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05/12/2008 at 10:31pm
 Location: barnsley south yorks
 Outfit: 2012 coachman amara 550 5 ford kuga
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 congratulations on getting your new caravan,many happy holidays


06/12/2008 at 6:29pm
 Location: York
 Outfit: Sterling Eccles Ruby & Kia Sedona
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Hi All

Thank you for your replies it makes interesting reading.  We are staying at a CS site in Dorset to see family over the New Year after returning from Gran Caneria for Xmas.  One extreme to another in tempreture so i hope we will be warm enough. We are looking forward to using the van like you all seem to be.  Its nice to know that we arnt the only ones and its quite common to be away caravaning in the winter.  If we get on alright we hope to do a few more weekends away in jan/Feb.

Claire i will look out for the one in Robins hood Bay thank you because you right were not too far away. 

Yorkie



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06/12/2008 at 8:35pm
 Location: South Gloucestershire
 Outfit: Avondale Kingfisher Super 1979
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No doubt that you'll be using ehu so get yourself a convector heater, they run silently in the caravan and are thermostatically controlled so switch in and out on their own, unless of course the van has a 240v blown system in which just ignore me lol.

I'm sure that you'll have a great time away in the van


07/12/2008 at 1:22am
 Location: West Cumbria
 Outfit: Ace Aristocrat caravan & Campervan
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The blow air heating is too noisy to use through night but great through the day so we always have a panel heater to keep a constant temperature at night.Its a;ways warm in bed but if you need a tinkle its a tad chilly LOL!!!

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Jan:Braids Gretna, Feb Stanwix Park Silloth & Braids Gretna,


07/12/2008 at 10:07pm
 Location: Heysham Lancs
 Outfit: Avondale Rialto 535 5
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We've just returned from a fantastic weekend in Grange (Meathop Fell CC Site) and it was fantastic.  Despite the freezing weather, I woke up at 2am on Saturday morning absolutely sweltering!  It was our first time away in our recently upgraded caravan and our first experience of blown air heating.  I couldn't believe it when I found myself having to open a window to cool the caravan down.  I knocked the heating off for the following night and it was a slightly different tale....  I can highly recommend all season caravanning and no longer give a second thought to my once beloved trailer tent.



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08/12/2008 at 7:11pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Bailey Orion 560-5
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Has anybody ever tried an electric heater in the gas cupboard to stop the blue gas dropping to below its critical temperature for working (5c or thereabouts)? Maybe a low power anti-frost sealed heater as used in garden greenhouses would do the job? Or maybe a heated blanket or whatever. Interesting to know your opinions....


08/12/2008 at 7:22pm
 Location: South Gloucestershire
 Outfit: Avondale Kingfisher Super 1979
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We have wrapped bottles in blankets before now and even put a fan heater under the bottle to keep it going, if the bottle is low on gas it tends to stop gassing more quickly.


08/12/2008 at 11:45pm
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Quote: Originally posted by doit on 08/12/2008
Has anybody ever tried an electric heater in the gas cupboard to stop the blue gas dropping to below its critical temperature for working (5c or thereabouts)? Maybe a low power anti-frost sealed heater as used in garden greenhouses would do the job? Or maybe a heated blanket or whatever. Interesting to know your opinions....
Hey that's an idea . I might just think of an invention and make my millions. LOL kidding aside. I will look into devising something so watch this space !!!


09/12/2008 at 7:41pm
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What about them heat pads you can buy for keeping home brew at the optimum temperature? 1 under each bottle - would that keep them working in the cold? Anybody tried this idea? Or an electric blanket wrapped around the bottles on low? Or as i already suggested, a greenhouse heater? Just wondering if anyone has tried this instead of changing to red gas?



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