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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Clever Forum Name on January 23, 2015, 12:22:36 pm

Title: Oil fired rads....
Post by: Clever Forum Name on January 23, 2015, 12:22:36 pm: Do you leave on frost stat setting, or put them on to a certain temp?

If you put them on, do you just put them on full power?
Title: Re: Oil fired rads....
Post by: richywilts on January 23, 2015, 01:07:07 pm: depends if you have van plylined and insulated my combo isnt insulated i leave it on the max setting 6 as use my parents electricity ;D ;D

when i had a vivaro tho that was insulated prob get away with having it on much lower
Title: Re: Oil fired rads....
Post by: Smudger on January 23, 2015, 02:55:54 pm: I had mine set just above the frost setting for normal weather, but would crack it up if going lower than minus 4 overnight

Darran
Title: Re: Oil fired rads....
Post by: Don Kee on January 23, 2015, 03:22:15 pm: Usually i leave it on full whack but i put mine on frost setting last night (-2)
The hoses were fine but the metal connector going into the hosereel was frozen (didnt notice untill was out to work, so left it next to the exhaust to thaw out!!)
Title: Re: Oil fired rads....
Post by: cgh window cleaning on January 23, 2015, 04:24:48 pm: I forgot to put mine on last night....woke up to frozen hose.
I normally have it Set to half on a thermostat the van is mildly warm in the morning and not like a sauna.
Title: Re: Oil fired rads....
Post by: kempy on January 23, 2015, 04:50:45 pm: Mine I think has , but I just leave it on max , don't really see much added to the electric bill
Title: Re: Oil fired rads....
Post by: Clever Forum Name on January 23, 2015, 07:19:41 pm: I don't want to freeze up and I don't want to waste electric.

Gonna go with medium to highest depending on temps.

Thanks.
Title: Re: Oil fired rads....
Post by: dazmond on January 23, 2015, 08:04:32 pm: full whack.i always bring hose reel inside to make room for the heater.

no minus temperatures forecast overnight here in manchester for the forseeable future though.its warming up a tad! :)
Title: Re: Oil fired rads....
Post by: chris turner on January 23, 2015, 08:57:46 pm: How do you insulate your van?
Getting a new one at some point this year and this is definitely one of the things I want do.
Title: Re: Oil fired rads....
Post by: kempy on January 23, 2015, 11:22:45 pm: Oil filled radiator for me .
Title: Re: Oil fired rads....
Post by: richard groves on January 24, 2015, 10:07:41 am: Quote from: chris turner on January 23, 2015, 08:57:46 pm
How do you insulate your van?
Getting a new one at some point this year and this is definitely one of the things I want do.
I don't because I cannot heat my van overnight, but if I were to and van was ply lined I'd stuff hot water tank jackets behind the ply, foil material ( like you put behind radiators to reflect the heat ) on the floor with a rubber matt on top. And maybe carpet with contact adhesive to inside of roof.
Title: Re: Oil fired rads....
Post by: slap bash on January 24, 2015, 08:33:02 pm: A trick I have used is getting all my tank to pump hoses at least a foot of the van floor and lagging as this helps to stop freezing.I have left my hose on the vans floor and only have that section freeze.
Title: Re: Oil fired rads....
Post by: PoleKing on January 24, 2015, 09:57:17 pm: Quote from: slap bash on January 24, 2015, 08:33:02 pm
A trick I have used is getting all my tank to pump hoses at least a foot of the van floor and lagging as this helps to stop freezing.I have left my hose on the vans floor and only have that section freeze.

What difference does the foot off the floor make, Slap?
I'd've thought the lagging would've just done it?