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Title: Heating your van for winter
Post by: mavis0119 on September 18, 2010, 08:28:44 am

Hi i have a truck mount system and had many problems with the winter last year with freezing of water and the truck mount pump bands snapping. what do you guys do the stop this proplem?

Title: Re: Heating your van for winter
Post by: davep on September 18, 2010, 01:01:01 pm

A heater  ;)

Title: Re: Heating your van for winter
Post by: garybristow on September 27, 2010, 05:25:45 pm

put an oil filled radiator inside plug it in from your garage perhaps!cheaper to run than a fan and not so dangerous
gary bristowclean

Title: Re: Heating your van for winter
Post by: Dean Baker on November 27, 2010, 08:16:38 am

ESperbacher heater wires in to the 12v on the battery and runs from the dielsel in the van about 700 pounds fitted.  Ive got a thermostat on mine it kick in when the van hits 0 deg

Title: Re: Heating your van for winter
Post by: Ian Gourlay on November 27, 2010, 12:00:46 pm

I not recommending it as I do not know

But has anyone tried a small paraffin green house heater

Title: Re: Heating your van for winter
Post by: gwrightson on November 27, 2010, 01:07:04 pm

ian, i tried a green house heater a few years ago, nothing but smoke lining the roof of van, unreliable and couldnt seem to get the heat right , often i would check and the flame had gone out.
i bought a propane heater yesterday  £96 00   with bottle of gas , but on low last night van nice and warm this morning , a touch of condensation thats about it , s imho  providing its placed correctly and not directly face ing any thing to combustable it will be fine .
geoff

Title: Re: Heating your van for winter
Post by: Ian Gourlay on November 27, 2010, 04:28:23 pm

I was worried about two things Blowing up the van , fumes did not think of black smoke fumes just thought a couple of small cold frame one at £16 each might do the trick

I would like the £700 version but that is a lot of dosh

Geoff is yours one of those 3feet by 4feet propane heaters   ive got one some where but thought that might be over Kill?

Title: Re: Heating your van for winter
Post by: gwrightson on November 27, 2010, 06:15:26 pm

almost identical to this Ian

Title: Re: Heating your van for winter
Post by: Ian Gourlay on November 27, 2010, 08:53:26 pm

Yep

I have one of those I will wait to see if you have a van on Monday

But will I have a pump?

Title: Re: Heating your van for winter
Post by: PaulKing on February 21, 2011, 08:39:33 am

If you can plug into the mains a tube heater ( as found in most sprots changing rooms) they are IP rated so no chance of a spark and about £18 a foot I have a two foot one in the cab to stop frosty windows and a three foot one in the rear  wired in in a hour to a plug on the underside of the rear bumper and a snap lead total cost £120, I also have a Eberspacher heat on another van and thats good to but if you have mains 240v this is easier

Title: Re: Heating your van for winter
Post by: Gav Camm lammy 283 on February 21, 2011, 09:39:35 pm

propex 2000 heatsource
top bit of kit  ;)

Title: Re: Heating your van for winter
Post by: gilbert on March 07, 2011, 09:09:18 pm

use a greenhouse heater put it on frost setting.Then it will come on when the temp goes below 4c.Use it myself never had a problem