2000 sunline Solaris t267 sr water operation

[Johnny k]

Hello everyone! I have just bought a 2000 sunline Solaris t267 SR. I’m trying to get it all set up and I cannot find an owners manual anywhere and need to know how to set up water use! Do I just hook up the hose to the outside and than the water will just run? How do I set this up please help!!!
Also need help wiring the thermo stat to a new basic Honeywell!!! Anyone have pics of how they wired theirs?

[JohnB]

Welcome Johnny K!

Congrats on your new sunny!

We have copies of the owners manuals here on our site. When logged into the site, you can download a copy for free from our files section.

Our FILES section, is a great Sunline information resource. Including most all of the sale brochures from way back when, owners manuals, appliance manuals and other good stuff.

The sales brochure has a lot of good info on your model camper that is hard to come by in one organized spot. Just scroll to your year and download a copy. Same for the owners manuals.

To get to the FILES section, you have to be logged in. Look up top along the forum for the words "FILES". That is a tab, click it. Then select the area you want to go to can read on for hours, days, maybe even weeks...



A heads up, RV camper owners manuals are not like an automobile owners manual that gives exact instructions on most everything in your auto. The camper owners manual talks more in general on how things work to help you along the way. For the actual appliances, there are owners manuals with very detailed info on them from the manufacturer of the appliance. We have many of those in the files section too. If your model is not there, give us the make and model no. on the appliance and we can help search for it too, then add it to our files section for future help to others.

You are also welcome to ask any and all questions about your camper. Just create a post in the appropriate forum and ask away. We have many areas already answered in old posts, but we have no problem with asking questions you need help on.

Hope this helps

John

[JohnB]

Originally Posted by Johnny k

need to know how to set up water use! Do I just hook up the hose to the outside and than the water will just run?

If this is the first time ever with you using the water system in a used camper, heads up. Unless you know the prior owner had a leak free water system, be cautious about just putting pressurizing city water into the camper. If a line or water heater is cracked, you can have a mess on your hands real fast.

How I check out unknown water system is with about 20 to 30psi of compressed air. Just charge the system through the city water hookup fitting and slowly charge the system. Go inside and listen. You can find most leaks just by listening. I do go one step further with a pressure gauge added to the water heater, charge the camper, shut off the incoming air, and watch the gauge if it drops much or not over about 20 minutes or so. You will get a few psi change from the air cooling down, but it will not drop to zero. Zero is a leak.

Short of the air test, at least have 2 people helping. One outside by the water source with a hose shutoff, the other inside looking at the water heater and under the cabinets etc. where ever water lines are inside the camper. Let the flow go in slow. The water heater holds 6 gallons by itself and the water lines maybe 2 gallons +/-. Going slow gives you more time to react.

The city water port I'm talking about is a female garden hose fitting on the side of the camper. They location changes by the floor plan.

There is also a fresh water tank and an onboard water pump to pump fresh water into the water lines. Before filling the water tank, crawl under and look for the translucent white tank. There will be a ~ 1 1/2" OD green and white stripped hose connected to it which is the gravity fill hose. Assuming the original owner did not change it. If the inside of that tank is all green and full of curd, do not fill it with water and turn on the water pump. You will create one big mess in the water pump and have to deal later with that. If the tank is dirty, clean out the tank before filling it. If it is clean, the OK fill it.

There is also a sanitization process that uses unscented house hold bleach to sanitize the system once you know the water system has been drained and flush of any left over pink RV antifreeze and the water system is pressure tight. This is normally a spring start up task getting ready to start the camping season. Our files section owners manual talk about the sanitize procedure.

Hope this helps

John

[JohnB]

Originally Posted by Johnny k

Also need help wiring the thermo stat to a new basic Honeywell!!! Anyone have pics of how they wired theirs?

Several of us have done the digital thermostat upgrade from the standard Dometic T stat. BUT, the new T stat has to be different enough from a basic home T stat that runs on power sent by the furnace or home AC system.

Not sure what Honeywell T stat you are trying to use. OR what older T stat you have.

The ones I have converted or other members, the new T stat uses batteries in it to run the T stat controls. The new T stat then has "dry contacts" from an on board relay contact to switch on the furnace or the roof AC unit.

See this post, read all of it, this is the Hunter T stat upgrade, but the brand does not matter, as long as your new T stat has on board contacts and it's own battery source, it should work. This link will drop you into my post with some pics.

Tell us if you old Dometic T stat looks like the one in these pics

https://www.sunlineclub.com/forums/f...html#post78332

That should get you started, ask for help on that post if you need any.

John