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Jamie25 wrote:Blimey. Maybe Dave will be in bed with us after all! Best start saving!

I find our 2 staffys in the bed are the best form of night heater, and at around 50p a day running costs they're cheap too.

72BUG wrote:I find our 2 staffys in the bed are the best form of night heater, and at around 50p a day running costs they're cheap too.

it's the exhausts that would put me off that solution

1664 wrote:

72BUG wrote:I find our 2 staffys in the bed are the best form of night heater, and at around 50p a day running costs they're cheap too.

it's the exhausts that would put me off that solution

It can be a problem with all the beer and burgers but the dogs don't seem mind that much.

No. it's fitted to the angled bulkhead so I have more room under the bed to store stuff

6'5" and 5'10" = No room for pointer when he's fully grown!

Jamie25 wrote:6'5" and 5'10" = No room for pointer when he's fully grown!

Better get saving then. They grow quickly.

Hi,

We have an Eber not sure exact model think its D3L about 2003/04 model 2.1Kw I think which we fitted last year.

It is noisy on start up and when raising the temps in the van but settles down to a very quiet hum, this will depend a bit upon on how warm you want to be and the outside temperatures. We have a silencer fitted which made a bit of a difference and it is much quieter inside the van than out.
Very fuel effecient and even with our worn out leisure battery it still ran for 12 hours, I know because I accidently left it running overnight 2 days ago when testing it before our holiday in a weeks times, after 12hrs it had only just switched off as the van and heater outlet were still nice and warm.

I do think it could be a bit antisocial if you had a tent very close in very cold weather.

Propex seem quieter but are significantly more expensive to run if using Camping Gaz 907s

Cheers.. Phil

D3L is 3.2 Kw.
The D3L P compact is a special quieter model.

I have an eberspacher on a T4 westie and although, as said by others it is quiet in the van, i have taken a walk to the loo in the night on a v quiet campsite and thought it was a bit noisy for my neighbours I had a propex in a Bay but only ever fired it up to test it worked...that seemed quieter but maybe because it was in the van under the bed?

I just bought a non moving T25 and have found a Riviera floor heater in it...tho not a clue if it works or not

The Eber in ours is as quiet as anything (when the temperamental beast decides it feels like working).

Right, so now Jamie know how noisy / quiet an Eber is

Back to the subject (Propex ) - ours is under the front of the bed and makes about the same noise as a modern well designed fan heater, or perhaps even less. To be fair it has recently had a new motor fitted (£70) that is supposed to be quieter and uses a tad less current (1.6 amps) than the original design. Plus it only comes on for 10 minutes every 1/2 hour or so (Thermostatically controlled).

As said above, you cannot tap into the LPG tank, but you can save LOTS of money by buying a (legal) re-fillable tank that takes forecourt LPG, the same as you put in the main tank. Bonus is that does not freeze in cold weather. More on those = HERE

Jamie25 wrote:are they quiet enough to leave on all night?

Sounds like you probably want to address insulation first, though. With two people in a smallish space, the heating should really only be needed to take the edge off the cold. Overnight, when lower temperatures inside the van aren't such a great issue anyway, there shouldn't be any need to have the heating on. On the few occasions we've felt the need to use our Eber (very quiet, btw - a slight ticky-ticky-ticky internally from the pump, and a low slightly pulsing whommf from the exhaust), it doesn't do much once it's up to temperature - the thermostat cuts it in briefly every now and then.

ghost123uk wrote:Right, so now Jamie know how noisy / quiet an Eber is

Back to the subject (Propex ) - [/url]

He wanted to know how noisy both were.....

My eber is quiet inside the van....and I don't think you would hear much on a quiet camp outside the van.....unless your tent was next to the exhausts.....and you were benefitting from the heat and fumes....

The question was from 2011!!!!

Oldiebut goodie wrote:The question was from 2011!!!!

I wonder why danmetallic posted on it (maybe there was a spam post this morning that subsequently got deleted ?)