[Crystal-clear]

cheers gaza thats good to know , ill wake up early and place in van 1hour before clean and you saying all the pipes should be defrosted

thanks

[dave0123]

Well with the one i use it was minus 6 here last night and it would still be frozen if i put it a hour before i went to work be better all night.

Mine burns a yellow flame like any fire would?? smelly a tiny bit which is expectd but no soot

You need to buy parrafin also which will be there along with the heaters i imagine.

[Crystal-clear]

the flame should run blue thou right otherwise it can kill you apparently

[dave0123]

Thats what am saying maybe it does with the ones you linked on here! but mine doesn't. Am not sure what Ian means by blue the whole flame blue?

But mines a diffrent one to those large warm ones

[mikecam]

cheers gaza thats good to know , ill wake up early and place in van 1hour before clean and you saying all the pipes should be defrosted

thanks

Not with one of them paraffi heaters it won't be defrosted. I've had mine on for days in the van (before anything was frozen) and its all frozen up even with the heater on.

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

did u meet u wiv ste m m8

[NJWindowCleaning]

Would a camping gas lantern work to keep things free of frozen pipes etc??

[mikecam]

did u meet u wiv ste m m8

Yeah, looked like he had a luxury hot water shower in the back of his van !!!

[mikecam]

Would a camping gas lantern work to keep things free of frozen pipes etc??

no mate, no where near.

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

did u meet u wiv ste m m8

Yeah, looked like he had a luxury hot water shower in the back of his van !!!

he brought it cheap off my n8 lol

[Crystal-clear]

cheers gaza thats good to know , ill wake up early and place in van 1hour before clean and you saying all the pipes should be defrosted

thanks

Not with one of them paraffi heaters it won't be defrosted. I've had mine on for days in the van (before anything was frozen) and its all frozen up even with the heater on.

Mike so the heater will not help me gosh i had called bnq and its top of my list tomorrow... what on earth do i do?

[Mr Bungalow]

Hello All,

What about any of these, see link below;

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?isSearch=true&fh_search=ceramic+heater&x=18&y=13.

I'm thinking about getting the one at the bottom of the page for £35.98.

As this was the only one in stock at the branch where I live.

Regards.

[Mist A Bit]

non of the heaters have worked in my van so i went for it and put a calor gas fire in the back. Everything is warm as toast, tank real everything. even the water in my tank has a slight warm feel to it.

steve

[Count Phil]

I tried a paraffin greenhouse heater. Didn't even stop the pipes next to it freezing.

[Topclean]

Ive just bought a 3kw honeywell fan heater from focus diy for £71.99. this really heats your van and it blows the hot air everywere. one of my vans froze over the weekend and this defrosted it in about an hour well worth the investment imo.

[geefree]

I didnt mean a little greenhouse heater , i meant a proper parafin heater .

it will boil your van , not a little candle wick heater.

[mikecam]

I havn't used these, but these look ok for standalone heating for the van.........

Gas
http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Space-Warmer-Propane-Heater-8-400-13-700Btu-hr-Sealey-LP13

Paraffin
http://www.dry-it-out.com/KSP-270

[geefree]

This is what i meant bud. 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUPER-SER-PORTABLE-CALOR-GAS-HEATER-MOBILE-GAS-HEATER-/140484322712?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Hearing_Cooling_Air&hash=item20b584a598

[dave0123]

This is the one i use to keep my RO warm but my RO is inside garage then inside a wooden box that i made, this is for cold night going to like minus 4-6 works fine keeps the box at around 5-8 c constantly in the night.

This burns with a yellow flame but i dont get any soot at all a slight smell but nofifng too bad so not sure what Ian actully ment altho those others are diffrent i think that crystal-clear linked up.

[A & J Owen Window Cleaning]

try a inverter plug into car fAg socket plug in a electric fire and that should do the trick and wont drain ya battery either mate