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silviud
Hi, my name is Silviu, I am from Romania and I am a new member of the Cali's family, as I have bought a T6.1 Cali Ocean 2 months ago.
I like traveling a lot and I have already made some nice trips with it.
I love this car for it's versatility, for being so dynamic, for the fact that it is both an everyday car and a small home when you are traveling.
Although I bought this car new, I couldn't get many information regarding the car from the dealer, as they have sold only a few California in Romania over the years. So, I'm asking you for help with some information.
1. I've had some problems with charging the leisure batteries. I've been in the mountains by bike for a few days and I left the car with the fridge in function and after 4 days when I returned to the car my batteries were empty. I could not charge the batteries driving seversl hours with the max charge function, neither going in a camping and hooking up for about 15 hours did not help at all.
I went to the dealer and they just updated the soft and after that they were able to charge but they coldn't explain what hapened.
Now I stay with my eyes on the monitor all the time, but I don't know how to properly operate the charging, I don't know if it's charging.
How much does it need to hook up for a full charge? How do I know that it is charging and when is full?Even if the yellow sign appears when I hook up, I left it charging more than 24 hours and the blue sign with the battery on the display indicated the same number of lines as before charging and the hours range the same. Than both the lines and the hours range can increase or decrease and I never know why...
2. I tried to switch on the auxilary heating to see how it works. Neither pressing the button on the remote, nor switching on the continuos mode on the display did not work. Playing in the menu I was able to start by chance the heating only by pressing continous mode and then pressing start imediately. And it started after 3-4 minutes. I must say it was not cold outside. Does it depend on the outside temperature to start? And why only after pressing the combination buttons as described?
3. I am thinking about installing some solar penel. Any recomandation? And do I loose my guarantee?
Thank you!
I like traveling a lot and I have already made some nice trips with it.
I love this car for it's versatility, for being so dynamic, for the fact that it is both an everyday car and a small home when you are traveling.
Although I bought this car new, I couldn't get many information regarding the car from the dealer, as they have sold only a few California in Romania over the years. So, I'm asking you for help with some information.
1. I've had some problems with charging the leisure batteries. I've been in the mountains by bike for a few days and I left the car with the fridge in function and after 4 days when I returned to the car my batteries were empty. I could not charge the batteries driving seversl hours with the max charge function, neither going in a camping and hooking up for about 15 hours did not help at all.
I went to the dealer and they just updated the soft and after that they were able to charge but they coldn't explain what hapened.
Now I stay with my eyes on the monitor all the time, but I don't know how to properly operate the charging, I don't know if it's charging.
How much does it need to hook up for a full charge? How do I know that it is charging and when is full?Even if the yellow sign appears when I hook up, I left it charging more than 24 hours and the blue sign with the battery on the display indicated the same number of lines as before charging and the hours range the same. Than both the lines and the hours range can increase or decrease and I never know why...
2. I tried to switch on the auxilary heating to see how it works. Neither pressing the button on the remote, nor switching on the continuos mode on the display did not work. Playing in the menu I was able to start by chance the heating only by pressing continous mode and then pressing start imediately. And it started after 3-4 minutes. I must say it was not cold outside. Does it depend on the outside temperature to start? And why only after pressing the combination buttons as described?
3. I am thinking about installing some solar penel. Any recomandation? And do I loose my guarantee?
Thank you!