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Subject Topic: looking at diesel heated motorhome? Post Reply Post New Topic
Personlizzie
18/5/2015 at 10:23am
 Location: Surrey
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We are looking to buy a motorhome and one we liked yesterday is heated by diesel. The salesman (he would of course) said this was a good thing as you can heat while travelling so don't arrive with a freezing van and that it was very good/efficient. So I was reading the last post on diesel heating with interest. Can anyone else comment on having a diesel heater and being happy with it? We don't want to get this wrong!


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Personsandram9898
18/5/2015 at 11:29am
 Location: sunderland
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We have a rollerteam which has a diesel heater, and we love it. Yes it's noisy for the first 10 minutes while it heats up but then it goes quiet and just flicks back on to keep the temperature constant. We leave ours just ticking over through the night and you can't hear it but keeps the van warm. Great if you use the van in the winter, even travelling to the site switch heater on and when you get to the site van is already nice and warm. We don't find it that expensive to run. We would be lost without ours. Hope that helps change your mind a bit. We've had our van for 6 years and would not change it.


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Personlizzie
18/5/2015 at 11:51am
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Thanks. That sounds fine then and nothing to worry about! Always helpful to hear what others think!

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Personpepe63
18/5/2015 at 12:15pm
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We had a diesel heater in our first van...but to be honest we didn't really keep the van long enough to gauge, or form an opinion on, the heater...

but aren't diesel heaters supposed to be quite power-hungry?..worth bearing in mind if you camp off hook-up?



PersonMike+Co
21/5/2015 at 7:17pm
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I have just taken out a diesel heater from a friends van and replaced it with a gas one. They were fed up of people on adjoining pitches complaining about the noise and fumes.

Mike


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PersonDot P
21/5/2015 at 8:18pm
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We heat on diesel and have done for several years. Not sure would say its better of worse than our previous gas heating - just different.

Never ever had a complaint about the noise or fumes but maybe that depends on the motorhome.

For us on long trips the diesel is easy to source - whereas calor gas not as easy in some countries. That is the only major benefit and now we have Gaslow that doesn't matter,

Would honestly say it wouldn't influence us one way or the other if it was the right van.


Personmikael
21/5/2015 at 8:43pm
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One thing to bear in mind is a gas heater produces a lot of residue condensation whereas a diesel heater does not. Water inside a vehicle can produce dampness.


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PersonOwen 47
23/5/2015 at 8:07pm
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We have a diesel heater which is useful particularly in in between weather. It is a bit noisy to have on all night. In winter we tend to hook up and use an electric heater. A bit quieter and I think it's cheaper though I've never costed it out. We are a small VW T5 conversion so we heat up quick but lose heat through the pop top. An hour before bed is useful for us.


Personpamanddoug
23/5/2015 at 9:42pm
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as owen 47 says I too carry a small electric heater for use on hook up as someone said why burn your own money when you've already paid for the electric
doug


Persondjnight.1
23/5/2015 at 11:55pm
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Are you going to the North pole?.
Todays motorhomes are well insulated and after a few years of experience the only advantage as far as I can see is you use less gas.
dav/jan


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Personmyshell
15/6/2015 at 9:11pm
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I have an Eberspacher Combitronic heater in my Pioneer Renoir, this heats both water and blown air heating and can be used on diesel or mains electric, it does however use quite a bit of battery power on initial start up on diesel and can be a tad noisy for the first 5 minutes or so until it reaches set temp, but after that it just has a quiet hum as it keeps the van lovely and warm, as a very rough guide it uses about 1/2 to 3/4 of a pint of diesel per hour and as has already been mentioned it can be used whilst driving the van.

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Personmikael
15/6/2015 at 10:21pm
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You can of course buy diesel heaters which also provide cooking facilities. I am having an Nissan NV200 1.5 dci converted and having a Wallas XC Duo installed which looks a bit like a laptop on the work surface. When opened it provides two cooking rings, and when closed it blows out DRY hot air i.e virtually no condensation as with gas blown heaters. Developed in Finland for primarily boats, its function is now approved for motorhomes. Well worth a look into. Ciao

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Personkbcalypso
17/6/2015 at 5:38pm
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myshell i too have a pioneer renoir, but i find if i use the diesel heater whilst on the road it seems to blow cold unless the van is static,

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Personrabb_uk
17/6/2015 at 10:17pm
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virtually all lorries with sleeper cabs use diesel heaters, startup powwer should come off your leisure battery so that shouldn't be a issue and heat is provided through a heat exchanger so theres no fumes/condensation entering the van only dry heated air.

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Personmikael
17/6/2015 at 10:44pm
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Re the Wallas XC Duo - as a footnote if anyone thinks cooking with diesel will contaminate the food in some way; rest assured the diesel only provides the fuel through a heat exchanger to cook the food. Totally enclosed system with no fumes or contamination. Also a heater blowing dry warm air - clever !

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