and the other is under the drivers seat. As I am standing by the passenger door I note that the small rocker switch that is to heat up the water tank in extreme cold is actually in the down/on position. Ah ha. This switch was installed by Highbridge when we bought the van as i was concerned about having a water tank that wasn't insulated. It heats the water enough to stop it freezing and of course only works at cold temperatures, like every night this week! So we must have inadvertently switched it on. It is only now that I check the amps on the control panel and see that 0.1 amps are shown even though everything is turned off. Motorhomes are extraordinary. What is still running and why! Why can't a van be more like a boat.
So, we hook up again and will check tomorrow.
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A lovely little place overlooking a wide beach and the Ria De Formosa Reserve.
Stopped for coffee at the restaurant on the left as you walk into the village. Almost empty at 12.00 and almost full at 13.00. Mostly well,dressed Portugese, the menu was very unusual with a lot of fish stews, octapus etc.
That morning the domestic battery is reading 11.7 so getting better but all a bit odd. I suggest ro JC that we should at least find the batteries and see what they are and how big etc. So get back to the house and i take the panel off the front of the passenger seat. Yep, that is where one is and the other is under the drivers seat. As I am standing by the passenger door I note that the small rocker switch that is to heat up the water tank in extreme cold is actually in the down/on position. Ah ha. This switch was installed by Highbridge when we bought the van as i was concerned about having a water tank that wasn't insulated. It heats the water enough to stop it freezing and of course only works at cold temperatures, like every night this week! So we must have inadvertently switched it on. It is only now that I check the amps on the control panel and see that 0.1 amps are shown even though everything is turned off. Motorhomes are extraordinary. What is still running and why! Why can't a van be more like a boat.
So, we hook up again and will check tomorrow.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
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