[dazmond]

Nah , nothing yet , still doing my homework for the mo !
Dopey Daz thinks I'm going up to Grippa in January 

theres no way you d fit a grippa hydroheat in that van of yours anyway mate unless you reduced the size of your tank to a 150L!

[P @ F]

Nah , nothing yet , still doing my homework for the mo !
Dopey Daz thinks I'm going up to Grippa in January 

theres no way you d fit a grippa hydroheat in that van of yours anyway mate unless you reduced the size of your tank to a 150L!

Ha , I was wondering when you would see that comment 
You are right though with the 350 tank , my 250 would give me space and 100kg less , but its down to batteries and charging , thats why I have to come up with a different solution .

[P @ F]

Have any of you Grippa owners taken the temp of the coolant in the header tank once you are up to your usual cleaning temps ,  I just want to know if the plate exchanger takes all the heat from the coolant or if it builds up the temp in the header tank ?
If you have not then would you mind checking please , providing that it doesnt melt your hand of course 
Cheers , Its nearly D-day , my bits and bobs are on the way !

[dazmond]

Have any of you Grippa owners taken the temp of the coolant in the header tank once you are up to your usual cleaning temps ,  I just want to know if the plate exchanger takes all the heat from the coolant or if it builds up the temp in the header tank ?
If you have not then would you mind checking please , providing that it doesnt melt your hand of course 
Cheers , Its nearly D-day , my bits and bobs are on the way !

my coolant in the header tank is around half full and i cant get my hand in with my meter to check it when its up to full temperature....all i know is its hot.....

[P @ F]

That will do for me cheers Daz , at least i know that the heat exchanger does not zap all the heat out and it sends some back as reserve .
My bits came today , let the tinkering commence 

[Slacky]

The temp of the coolant is meant to get to 88°C I believe before the burner turns off.

[Anthony Jardine]

my coolant in the header tank is around half full and i cant get my hand in with my meter to check it when its up to full temperature....all i know is its hot.....
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Daz if your coolant is that low you will need to check with grippa the correct levels,  as I believe that is way too low
Better to be safe than damage something

[Splash & dash]

my coolant in the header tank is around half full and i cant get my hand in with my meter to check it when its up to full temperature....all i know is its hot.....

Daz if your coolant is that low you will need to check with grippa the correct levels,  as I believe that is way too low
Better to be safe than damage something
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Half full on these systems if fine you don’t want too much more than that

[P @ F]

My lord , my bits and bobs are the mutts nuts !
Did a mock up in the connie and had to walk out as it was hot , hot ,hot , just aswell I got a remote control for it , I was able to turn it off from the cooling down armchair 
 

[Jonny 87]

My lord , my bits and bobs are the mutts nuts !
Did a mock up in the connie and had to walk out as it was hot , hot ,hot , just aswell I got a remote control for it , I was able to turn it off from the cooling down armchair 

Nice. You’ll be able to phone 999 from your arm chair for the fire brigade too.








 

[dazmond]

my coolant in the header tank is around half full and i cant get my hand in with my meter to check it when its up to full temperature....all i know is its hot.....

Daz if your coolant is that low you will need to check with grippa the correct levels,  as I believe that is way too low
Better to be safe than damage something
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its actually just slightly more than half full but only a little....it was like that when i had it installed so it must be fine....

[NWH]

It should be 2/3rds full and you need to use the right coolant,if you top it up I’d get it from them or check with them you can only use the red-pink coolant.

[a900]

My lord , my bits and bobs are the mutts nuts !
Did a mock up in the connie and had to walk out as it was hot , hot ,hot , just aswell I got a remote control for it , I was able to turn it off from the cooling down armchair 

It didn’t happen without photos 😂😂😂

[Splash & dash]

It should be 2/3rds full and you need to use the right coolant,if you top it up I’d get it from them or check with them you can only use the red-pink coolant.

Oliver told me not to fill it above half way , providing you have coolant circulating he said the volume wasn’t overly important, I think most recomend around 5 ltr in the header tank , the more you have the longer it takes to warm up

[dazmond]

It should be 2/3rds full and you need to use the right coolant,if you top it up I’d get it from them or check with them you can only use the red-pink coolant.

you can get red/pink coolant from  any car spares shop or online no problem.....

[P @ F]

Just ran the burner up for 1 hour on full heat , only used a shot leisure battery on it and it only used 400ml
That’s 2 boxes ticked , cheap to run and jack poop power consumption
Just gotta get the heat from the burner into the water !

[Splash & dash]

Just ran the burner up for 1 hour on full heat , only used a shot leisure battery on it and it only used 400ml
That’s 2 boxes ticked , cheap to run and jack poop power consumption
Just gotta get the heat from the burner into the water !

400 ml of fuel in an hour lol mine uses 1to 1:5 ltr per hour

[P @ F]

Just ran the burner up for 1 hour on full heat , only used a shot leisure battery on it and it only used 400ml
That’s 2 boxes ticked , cheap to run and jack poop power consumption
Just gotta get the heat from the burner into the water !

400 ml of fuel in an hour lol mine uses 1to 1:5 ltr per hour

Great isnt it eh !
Just stripped it down and there is no scope for light mods , so it looks like the plasma discs are coming out to play the morrow .
Brand new and its getting the chop already 

[Slacky]

Just ran the burner up for 1 hour on full heat , only used a shot leisure battery on it and it only used 400ml
That’s 2 boxes ticked , cheap to run and jack poop power consumption
Just gotta get the heat from the burner into the water !

Can’t you tell it it was a submersible pump in its previous life.

[Jonny 87]

Just ran the burner up for 1 hour on full heat , only used a shot leisure battery on it and it only used 400ml
That’s 2 boxes ticked , cheap to run and jack poop power consumption
Just gotta get the heat from the burner into the water !

400 ml of fuel in an hour lol mine uses 1to 1:5 ltr per hour

Great isnt it eh !
Just stripped it down and there is no scope for light mods , so it looks like the plasma discs are coming out to play the morrow .
Brand new and its getting the chop already 

What kind of heat increase are you expecting?

With that fuel use id say  it was less than 4kw in power?