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18/5/2015 at 10:23am
Location: Surrey
Outfit: Rapido 741f motorhom
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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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18/5/2015 at 11:29am
Location: sunderland
Outfit: rollerteam pegaso 181 motorhome
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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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18/5/2015 at 11:51am
Location: Surrey
Outfit: Rapido 741f motorhom
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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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18/5/2015 at 12:15pm
Location: Shropshire
Outfit: Toyota Granvia (Wellhouse)
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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?
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21/5/2015 at 7:17pm
Location: North Lincs
Outfit: Self Build PVC
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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.
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21/5/2015 at 8:18pm
Location: North Wales
Outfit: Campervan
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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.
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21/5/2015 at 8:43pm
Location: WEST DORSET
Outfit: Nissan NV200
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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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23/5/2015 at 9:42pm
Location: plymouth
Outfit: fiat trigano tribute 665
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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
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23/5/2015 at 11:55pm
Location: barnsley
Outfit: burstner nexxo 740
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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.
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15/6/2015 at 10:21pm
Location: WEST DORSET
Outfit: Nissan NV200
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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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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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17/6/2015 at 10:17pm
Location: Derbyshire
Outfit: Adria Forma-Delica 2.8td-Movelite XL
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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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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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