[sunshine windies]

Hi
In your experience what does temp have to be down to overnight for any damage to be caused to a van system ? Pump in particular I guess?
Last winter I managed to avoid putting a heater in the van overnight apart from one or two nights and I'm keen to do that again if possible .
In the past I've not bothered with the heater when we've had some pretty bad frosts on the van but obviously I don't want to risk anything being damaged ....
Cheers

[SeanK]

Iv had my van out in minus eighteen and the only damage I got was the inline strainer busted and leaked out the
water when the thaw set in.
R.O. was in the van, I covered it with a couple of sleeping bags and got no damage.
I think that was about four or five years ago, three weeks of below minus ten thankfully they don't happen every
year.

[SB Cleaning]

-6 and I start to worry and put an oil rad in the van.

[dazmond]

if its forecast any minus temperatures overnight then the oil filled rad gets put in the back of van.better to be safe than sorry IMO.

[LBWCS]

if its forecast any minus temperatures overnight then the oil filled rad gets put in the back of van.better to be safe than sorry IMO.

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[Richard ham]

I just set controller to frost protection, simple. Dont worry ever:-)

[sunshine windies]

if its forecast any minus temperatures overnight then the oil filled rad gets put in the back of van.better to be safe than sorry IMO.

Same as that generally but if I can get away without using it I will as I have to put the lead out through the front window which means shutting the window with the lead running through it which I don't like doing as I worry it might damage the lead and start a fire or something

[johnny bravo]

this is my first year,   if i cant get gear out, ill just wrap it all in bubble wrap, + a sleeping bag and hope for the best
my backpack comes into the house by the fire, all snuggly.    it likes that..

[PoleKing]

if its forecast any minus temperatures overnight then the oil filled rad gets put in the back of van.better to be safe than sorry IMO.

Same as that generally but if I can get away without using it I will as I have to put the lead out through the front window which means shutting the window with the lead running through it which I don't like doing as I worry it might damage the lead and start a fire or something

Get an outside plug mate.
Sparky will supply & fit for about £50

[duncan h]

how do you put cable into van? do your doors still shut? not worried about van freezing but my water freezing and customers slipping on it

[sunshine windies]

Yeah that outside plug sounds a good idea the cable fits in thought the seal on back of the van no probs . When it got really bad the year before last I carried a bag of grit In The van and put it down on any paths etc. which custys might have slipped on .

[dazmond]

how do you put cable into van? do your doors still shut? not worried about van freezing but my water freezing and customers slipping on it

i lock my van doors with extension cable at the bottom of the doors.no problem.i do it every night when im charging my battery anyway.

when it comes to water freezing on the ground.use your brain and trad doorways and brush away any standing water on pathways.this is what i do when its really cold.i sometimes put grit/ice melt down too but i ask the customer first as some dont want you to!

[windowswashed]

My tank is insulated, van is insulated, cab bulkhead is insulated so no de-icing the inside windscreen this year, hosereel and pumps insulated.

Just need to put a small amount of heat into my tank and no need to worry. Minus sixteen in my back garden one year and still worked in minus five degrees..