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Clever Forum Name

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Oil fired rads....
« on: January 23, 2015, 12:22:36 pm »
Do you leave on frost stat setting, or put them on to a certain temp?

If you put them on, do you just put them on full power?

richywilts

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Re: Oil fired rads....
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2015, 01:07:07 pm »
depends if you have van plylined and insulated my combo isnt insulated i leave it on the max setting 6 as use my parents electricity ;D ;D

when i had a vivaro tho that was insulated prob get away with having it on much lower
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Smudger

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Re: Oil fired rads....
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2015, 02:55:54 pm »
I had mine set just above the frost setting for normal weather, but would crack it up if going lower than minus 4 overnight

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Don Kee

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Re: Oil fired rads....
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2015, 03:22:15 pm »
Usually i leave it on full whack but i put mine on frost setting last night (-2)
The hoses were fine but the metal connector going into the hosereel was frozen (didnt notice untill was out to work, so left it next to the exhaust to thaw out!!)
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cgh window cleaning

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Re: Oil fired rads....
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2015, 04:24:48 pm »
I forgot to put mine on last night....woke up to frozen hose.
I normally have it Set to half on a thermostat the van is mildly warm in the morning and not like a sauna.

kempy

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Re: Oil fired rads....
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2015, 04:50:45 pm »
Mine I think has , but I just leave it on max , don't really see much added to the electric bill

Clever Forum Name

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Re: Oil fired rads....
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2015, 07:19:41 pm »
I don't want to freeze up and I don't want to waste electric.

Gonna go with medium to highest depending on temps.

Thanks.

dazmond

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Re: Oil fired rads....
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2015, 08:04:32 pm »
full whack.i always bring hose reel inside to make room for the heater.

no minus temperatures forecast overnight here in manchester for the forseeable future though.its warming up a tad! :)
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chris turner

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Re: Oil fired rads....
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2015, 08:57:46 pm »
How do you insulate your van?
Getting a new one at some point this year and this is definitely one of the things I want do.

kempy

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Re: Oil fired rads....
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2015, 11:22:45 pm »
Oil filled radiator for me .


Re: Oil fired rads....
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2015, 10:07:41 am »
How do you insulate your van?
Getting a new one at some point this year and this is definitely one of the things I want do.
I don't because I cannot heat my van overnight,  but if I were to and van was ply lined I'd stuff hot water tank jackets behind the ply, foil material ( like you put behind radiators to reflect the heat ) on the floor with a rubber matt on top. And maybe carpet with contact adhesive to inside of roof.

slap bash

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Re: Oil fired rads....
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2015, 08:33:02 pm »
A trick I have used is getting all my tank to pump hoses at least a foot of the van floor and lagging as this helps to stop freezing.I have left my hose on the vans floor and only have that section freeze.

PoleKing

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Re: Oil fired rads....
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2015, 09:57:17 pm »
A trick I have used is getting all my tank to pump hoses at least a foot of the van floor and lagging as this helps to stop freezing.I have left my hose on the vans floor and only have that section freeze.

What difference does the foot off the floor make, Slap?
I'd've thought the lagging would've just done it?
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