Best place to site a Propex heater?

Post by **New Kentish Campers** » 20 Mar 2012, 19:12

I've just bought a 2nd hand 1600 Compact Propex heater for the van. Stupid question perhaps, but wheres the best place to site it please? My van is a Holdsworth Villa 3 pop-top. I'm thinking it could live in the cupboard right behind the driver's seat where the 907 gas bottles usually live, and then site the smallest Calor Propane gas cylinder underneath the back seat, secured with a strap. I then plan to plumb everthing from the new calor cylinder, including the fridge and cooker, with copper pipe & soldered joints to minimise the risk of leaks.

Thoughts anyone?

Doug.

Post by **LittleMissSunshine** » 20 Mar 2012, 19:57

I have the auto home conversion and mine is in cupboard behind driver too.

Post by **Oldiebut goodie** » 20 Mar 2012, 22:10

Calor says to use compression joints only - no soldered ones. (Originally I personally would have used soldered ones also)

Post by **New Kentish Campers** » 21 Mar 2012, 07:09

LittleMissSunshine wrote:I have the auto home conversion and mine is in cupboard behind driver too.

Thank you. Can you tell me please where your inlet & outlet pipes go? I would have thought through the floor; I'd prefer not to have anything going out through the side of the van, particularly as its just been repaired and resprayed.

Doug.

Post by **New Kentish Campers** » 21 Mar 2012, 07:11

Oldiebut goodie wrote:Calor says to use compression joints only - no soldered ones. (Originally I personally would have used soldered ones also)

Oh, that's a surpise as I was thinking that soldered joins would be more gas tight than compression ones. Mind you, the original fridge pipe-work uses compression fittings so I'll take your/calor's advice, thank you.

Post by **ghost123uk** » 21 Mar 2012, 07:19

New Kentish Campers wrote: Can you tell me please where your inlet & outlet pipes go? I would have thought through the floor; I'd prefer not to have anything going out through the side of the van,

Err, think about it, the exhaust from the Propex has GOT to go outside the van

Post by **New Kentish Campers** » 21 Mar 2012, 07:23

No, I know that, what I meant was can the exhaust pipe go through the floor, as against from the side. Even I know the dangers of carbon monoxide

Post by **ghost123uk** » 21 Mar 2012, 07:34

New Kentish Campers wrote: No, I know that, what I meant was can the exhaust pipe go through the floor, as against from the side. Even I know the dangers of carbon monoxide

Ah, sorry about the tongue in cheek reply, I did not read you words correctly

Well, it is early in the morning

Most folks put that pipe through the floor.

Fitting instructions (including saying through floor is good) at = http://www.propexheatsource.co.uk/pdf/P ... ns%232.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Post by **New Kentish Campers** » 21 Mar 2012, 08:23

Ah, nice one, thank you

Post by **Cruz** » 21 Mar 2012, 11:21

I didn't have a cupboard I could use so it was fitted to the angled part of the engine bay under the rear bench seat. (HS2000)

I made a ply box cover to go over the hot air pipe so it doesn't get squashed and I can still fit two camping chairs under there as well as a few other smaller things

Post by **LittleMissSunshine** » 21 Mar 2012, 14:00

Mine are through the floor.

Post by **Titus A Duxass** » 21 Mar 2012, 14:21

I put mine where the Aux (passenger) heater was, under the RnR in the middle.
I also put it in a box and still have plenty of storage space.

Post by **waltraud** » 21 Mar 2012, 14:35

Through floor exhaust then directed slightly backwards to avoid possibility on air ingress in ex pipe.

Post by **Oldiebut goodie** » 21 Mar 2012, 15:05

Do you mean that the exhaust end terminates under the vehicle behind the heater? Just that your description could be construed so. If so......
Not a very sound idea if you think about it. Safer to have any carbon monoxide directed away from the vehicle at the body edge - car exhausts do this for a reason.

Website · Post by **CovKid** » 21 Mar 2012, 18:54

Mine is in the very bottom of my kitchen unit with the two holes for inlet/exhaust. Its half fitted as I've been busy on other vans for other people. Just need the flexi pipe to fit on those now and a proper test. Fired ok but I imagine its shutting down due lack of pipes and not being sealed up yet.

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