[Andy L.W.C.S.]

has anyone seen or heard about this for van systems, using a thermostat connected to your pump and when it gets below set temp pump kicks in circulating water thus stops it freezing in hose/pump n tank (pump on lowest setting???
any ideas  Cheers

[Andy L.W.C.S.]

come on pips, someone must be able to help on this matter!!! 

[Jista]

Nah m8 sorry m8n don't fink that will work TBH

[Jista]

Water can freeze on the move

[dave.e]

Water can freeze on the move

water can freeze when it's running very slowly but not at a constant speed and if so it would have to be around -20

[windiewasher]

put fish in your tank overnight,works perfect fella

[William McCafferty]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250953679066?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

just set this up on your system to come on every hour for 15 minutes.

[Nathanael Jones]

http://www.indiegogo.com/Thermoshine-advanced-WFP-controller?a=215355

 

[dazmond]

oil filled radiator does the job.around £40 for a half decent one.money well spent IMO.costs me around £1-50 a night in electric to wake up to a frost free van on cold mornings.


regards


dazmond

[Frankybadboy]

nat jones as designed a flow controller which does this and you should be able to buy soon.

[Andy L.W.C.S.]

docwindows, gold fish or Cheers Lol
pure hydro, that looks like it might be the thing to use 
dazmond, cant 1 of me vans next to Hse to run power cable 
cheers pips, got something to get on wiv now

[Nathanael Jones]

nat jones as designed a flow controller which does this and you should be able to buy soon.

You can pre-order already from the link above (more pics coming soon). Delivery for the first batch will start mid march. 

Only 50 units will be available at that special price though,... 

[Ian Sheppard]

Also worth having a look at a Frost stat controller which will run with a diesel or calor gas heater.

[windiewasher]

docwindows, gold fish or Cheers Lol
pure hydro, that looks like it might be the thing to use 
dazmond, cant 1 of me vans next to Hse to run power cable 
cheers pips, got something to get on wiv now

yeah goldfish they say if its upto 450 litres you just need 10!

[William McCafferty]

nat jones as designed a flow controller which does this and you should be able to buy soon.

You can pre-order already from the link above (more pics coming soon). Delivery for the first batch will start mid march. 

Only 50 units will be available at that special price though,... 

by then we will be in the middle of a heatwave compared to what its like today

[Nathanael Jones]

True,.. but you'll be prepared for next year, & you get it at a never to be repeated price. 

Plus there's the remote control,... 

[Nathanael Jones]

Video coming soon,.. here's a pic tho (The label is only temp,.. the proper high quality one should arrive in the post Monday):

[[GQC] Tim]

I think that's a great advancement, looks fantastic, but is it really necessary? If you can't get a lead out to your van, I guess so, but a thermostat fan heater is easier, cheaper to run and does a better job I would imagine as it circulates the air. Have had the same fan heater in the van for the last 3 winters, and it's always frost free.

[LBWCS]

I like this idea.my concern is this-my back door has to be open for fume release as I have a fogwash. This would mean I have to leave the door open letting cold in, and obviously security issues. Drilling a hole in the roof isn't an option for me

[Nathanael Jones]

A roof vent would be essential if you wanted to run the system with all doors closed,.. and to be honest I'd never recommend running a DIY hot system unattended unless you're 110% sure its been properly & competently installed.

Roof vents are cheap & easy to fit though,.. although I did cringe a little when I started cutting the hole in my van roof,...