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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: jsm on January 11, 2010, 09:23:03 am

Title: propex van heaters
Post by: jsm on January 11, 2010, 09:23:03 am
I posted that i was getting one of these as i have to park at the back of my house , so oil rads etc are no good .

Well put it all together yesterday and went and tested it in the van - wow what a good bit of kit , fires up and you have Bloody hot air pumping round the van in seconds, set the stat and leave to come on as and when .
it vents outside for its air and exhaust , its even got a sound like a V 8 burrbling form the exhaust
- cool
 ;D
more snow today here so ill be spending the day fitting it in and warming my toes in the van .

click    http://www.bluebird-type2.co.uk/heat.htm (http://www.bluebird-type2.co.uk/heat.htm)

it come the next day from order so big thumbs up for bluebird.


Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: Window Washers on January 11, 2010, 09:37:13 am
is that easy to fit ?
Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: matt on January 11, 2010, 10:04:03 am
bluebird T2 are a good outfit

the propex heater is very good, heats quickly

as you might have guessed from the Bluebird T2 site, they are  VW place

Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: Rob_Mac on January 11, 2010, 10:08:54 am
Ive looked at these before.

What sort of fuel consumption are we talking about?

Rob ;D
Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: geefree on January 11, 2010, 10:14:13 am
They are very expensive though dont you think, but i suppose its cheap, if you can work.
Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: gewindows on January 11, 2010, 10:20:13 am
Wont you get a lot of condensation from burning propane or butane?
Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: Window Washers on January 11, 2010, 10:42:04 am
Wont you get a lot of condensation from burning propane or butane?
get loads of condensation in the van anyway
Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: gewindows on January 11, 2010, 10:55:52 am
Yes, true enough, I try to keep mine to a minimum for that reason.

If this produces more isnt it going to compound the problem?
Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: jsm on January 11, 2010, 11:33:32 am
no condensation if the vans got some sort of lining on the roof/walls as its the hot air meeting the cold air that will give you that .
You can drive along with these going - lots of the old air-cooled camper guys use then for there normal heating.

Very easy to fit - connect gas, connect 12 v , connect stat, connect air pipes, drill two 1inch holes in floor - turn on easy.

I have a spare battery to hook it up to that will have a split charge relay on - as i dont want to come down and have a nice hot van only to find i cant start it - lol   thats the sort of luck i have at the moment.

cost running - ?? they not ment to use much , i just bought  a 19kg propain ( which is big ) for £24.50 with £8 deposit on the bottle so we will see  :-\

Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: jsm on January 11, 2010, 11:39:00 am
They are very expensive though dont you think, but i suppose its cheap, if you can work.


yes they are 400 new but work out sitting at home for 3 weeks ... the diesel ones are about 750-999 new !!!
ebay has both types but these are still fetching 350 plus , and lots of the bits missing as they pulled out of old BT vans

I could easy use it for years and then sell it for 300 in a few winters time  ;D so good purchase really.
Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: matt on January 11, 2010, 03:04:06 pm
the cost to run is slightly more than the diesel type, but its not that much of a difference

Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: jsm on January 11, 2010, 03:23:55 pm
all fitted - its the blue box .. http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q223/jsmjsmjsm/heater003.jpg

works a treat

under the van

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q223/jsmjsmjsm/heater005.jpg

Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: Spruce on January 11, 2010, 06:13:03 pm
Wont you get a lot of condensation from burning propane or butane?

Hi Matt,

I am not sure about the Propex heaters, but JSM did say that he has to drill 2 x 1" holes in the floor, which I see is for the combustion air inlet and the other for the exhaust. The Propex concept is the same as the Eberspacher diesel airtronic I have and so it won't increase internal condensation in the van as the heater draws its air from outside the van and exhausts it outside afterwards. The Eberspacher heats a combustion chamber which is a type of heat exchanger. Cold air is drawn in from the inside of the van on one end of the unit, past over the heat exchanger and blown out the other side.
I find the inside of my van has less condensation on the roof than before, but I can't agree that the van gets 'toasty' warm inside, its just not big enough to heat my Citroen Relay cargo area and cabin, but it does take the chill off the air.

I will consider putting an exhaust silencer on it shortly as mine sounds like a jet engine on full heat - probably the reason why every motorhome with these have silencers fitted.

Spruce
Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: Pureandclean on January 11, 2010, 08:12:25 pm
Is there any way you could run the pipes through your water tank to warm up the water
Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: matt on January 11, 2010, 08:55:30 pm
Is there any way you could run the pipes through your water tank to warm up the water

you can split the hot air pipe, i know people in VW campers who split it to 3 pipes, 1 for the front screen, 1 for the front seats and 1 for the rear seats

you could try and run a pipe though the tank, would it work ? ? ? 
Title: Re: propex van heaters
Post by: jsm on January 12, 2010, 09:00:08 am
well this morning as the test , we still got lots of snow about and it dosnt look like going away yet. -

I left it on all night set on low burbling away , went out at 8am all frost free and the windscreen nice and clear ---  ;D  so its off to work for me today ... WE HE ...

One good bit of news - i took the battery back in doors for charging - hooked it up to charger and the charged light come on the charger - so it looks like they dont drain the batterys very much ...  :o