[SB Cleaning]

I am only repeating what BBC weather said.

whether it's correct I don't know.

I'm only looking on the 5 day forecast on my mobile phone app so that might not be accurate as I've noticed what they say on TV compared to the app.is usually way off

[Clever Forum Name]

Tv said severe frosts at weekend, all over uk. 

[ChumBucket]

immersion heater, keeps entire van and system frost free all night and all day plus warm water to work with, supple hoses etc.

[Smurf]

Hi I had a eberspacher night heater installed, bit expensive but its like having central heating in a van

Hi Chris & welcome to the forum.

I like the sound of that but just wondering does it have a frost protect setting?

[Smurf]

On the subject about heaters I see xline now do a combo type heater install which heats the water also frost protects the van with the built in blower function.

[chris dosell]

HI it has timer control pad you can set it  to run for up to 8 hours daily in cold weather  . by diesel in the vans  tank and takes power from aux battery,chris

[chris dosell]

not sure it needs frost protection setting

[Smurf]

not sure it needs frost protection setting

So how does it work?

[chris dosell]

you set it to come on like central  heating in your house,it blows warm air through the van  for as long as you want it to .it runs on diesel from the vans fuel tank

[JSMC]

i want an eberspacher for my vw transporter. you have remote control for them. top bits of kit but not cheap.

[chris dosell]

not cheap, but cheaper than a new system

[Jonny 87]

I have an immersion heater.

Goes on at 9pm, off at 6am, and keeps the bank of my van warm, while also giving me warm water to work with all day. Costs me about £2.50 overnight.

Before that I'd put an oil filled radiator in the back.

I do this except I find that 6 hours of heat (3kw) is enough for water in the low 20 degrees range and supple hoses in 400 litres of water.

I use a 2kw immersion, so probably similar.

In 9 hours my tank gets to about 35-40 degrees.

[johnny bravo]

frost got me this morning   big time.
battery went flat,       luckilly a 3 year waranty on it,   lasted 14 months. ??  got it changed over , waited 1 hour for new battery to arrive.
pole hose all frozen,   in house around radiator,
reel frozen inner water,  changed reel.    luckilly have 2.
headed out then realised i never filled tank up ,  back home to refill van.
hoping to get out around 10am,      nothing till 1.30pm.       need to get out tomorrow now.
Citroen Dispatch      changed battery and it seems to have messed up vehicles computer system,     telling me to stop   fault,  hopefully no faults.

[ChumBucket]

frost got me this morning   big time.
battery went flat,       luckilly a 3 year waranty on it,   lasted 14 months. ??  got it changed over , waited 1 hour for new battery to arrive.
pole hose all frozen,   in house around radiator,
reel frozen inner water,  changed reel.    luckilly have 2.
headed out then realised i never filled tank up ,  back home to refill van.
hoping to get out around 10am,      nothing till 1.30pm.       need to get out tomorrow now.
Citroen Dispatch      changed battery and it seems to have messed up vehicles computer system,     telling me to stop   fault,  hopefully no faults.

Try disconnecting the battery again, might clear the fault display.

[Ian Sheppard]

This articles covers some points we cold weather and effects on a system.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/effects-low-temperature-system-ian-sheppard?trk=mp-author-card

[Smurf]

This articles covers some points we cold weather and effects on a system.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/effects-low-temperature-system-ian-sheppard?trk=mp-author-card

Nicely written article there Ian. The V11 controller sounds interesting as was not aware it was suitable for gas water heaters too 

[Ian Sheppard]

We added a function that allows the water recirculation rate when in frost mode to be adjusted to take into account gas heaters.
Diesel are not dependent on the amount of flow to initiate heating. A gas heater is dependent on the flow across the heater to initiate the burner

In all cases sufficient ventilation of waste gases must be taken into account. All the WFP distributors usually have stock of the Frost protect controllers.

[nathankaye]

What imersion heater are you using for what size tank? Where did you get it from as well??
I have a 500litres tank, was wondering about immersion heaters