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What is this?

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Good afternoon everyone,

I’ve taken out my buddy seat from a 1980 Devon moonraker in order to measure up and build a new one.

Could someone tell me what this metal bracket/plate is for please as I’m debating whether to put it in the new one

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Hard to tell, does it swivel, if so could be for a table.
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It’s this part I’m referring to sorry. I didn’t realise I’d included the upside down fridge exhaust pipe that was sat on top of it in the photo!

It’s fixed in place by the way.

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Looks like it was for switches the way that it is recessed like that.
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It's the control panel for an underfloor gas convector heater. Holes for thermostat and ignition button. Can't remember the name of the heater, even though I have one in Van Blanc. Mine needs a coat of Hammerite!
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Cookie wrote: 16 Apr 2021, 17:36 Image

It’s this part I’m referring to sorry. I didn’t realise I’d included the upside down fridge exhaust pipe that was sat on top of it in the photo!

It’s fixed in place by the way.

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Many thanks everyone, especially Colinthefox! I think they didn’t bother with the heater in mine as there was a giant square hole where it should have been on the floor🙈.

Cheers again
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It was for a Riviera Deluxe heater. We had a working one in a van we once owned, and it was great. Effective, efficient, almost silent, in some respects better than a Propex. Required no power, except electronic ignition button (which we converted to 9V battery), as there's no fan - it's purely convection. When not in use, it's covered by a metal plate and then a square of carpet, so it's virtually invisible, and takes up no interior space. I don't know why they weren't more popular.
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ajsimmo wrote: 17 Apr 2021, 07:43 Riviera Deluxe heater.
That's the one! And yes they are quiet, effective and not intrusive. But we can't afford to run it for long on Camping Gaz at UK prices!
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