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NWH

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Re: Electric vans, fitting tanks
« Reply #20 on: June 11, 2022, 09:34:00 am »
You wouldn’t need to get rid of the heater you would just need to suck diesel from a separate tank inside the back of the vehicle,I did this for years with another van.

dazmond

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Re: Electric vans, fitting tanks
« Reply #21 on: June 11, 2022, 09:45:27 am »
You wouldn’t need to get rid of the heater you would just need to suck diesel from a separate tank inside the back of the vehicle,I did this for years with another van.

It's a bit of a faff though having to carry jerry cans in the van and filling them up.if/when I go electric I'll be heating my water up with electric too
price higher/work harder!

Arnold Palmer

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Re: Electric vans, fitting tanks
« Reply #22 on: June 11, 2022, 10:08:45 am »
An electric van would be ideal for me as I do very little mileage.i hate the thought of having to get rid of my diesel heater though....

 ive probably got another10 years left in my present van and system

I'll probably have to fit an immersion to be able to work with hot water in an electric van

10 years time I suspect that electric vans will be much improved.

The infrastructure is pants, especially round here but I've got a charger at home, 2 at the yard, 2 at my dad's house and we're about to put another in at my sister's house.

Not cheap but once it's done it's done.

NWH

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Re: Electric vans, fitting tanks
« Reply #23 on: June 11, 2022, 10:13:19 am »
You don’t need carry anything I used to pull in to a petrol station and have the army style 20 liter can just inside the side door and put the diesel pump in the van and fill it up,you need to use a metal can because the plastic ones tend to leak a little more a you get more of a smell of diesel. 

NWH

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Re: Electric vans, fitting tanks
« Reply #24 on: June 11, 2022, 10:15:10 am »
You wouldn’t need to get rid of the heater you would just need to suck diesel from a separate tank inside the back of the vehicle,I did this for years with another van.

It's a bit of a faff though having to carry jerry cans in the van and filling them up.if/when I go electric I'll be heating my water up with electric too

The time you’ve had the heater on in winter inside the van and electric seats as well as heating water you’ll be lucky to off the drive with the range you’ll have Daz 😂

NWH

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Re: Electric vans, fitting tanks
« Reply #25 on: June 11, 2022, 10:21:05 am »
If you know you will only be doing local stuff I would say an electric van would be a great option,it’s just not possible for most of us to even consider due to the range that’s available at the moment.
I watched a YouTube video of a plumber that went from Kent to London each day working I think it was a Toyota medium style van fully electric,it had a range of roughly 170-180 miles and he really struggled to get there and back each day due to the range not being accurate at all if he had the heater on first thing or a blast of air con.
I can go miles and miles without seeing charging points in the South East.

Ggh

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Re: Electric vans, fitting tanks
« Reply #26 on: June 14, 2022, 01:17:11 pm »
An electric van would be ideal for me as I do very little mileage.i hate the thought of having to get rid of my diesel heater though....

 ive probably got another10 years left in my present van and system

I'll probably have to fit an immersion to be able to work with hot water in an electric van

10 years time I suspect that electric vans will be much improved.

The infrastructure is pants, especially round here but I've got a charger at home, 2 at the yard, 2 at my dad's house and we're about to put another in at my sister's house.

Not cheap but once it's done it's done.

How much you paying per kWh? How many units does a van use on a typical day?

Arnold Palmer

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Re: Electric vans, fitting tanks
« Reply #27 on: June 14, 2022, 02:25:02 pm »
An electric van would be ideal for me as I do very little mileage.i hate the thought of having to get rid of my diesel heater though....

 ive probably got another10 years left in my present van and system

I'll probably have to fit an immersion to be able to work with hot water in an electric van

10 years time I suspect that electric vans will be much improved.

The infrastructure is pants, especially round here but I've got a charger at home, 2 at the yard, 2 at my dad's house and we're about to put another in at my sister's house.

Not cheap but once it's done it's done.

How much you paying per kWh? How many units does a van use on a typical day?

Full whack unfortunately. When I signed up for the vans I was on 26p kw/h but my provider went bust and I was shipped over to Shell.

The vans are costing me around £180 - £200 per month in electric. The Diesels cost me around £250 - £300 at the moment. No road tax either.