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03/3/2024 at 5:00pm
Location: Turriff Aberdeenshi
Outfit: Romahome R30 Dimens
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I wouldn't get too hung up on the possible dangers of a lithium battery, but for cost and simplicity, I'd go for a good conventional leisure battery.
I agree about the drawbacks of a diesel heater especially regarding noise.
Lights - go for LED ones.
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03/3/2024 at 7:36pm
Location: West country
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Do you know the electrical power consumption per hour of the diesel heater. It must be in the specs somewhere.
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10/3/2024 at 5:11pm
Location: Devizes Wiltshire
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I have a Webasto diesel heater and hot water system in my PVC, and I honestly do not believe it is any noisier than other vans.
Yes I can smell the fume, however, it is only at start up.
I had the heater ticking over at about 10degC while the van was packed outside my house during the first winter, thinking it would be cheaper than hooking it up to the mains, and nearly ran the tank dry in less time that I had expected, even though it was at least half full to start with.
Slight off-topic...
This year, I plan to use the air con unit on the roof for heating during the colder months and the immersion heater for hot water when required, so that I don't have to use the diesel in the tank if I am already paying for un-metered EHU as part of the pitch fee.
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10/3/2024 at 5:55pm
Location: Somerset
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We've had 2 vans with diesel heaters installed.
The last one was an Eberspacher and was very very noisy on start up and noisy to run, to the point we stopped using it on sites.
The current one has a Webasto fitted with a silencer and it is very quite outside the van at all times. It's a bit noisy inside when first fired up but after a few minute runs almost silent, certainly quiet enough to run all night when sleeping which we did last weekend in -1 degree temperatures. Diesel usage over 24 hours was not really noticeable.
I have no experience of other makes but I hear some can be noisier than others.
One thing to note is that they do take quite a heavy electric load on the start up depending on heater size and make then a continuous draw to keep the fan going so do check what the electrical usage of the heater is before fitting. There is little worse than running out of battery power on a cold dark night in the winter. Been there and got the tshirt on that one.
Also bear in mind that your batteries may not get fully recharged form solar in the winter due to low light and short hours of daylight.
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