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Quote: Originally posted by marg6 on 27/11/2024

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is he parked on a driveway? at home but away from the house? if so then the cheapest way to give him heat would be to get a camping ehu lead and plug into the house and then run a oil panel heater, no noise to disturb anyone then

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Quote: Originally posted by seanfdh on 27/11/2024

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I haven't used that one and I'm not going to comment on the spec because you've worked that out. I've owned quite a few bits of Anker kit over the years and they've all been excellent. So if it will do what you/he need I'd go for it.

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Quote: Originally posted by Paul_B on 27/11/2024

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Have they considered a diesel heater for the van

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Quote: Originally posted by Fiona W on 27/11/2024

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“His budget for a power station is not very big, and will not stretch to one of the really good ones that UKCS had given away as prizes in the past.”

We were lucky to win one of these, charged it up once in the spring & it’s run power tools & a lamp in the garage all summer. I’m guessing your suggested cheaper one, would need charging more often, but that won’t matter; we’ve also not used a heating element (eg kettle for a hot water bottle or hot drink) to know how quickly it would drain the power bank. Ours has USB sockets - I’d recommend those.
My advice, given our win is (probably) over budget, is to be aware of its weight. The one we won is heavy enough to need heavy lifting training.
Sorry for not being specific about our model; I can go out & look if needs be.

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Quote: Originally posted by cllr_gyppo on 27/11/2024

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I am a Fan of Anker Products, and I would get one if I was in the Market for buying one (I have the Everfrost 40 Coolbox, and the 300w battery lasts a couple of days, which I am more than happy with)

However, in 2021, as we were coming out of Lockdowns, and Rushed my decision and bought the Jackery 500 Power bank, simply because I needed to power my Cpap and we had no EHU. The I had Cpap at the time, would last about 7 days on DC, or 3 on AC, My New CPAP only last 3 days on either.

Whilst very happy with it, I would Suggest getting bigger, especially as prices have generally come down quite a bit over the last few years.

If I was buying now, I would get a 1000w as a minimum, probably a 2000w, not only due to the high capacity, but the more outlet sockets available. (mine only has a single 3 pin socket)

Whilst the primary use was for Camping, it has become very useful for recent Power Outages we have had, and the wife takes it with her when she has her market stall, so thing beyond just a Camping power source.

Just my thoughts :-)

Cheers
Nathan

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Quote: Originally posted by gari on 27/11/2024

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A diesel heater is a very effective way to heat a van/caravan. I fitted one to my caravan. They can be purchased for £90 and with a few upgrades DIY installation would probably cost another £30. They can chuck out a lot of heat but the fan noise and clicking fuel pump might be an issue at night when sleeping. Definitely worth considering though.

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