need a new night heater

[budice83]

yeah i hav my eyes on one or two on ebay at the mo

[kevtherev]

propex is the size of a shoe box you can fit it anywhere where you can put an exhaust pipe to the outside.
Some put it under the bed, others use a cupboard.

propex draws air from inside the van, (and outside) so as the air in the van warms, propex heats the air quicker.

A footnote here propex require NO servicing, they are a sealed unit.

something to read here http://www.caktanks.com/news/08_09%20Pr ... Heater.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Cruz]

Webastos are cheaper 2nd hand than Eberspachers.

I think that should be 'were' cheaper

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Cruz]

I used to use 907 bottles which only contain 2.75kg of gas, my propex is a 1.6kw

What size of propane bottle do you use now Kev?

[kevtherev]

3.9 kg calor red bottle (propane.)

not as calorific rich (hot) as butane.. but the bottle sits nicely under the bed

[Cruz]

I've got my eye on a couple of propex's. I like the idea of them being a sealed unit and the fact that I don't have to rig up an extra fuel tank. I can just use one tank for the heater and another small one for cooking. I take it you use propane for cooking too due to it being better in the cold (winter camping)

[Plasticman]

Yep thats one reason, also propane tends to to have the same cyclinder/bottle connector, whereas butane have loads of different reg's so if you run oput away from your supplier you may find as we did that the make we could get needed yet another reg,
so went to propane and now a built in leisure tank (not that dear and more than made up by the cheaper gas) though depends on how much you use it in winter etc
mike

[budice83]

when i find the right one i hope to use it every day of the week just be sweet to get in to a warm van in the winter months

[budice83]

yeah thats what i ended up getting in the end but if you dont have the right volts to fire it you it just cuts off so you have to make sure you get the right battie for it which i cart same to fine one which fit in the box under the seat

[kevtherev]

if you use the search there are posts telling you which battery to get...Alpha spring to mind

[budice83]

yeah i have read a lot of them and ended up going for a 80amp but the thing is tho its not all that much better i still need to start the van up to get it running and once its up and going after about 15 min it just turn off i now its not the battery coz i check the volts and it never drop under 11 volt and on the d2 they shut down once it get to 10.5

[Oldiebut goodie]

But you are saying that the battery never goes under 11v - what about where you are supposed to be measuring the voltage - at the heater. It wouldn't surprise me if you were only getting 10v at the heater.

Voltage is to be measured at the heater - not the battery.

Voltage is to be measured at the heater - not the battery.

Voltage is to be measured at the heater - not the battery.

Voltage is to be measured at the heater - not the battery.

Voltage is to be measured at the heater - not the battery.

^^^^^^^^ this is because everyone misunderstands how to measure it!!

Wiring size and connections need checking. Measure the voltage drop on your lead from the battery and also the negative lead.

If my battery were running at 11v whilst trying to run a heater I would ditch that battery whether new or not.

[budice83]

hi there

and thanks for getting back to me about ckecking it from the heater which was one of the thing i did but got on the phone to a guy today and he was awesome give me some tips and help me work it out will post his number on here so if anyone needs anything doing he the guy to give a call

thanks for you tip on checking it from the heater i can see you was getting work up for some reason lol

[Oldiebut goodie]

There is a very helpful site for eberspacher problems etc. - well worth perusing and taking a copy of HERE