need a new night heater

[budice83]

hi i hav a night heater on my westy but dose not have a pump to it and its b2l which is not much good to me when i hav a 1.6td i was thinking about just trying to sort it out but i hear that they are not to safe so if you guyz dont mine giving me some tips on which one to buy nexts for it ? i hav been looking at the dl2 think thats what they call it but even 2nd hand they are not cheep for what they are asking probs be better off gettingt a new one but anyway i'd like to here what you hav to say about this

thanks for your time

budice83

[Oldiebut goodie]

Webastos are cheaper 2nd hand than Eberspachers.
Airtop 2000 is what you are looking for.
How come you have a petrol one in a diesel van? (They are as safe as carrying around a tank full of petrol.) Flog it off - someone will be glad to have it.

[budice83]

well the reason is i think is that the van was a patrol when it come out the shop and before it got shipped over here they fitted a 1.6td in to her and i just got her this summer for a road trip but now the winter is coming i like to still get out and about with it so its time for a new heater
will it be best to buy new or 2nd dont wont to feel like i'm burning my coin before i get it lol

Webastos
Airtop 2000 i'll hav a look about on the net today

[Aidan]

or if you have lpg on board you could go propex, uk made and excellent customer support

[jason k]

aye propex is tidy!!

[budice83]

hey there thanks for getting back to me but i dont think i like the propex heater just coz of the gas link up and going to sleep with it on at a night time if you understand what i mean so think i'm looking at getting a dl2 for her but jesus they are not cheep to buy even 2nd hand but the hunt go on untill i find one and its getting even colder on a night was over the lakes at the weekend man it was cold at one point

[kevtherev]

hey there thanks for getting back to me but i dont think i like the propex heater just coz of the gas link up and going to sleep with it on at a night time if you understand

I do and your worries are misplaced fella
I and others have propex on thermostat.. they are the safest gas heater you could possibly fit as the hot air is just that...hot air

[Cruz]

Where does the tank go for a propex heater?

[kevtherev]

it runs off your gas bottle

[Cruz]

How long would my 4.5kg blue bottle last?

[kevtherev]

the 2.1 kw propex uses 142 grams/hour (continuous running)

[Cruz]

31.69 hours

[kevtherev]

OK I dug up my old figures

I used to use 907 bottles which only contain 2.75kg of gas, my propex is a 1.6kw .. the bottles will only lasted for 19 hours continuous use. As the units cycle to maintain temperature, this will work out to 20-30 hours of actual time the unit is switched on as the burner will be off for some of the time, depending on the ambient temperature outside I guess

[budice83]

has anyone fitted one on to a westy and if so do you hav any pics to show us all just i like to see how you hav fitted it up to the lpg tank and where you hav placed it in the van or out side the van ?

still not sure about the gas thing tho but would like to hav a night heater fitted by the 15 oct

[boatbuilder]

I'll be getting an Eberspacher Airtronic D2 eventually. They come up on ebay second hand fairly regularly out of old Ford Transit ex BT vans. You can get a service kit for them (with new gaskets etc) and all sorts of automatic timers.