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Van heating

Posted: 09 Oct 2010, 22:13
by Huyton_Blue
What does everyone use?
Last weekend I used a fan heater from hook up power,twas noisy at night.
Am thinking of using a small oil filled radiator next time.

Re: Van heating

Posted: 10 Oct 2010, 01:25
by AngeloEvs
This thread might be of interest.......https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=75649

Re: Van heating

Posted: 10 Oct 2010, 19:14
by donnieg
We use a small oil filled radiator when on hookup but we also have a propex heater fitted

Re: Van heating

Posted: 10 Oct 2010, 19:17
by chuckle-bus-tom
We have a Propex, but it's noisy if left on at night so we don't. The power of a duvet under you is great!

Re: Van heating

Posted: 10 Oct 2010, 19:35
by little.legs
Propex to warm the van before bed. Then a good sleeping bag and a german shepherd on each of our feet. V cosy...)

Re: Van heating

Posted: 10 Oct 2010, 20:39
by donnieg
little.legs wrote:Propex to warm the van before bed. Then a good sleeping bag and a german shepherd on each of our feet. V cosy...)

How on earth do you manage with two german sheperds in your van as we have one and he takes up a lot of floor space.

Re: Van heating

Posted: 10 Oct 2010, 21:52
by Cruz
Where do the shepherds leave their flock?

Re: Van heating

Posted: 10 Oct 2010, 22:41
by 2435mick
Cruz wrote:Where do the shepherds leave their flock?


How the flock should I know

Re: Van heating

Posted: 11 Oct 2010, 15:44
by Cruz
On the subject of heating I want to run the propex from the same bottle that I currently use to run my fridge and hobs. They are already plumbed in and a gas hose goes from the bottle regulator to the isolator then to the appliances via copper piping.

Is there a propane gas regulator that has two outlets or would I have to connect a T or Y piece to a standard regulator using a short gas hose?

Re: Van heating

Posted: 11 Oct 2010, 16:59
by kevtherev
Cruz wrote:On the subject of heating I want to run the propex from the same bottle that I currently use to run my fridge and hobs. They are already plumbed in and a gas hose goes from the bottle regulator to the isolator then to the appliances via copper piping.

Is there a propane gas regulator that has two outlets or would I have to connect a T or Y piece to a standard regulator using a short gas hose?

just take a point on the existing copper pipe after the regulator that's convenient and branch off to propex with copper too.
Fitting an isolator on that pipe branch is a requirement.

Re: Van heating

Posted: 11 Oct 2010, 17:08
by Cruz
The isolator is just for the fridge and is in an inconvenient location for the propex feed.

What I was planning to do was run copper piping from the propex into the gas bottle locker then fit an isolator to the end of it. From the isolator I would then run a rubber gas hose to the propane bottle.

I was just wondering if there was such a thing as a twin outlet propane regulator but it looks like I will have to use a t-piece to split the bottle outlet

Re: Van heating

Posted: 11 Oct 2010, 17:11
by kevtherev
I think so yes

Re: Van heating

Posted: 11 Oct 2010, 17:31
by Cruz
Cheers Kev. The sooner I get it fitted the less random questions I will have