[ccmids]

is it posible to heat the water in the tank of my van by useing the heat from the engine ,or by the van heater itself .
the ones for sale are too much money for me to buy one about £ 1,200.
if the water was heated just a few degrees it would make all the difrance to the cleaning of windows .

[tomy jackson]

L5 £ 120 deliverd to england £20 gas £16 new reg  ,

[ccmids]

whats L5 ?? i was thinking of fitting a emerstion coil in tank 1/2hour befor i start switch it on and heat  the water.
or 12 volt one heats as i go along.

[Murdie window cleaning]

You would think that it would be possible to have a tank with a heating eliment built in and run it off the van battery or some sort of geni or dynamo conected to the engine.

I'm no expert in these kind of things but surley has to be a cheaper option than retro fitting a heating system.

[GWCS]

L5 £ 120 deliverd to england £20 gas £16 new reg  ,

I take it you have not got this covered on your insurance for use within your vehicle.

[ian1972]

running hot water through your pump will damage it,the l5 is a on demand water heater goes after the pump and you can have as hot a water as you want

[GWCS]

is it posible to heat the water in the tank of my van by useing the heat from the engine ,or by the van heater itself .
the ones for sale are too much money for me to buy one about £ 1,200.
if the water was heated just a few degrees it would make all the difrance to the cleaning of windows .

yes you use a calorific exchange unit - the water from the cooling system goes thru that and heats a second water system that runs through the exchange (the pure water) and heats that on the way to the pump.

you will then need to uprate the pump as most only work to about 50 C

In thoery it can work, but its going to be very expensive to retrofit. far better off using a properly installed deisel system as using lpg systems not professionally fitted and not following legal requirements will not be covered by insurance.

[ccmids]

running hot water through your pump will damage it,the l5 is a on demand water heater goes after the pump and you can have as hot a water as you want

only if the water is boiling point , if the water is warm like how you would have a bath in its OK.

[ian1972]

dont see how you can fit a L5 wrong ,water in water out and gas on a regulator thats the same as any basic bbQ or gass heater,and as for the insurance i still dont see the problem as you are fitting what is classed as a tempory unit as its made for using outside your not acctully moding the van are you?because if thats classed as a mod to the van so must b the complete wfp setup as it is bolted to the floor.mayb i am wrong but if you put the deisel 1 in that is a mod to the van as your bracking into the deisel tank

[LWC]

L5 £ 120 deliverd to england £20 gas £16 new reg  ,

I take it you have not got this covered on your insurance for use within your vehicle.

Love these comments...yawn.

[LWC]

running hot water through your pump will damage it,the l5 is a on demand water heater goes after the pump and you can have as hot a water as you want

only if the water is boiling point , if the water is warm like how you would have a bath in its OK.

Thats correct, i found some info the other day, LIQUID TEMPERATURE: 180 Degrees Fahrenheit (82 Degrees Centigrade) Max, that is too hot to use anyway, so pump would be fine.

Ionics systems have hot water in tank and then go through pump so explain that one.

[DaveG]

Who sells L5's?

[ccmids]

dr lwc do you know if its OK through the resin warm , my system is in the van and the water goes from tank to pump then the resin then hose , would the warm water harm the resin ?.

[LWC]

A while ago i tried filling the van through the DI with hot water tap and it was fine, i cant tell you if it is ok to do, but it worked fine for me with no probs.

To be honest how could it do any damage? Its only water...thats hot/warm

[pingu]

here is a link.... 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Eccotemp-L5-Portable-Tankless-Hot-Water-Heater-Shower_W0QQitemZ350264438423QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item518d632e97&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Cheers
Dave.

[GWCS]

L5 £ 120 deliverd to england £20 gas £16 new reg  ,

I take it you have not got this covered on your insurance for use within your vehicle.

Love these comments...yawn.

Sorry i just wanted to point out you WILL invalidate you insurance if you use a L5 with LPG which HAS NOT been installed professionally and been covered by your insurance.

But as most people probably dont seem to care, I will resit in trying to advise anyone in the matter again.

[tomy jackson]

iv got a leter off my insorace to say that its coved ,woce theyd got ther head ronwd wot i wos useing it for ,

[ccmids]

i still recon a immersion heater fitted in tank

[tomy jackson]

its bin dun befor and not bin overly sukseful

[ccmids]

have you tried it