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13/10/2014 at 11:42am
Location: Ayrshire
Outfit: Auto-Sleeper MHs
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You're always welcome, Annette. You don't say if you're going to a site or to someone's drive or yard, for example. You may not have the EHU socket at your vehicle, but you could get the EHU lead for a tent which has the sockets at the end, and put it through a side window. Then plug in a small oil-filled electric radiator - keeps the vehicle tepid to warm, stays on all night safely. A friend with a camper van does this. If you also get the converter, you can plug the EHU stance end into a barn's three pin socket and trail the lead out of their window to you. We did this when the site we went to had no space, but the owners let us use the yard and plug into their outbuilding; have done this at a friendly hotel too. Otherwise, back to tenting - we used a gas cylinder with a heating cowl on top - but not at night. It's not so cold yet that you need heating if you've got bedding, bed socks etc etc (loads of threads on that topic elsewhere). Sounds like you're eventing? if so, good luck.
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16/10/2014 at 11:56am
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Haha! I've just had a picture in my mind of us sitting like pixies on a toadstool!
Right, well I've just ordered myself a small generator and I'm hoping that its not going to be too noisy to either prevent us, the horses, or the neighbours sleeping!
I'm picking up a small background heater radiator tomorrow, plus some expanding foam to block the 2 inch gap we have at the top of the partition between the living area and horse area and I'm hoping for the best! I'm also going to carpet it, which should feel better than the lino that's in there atm and I'm picking up some insulating stuff (like silver bubblewrap) to put on the luton under the matress. I'm hoping this at least will help, because everytime there was the slightest of breezes last time we slept there, it blew through the base and the matress never actually got a chance to warm up. Laying all night in a cold bed isn't my idea of fun! There isn't much else I can think about doing up there, as the boards on there have to be kept loose, in order for the cab to tilt if we break down. I'd have liked to have insulated the whole living area, but won't have time for that, for this trip anyway. But its something I'll try and do before the next one.
Fingers crossed we'll be a bit more comfortable this time though.
Thank you all for your thoughts on this. Xxx
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16/10/2014 at 2:42pm
Location: East Herts
Outfit: 1992 Elddis Wisp 450CT + X Trail
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I think you have done exactly what I was about to suggest. If your genny is 1200 watts, the heater you will be using will hardly put any load on it, so you will have plenty to spare for running a lamp. Electric heaters don't usually take much, if any, more power when they are heating up, but my only concern would be that you would not get enough heat from a 400w heater. You could safely run two of them in my opinion, and still have enough power in reserve for lighting.
In your circumstances I would not recommend portable gas heating. Not just because of the dangers involved, but because they create a tremendous amount of condensation, which you say is already a problem. Electric heating is a dry heat, much better in your circumstances.
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Colin
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