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				Van heating
				Posted: 20 Dec 2011, 20:16
				by caleyking
				Hi everyone,
I'm planning on doing some wild camping on Snowdonia in Jan so its going to be pretty cold. I'm looking for advice on what would be a suitable stand-alone heater possibly oil or something but unsure. I dont want to spend loads on it nor risk any poisening either!
Merry xmas to you all 

Cheers
Caley
 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 20 Dec 2011, 20:26
				by Ian Hulley
				Eberspacher or Propex are the most common ... leaving it late now though for Chrimbo camping  
 
 
Ian
 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 20 Dec 2011, 20:55
				by kevtherev
				...........or webasto, truma and carver.
as the man says these take some time to fit
. unless you hook up.
nowt else thats safe
			 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 21 Dec 2011, 20:14
				by slobbo
				Generator and a heater
			 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 22 Dec 2011, 14:59
				by seeker
				I put a wood burner in mine. Its cheap to run, lovely to look at and very cosy. Pictures will go in the "garage" sometime in the next few weeks.
			 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 26 Dec 2011, 21:54
				by Ian Hulley
				seeker wrote:I put a wood burner in mine. Its cheap to run, lovely to look at and very cosy. Pictures will go in the "garage" sometime in the next few weeks.
I look forward to seeing where you put that  

 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 27 Dec 2011, 01:34
				by R0B
				And were your insurers ok with that.When you told them.
I put a wood burner in mine.
 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 31 Dec 2011, 09:18
				by caleyking
				slobbo wrote:Generator and a heater
Ihave a cheap one from screwfix that should do the trick - didn't think of that  
 
just need to get one of those slow oil plug in things from the jan sales  

 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 31 Dec 2011, 11:36
				by ghost123uk
				I put a wood burner in mine.
R0B wrote:And were your insurers ok with that. When you told them.
  
 
Good point though  
 
 
Still, would love to see the installation  

 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 31 Dec 2011, 21:11
				by Timwhy
				I bring my Mr Heater Buddy when there's no electrical hook up for my 1500 watt space heater. The heater buddy works goor to warm the Westy but you do need to leave a window cracked, as this propane heater is unvented. Never use this heater while you sleep, you don't want to wake up dead, it does have a low oxygen sensor cut off but who wants to be a test dummy?

 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 11:16
				by kevtherev
				So there you have it you have the ultra safe options of a tried and trusted separated combustion chamber heater..... propex, eber, webaso etc
Or the other types that rely on you being conscious and alert to the dangers of fire and lethal gas
			 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 12:49
				by billybigspud
				 
 
i get paranoid about my fridge being on gas
 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 12:54
				by 1664
				billybigspud wrote: 
 
i get paranoid about my fridge being on gas
 
If you're serious, it's barely the size of a pilot light - and it's vented outside, or should be.
 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 12:57
				by billybigspud
				not that worried really but do have a detector just in case. I keep blaming it for banging head in the mornings when i wake up but in the back of my mind i know its the stella.
			 
			
					
				Re: Van heating
				Posted: 01 Jan 2012, 22:54
				by Plasticman
				stella is renowned for headbanging.
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