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murky

  • Posts: 627
Van heating.
« on: October 14, 2009, 08:01:51 am »
Hi guys,

This is a thread going on over on the CC pages I thought I would bring over here.

What do you WFP boys use to keep your kit frost free over the cold winter nights? As I cant see you pumping your water in and out every night.

A lot of the CC ers use oil filled rads etc for their kit but as I live on a road I cant get a cable to my van.

I have an eberspacher heater it makes a bit of noise and isn't allways reliable.

Can you let us into your secret little world.

Murky
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Nathanael Jones

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Re: Van heating.
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2009, 08:27:55 am »
The erberspacher should be  the bees knees,.. maybe it just needs a service?
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rg1

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Re: Van heating.
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2009, 11:55:48 am »
Erberspacher is definately the bees knees as it is used by all the truck manufacturers for heating cabs overnight. Having been a truck driver for almost 20yrs I will vouch for it.
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aiminvestor

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Re: Van heating.
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2009, 12:58:56 pm »
Are they expensive?

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Nathanael Jones

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Re: Van heating.
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2009, 01:56:07 pm »
about £500 for an air heater, £1000 odd for a water heated unit.
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john k

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Re: Van heating.
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2009, 02:41:08 pm »
i used a green house heater last winter which worked really well  :D
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murky

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Re: Van heating.
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2009, 05:22:36 pm »
rg, me too.

Got fet up with it and had my midlife crises. Still got my Class 1 just in case this goes too quiet.

John k. I thought about a greenhouse heater but if you get the paraffin mix wrong doesnt it leave a smoky residue on all your kit.

I put a camping 12v electric blanket over it last year wired into the cig lighter but kept cutting out, I think I will have to wire it to the TM battery and put an inline fuse on it just in case.

But seriously guys, what do you do with the hoses etc, do you drain your systems or put them in a garage or just wrap them up and hope or basicly doesnt it matter?

Murky
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JSMC

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Re: Van heating.
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2009, 05:40:35 pm »
these oil filled radiators do they use a lot of electricity?
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jeff1

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Re: Van heating.
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2009, 06:24:53 pm »
Just chuck a quilt over all my gear and so far no problems
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john k

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Re: Van heating.
« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2009, 06:30:05 pm »
murky it only smokes if the wick is left too high keep it low as it advises and you,ll have no problems ;D
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rg1

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Re: Van heating.
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2009, 07:31:24 pm »
Quote from: john k on October 14, 2009, 02:41:08 pm
i used a green house heater last winter which worked really well  :D

Isn't that a bit dodgy? What if it got knocked over :o
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Nathanael Jones

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Re: Van heating.
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2009, 09:36:47 pm »
Quote from: john k on October 14, 2009, 06:30:05 pm
murky it only smokes if the wick is left too high keep it low as it advises and you,ll have no problems ;D

Mine smoked no matter what,.. and its a job and a half to clean up after it.
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dean123

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Re: Van heating.
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2009, 09:55:30 pm »
been running my green house heater fro a few years and never had a problem
#only as mentioned brfore if the wick is to high
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traps7

Re: Van heating.
« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2009, 10:01:03 pm »
Quote from: jeff1 on October 14, 2009, 06:24:53 pm
Just chuck a quilt over all my gear and so far no problems

I'm gonna try that. I think that'll be fine.
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williamx

Re: Van heating.
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2009, 09:44:06 am »
Last year I used a radiator heater and a halogen heater and the hoses and water still froze when we hit minus 14.

This year I will be using a blow heater, which will be set on a timer to go off every hour for 15 minutes.

This will be wired to an inverter from one of my leisure batterys.
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