[windowwashers]

Has anyone tried those small paraffin greenhouse heaters,... i guess they will smell a bit , but do you reckon they are safe to use?

if the side door locks on the first click leaving a gap, it would be ventilated , but then again thats letting jack frost in  :

I would not use one myself, you are just asking fro trouble, there must be a van heater on the market, and someone on here will have heard of a sort of thing, just have to wait for the right reply.

Ian

[Captain Scarlet]

ive been asking for weeks, nobody gives the right reply on this topic!

[jeff1]

This is what I do with my Tank in the winter?

[Captain Scarlet]

do you keep that stuff underneath the tank aswell or does it just get squashed?, I have been thinking of doing this to mine too!!

[Lizzy]

A night heater like in Lorries can be fitted to your Van.  they come in 12v and 24v and cost about £750.
Sounds expensive but how many days off in 1 year due to frozen water and burst pipes?
Eberspacher Night heater will last years.   

[jeff1]

do you keep that stuff underneath the tank aswell or does it just get squashed?, I have been thinking of doing this to mine too!!

I put it underneath aswell in the winter, but really no need to as its a timber base, but I just like to make sure, I take it out in the summer and reinstall in the winter.

Got it all ready to do my IBC tank as well.

[Captain Scarlet]

I have never wfp in winter so what can I expect if I do nothing to keep things warm?

[jeff1]

Frozen pump, and pipe, cracked tank, cracked RO-System and so on.

[Lizzy]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EBERSPACHER-AIRTRONIC-D2-NIGHT-HEATER-KIT-IVECO-24V_W0QQitemZ140161475303QQihZ004QQcategoryZ108854QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thats what you need, except in 12v


ah...heres a 12v




http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EBERSPACHER-D2-AIRTRONIC-DIESEL-HEATER-12VOLT-Brand-NEW_W0QQitemZ260161000904QQihZ016QQcategoryZ15263QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Captain Scarlet]

I dont have ro!! the tank can crack!!!! do you live in scotland by any chance? Luke

[jeff1]

I dont have ro!! the tank can crack!!!! do you live in scotland by any chance? Luke

Luke just make sure every thing is protected, if a tank is full of water and it freezes then yes a tank will split.

I live a few hundred miles from scotland

[geefree]

hust thought.... i have a plug lighter socket heater... ( i once had a blown heater in an old van lol)....

i could croc clip that to my leisure battery in my van eh?...

go, tell me my batt would be flat in the morning.?

[M & C Window Cleaning]

Somewhere someone told me that heating the water after it has been purified affects the properties of the pure water.

Surely this can't be true. Once you've removed the particulate matter form the water with an RO and DI how can heating it it put it back? What other properties of water could heating it change that would affect the way we use it?

I was thinking of using a pond heater in my storage tank after filtering it. They normally only take the edge off it and that should be enough I would have thought.