2007 Dethleffs Globebus Motorhome — Video Tour (Part 7 of 7)

8 in the freezer box here. I'm happy with that. I'm going to turn this fridge back off now and I'm going to take the thermometer out of here. Now I'm only turning this item off because I've finished using it.

If you were using it, you would be leaving it on. I'm also going to come back here to the hot water which has also been on for a short time. I actually put the heating on now as well because I was feeling a bit chilly. So the heating's on as well but the hot water should be getting nice and hot anyway.

So I'll stick the hot tap on here and see how we're getting on. I'm starting to feel the heat coming out of the tap there already. All the way up to 19 degrees, 23 degrees, 35 degrees, 45 degrees, 50 degrees, 54, 56, 57. 4.

Happy with that as well. I'm going to turn this tap back off now and I'm also going to turn the boiler off. Now I'm only again turning this off because I've finished using it. If you were using it, you would be leaving it on.

So any water you're using out of the boiler is being replenished naturally by the water pump with fresh water or colder water. And then that will need a chance to heat up as well. Now that we've shown you your hot water getting nice and hot and your fridge getting nice and cold, the next thing we do need to talk about in your van is battery maintenance which is also very important. Now not only do you have to look after your leisure battery, we do that by plugging in that mains cable outside.

Now I would suggest you at least try and plug your van in once a week for around about the 24 hour mark. Keeping that topped up once a week. You also want to be looking after your engine battery and we do that by starting the van and giving it a drive. Now again I would suggest you at least try and drive your van once a week for around about 20 minutes to keep your engine battery topped up.

We're now going to show you how to winterise your van and this means draining the water from your van. Now the first thing we need to do when winterising the van is we need to drain off all the taps and to do that we need to shut down the main power. So we turn the 12 volt off into the off position. We then come to each individual tap throughout the van, find the centre of that tap and open it.

Now as you'll see, it then releases the pressure out of the system. Your water pump is not on, but what you're doing is you're releasing any pressure left in that tap, allowing it to run out from its source there. You can drop the sugar head down to the lower point as well to allow any residual water to drain from there. And I always press and hold the flush for a few seconds just to open up any valves.

Now that we've drained off all these points, we can then drain off your bigger tanks. Now your bigger tanks being, we have your boiler drain, your fresh water drain and your waste water drain. So underneath your travelling seat here, in behind this panel of wood, we then have your fresh water tank. You have two access panels, easier from the front as your plug is down there.

So that sort of white T-bar down there. So unfortunately we have to stick our hand in the tank here, it will be quite cold today as it is a cold day. Lift up the T-bar and pull out on the plug and this will drain off your fresh water tank. So plug out, that's draining off the fresh water tank.

You want to be keeping that plug somewhere safe as you'll need to put that back in of course to fill up the filter again. So what I'll do today is I'll stick it in this top cutlery drawer. You also have your boiler drain which is that red valve in here. So I'll stick a torch on, red valve goes into the down position and that's going to drain off the boiler.

When I then go outside, you're going to see here, we're going to have the boiler draining underneath the van. Well that's your fresh water there, boiler's draining at the back here and then we've got waste water drain. Waste water drain's here and you need a key for that so I'll just go and grab the key. So this is the key we need to open up our waste water tank.

We are key in and turn, not sure which way, I'll figure it out. So we're up to it, it's open, that's your waste water tank, so it's showering sink waste. Now once you've drained all these points it's always then a good idea to give your van a dry. That's going to allow any residual water left in these systems to sort of move around and escape from these points.

Remember to close all windows before you travel, open all blinds and fly screens before you travel and of course turn off any gas bottles before you travel. Inside your front cab here we have electric windows. We also have electric mirrors so we're selecting the mirror with the joystick. We have your top right there, moving it around like a joystick.

Bottom right, moving it around like a joystick. Bottom left, moving it around like a joystick and top left, moving it around like a joystick. In the centre console here we do have an aftermarket radio. Turning this on will be source.

You can then select through different radio stations and save to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. 1 to 4 on your blowers, temperature control, circulation and where you want your air going. We also have down here as well hazard lights, lock and unlock cab. Over here we have your lights and indicators.

Fuel beam is pulled back. Other side wipers 1, 2 and 3 we pull back for window washers. Also here you do have an aftermarket, looks like cruise control. I think you would need to try it when you're driving.

It is an aftermarket product, not standard or factory fitted. But I would suggest once you're driving maybe getting it up to speed and seeing if that does function.