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Hi,

Our caravan is a Geist 495 Aktiv and comes with blow heating on electric and gas. It works better if started up on gas first but is fine to leave on low (500w) on electric overnight.

Some of the imported vans like mine have holes punched in the heater pipes under all the seats / storage areas etc.... has anyone tried to block off some of the holes so that heat is directed more towards the area you would prefer i.e. towards the rear on the van that is furthest away from the heater.

We do have "butterfly" vents that we can close in some area and this helps but its not as warm at the rear of the van (childrens end) than at the front.

Has anyone blocked off some of the holes and how ?

Andy

There is normally a flap at the back of the Truma fire that can direct the air either to the back or front of the van. Put your hand down the back and after a while you will find a flap that movesup and down. Suggest you do it while it is cold or your arm gets rather warm!

As for blocking the holes, we don't have any holes. Have you got mice???????

On our Coachman, there are smaller pipes running behind each panel of the forward settee backs, and these pipes have vent holes along their length.   Because these pipes are much smaller than the main system, I think they take hardly any heat unless you close all the butterfly flaps.

Bertie.

The holes are or should be on the top and along the walls, this should direct warm air though vent's/more holes in the bed box top, up the wall and behind a board at the back of the cushion. The whole idea is to stop condensation and give better all round heating.

As John says you can adjust the amount of air delivered front or rear with a plastic arm hanging between the heater pipes where they go into the fan housing

Great - i will look out for that and adjust the flap.

p.s. the holes as described above are put in by the manufacturer to give "central heating" but tends not to be a practice in UK vans, i think

Thanks

Andy

Quote: Originally posted by asdj45 on 07/11/2008

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Great - i will look out for that and adjust the flap.

p.s. the holes as described above are put in by the manufacturer to give "central heating" but tends not to be a practice in UK vans, i think

Thanks

Andy

Post last edited on 07/11/2008 10:39:11

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Not true. You could not get more "UK" than a coachman!

Bertie.

Ok no problem but not the real point of the post. I stand corrected

Andy

dont know if it would work but can you not extend the ducting?

Air ducting diameter 65mm Used for warm air ducting for Truma fires blown air system and also as a sheath for 55mm flue pipe. Priced per metre Order no.: TAD Price: £ 6.99
	T-pipe Tee connection for Truma blown air heating, accepts 65mm and 72mm ducting Order no.: TPIECE Price: £ 3.95

Hi thanks for the replies. As above the holes and ducting (large bore) run throughout the van and the manufacturer puts holes in the top of the ducting all over the van. I think the answer is the check this plastic flap "thingy" at the rear of the unit as suggested above to give a more even flow front / back of the van.

Thanks for your suggestions / tips

Regards

Andy  

Quote: Originally posted by asdj45 on 07/11/2008

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Hi,

Our caravan is a Geist 495 Aktiv and comes with blow heating on electric and gas. It works better if started up on gas first but is fine to leave on low (500w) on electric overnight.

Some of the imported vans like mine have holes punched in the heater pipes under all the seats / storage areas etc.... has anyone tried to block off some of the holes so that heat is directed more towards the area you would prefer i.e. towards the rear on the van that is furthest away from the heater.

We do have "butterfly" vents that we can close in some area and this helps but its not as warm at the rear of the van (childrens end) than at the front.

Has anyone blocked off some of the holes and how ?

Andy

  

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Divided views, as usual.  One thing that has come out of this for me, is that I wasn't aware of the plastic flap facility in our 2006 Coachman, so I will be looking to see if it actually exists.

Bertie.

Bertie

The flap is not plastic it is metal.

Hi all

I found the metal flap - more like a lever on my van at the rear of the heater. It can be moved left or right to make the warm air flow more or less to the rear outlets. I will give it a go later this month when we next go out in the van.

Thanks for all your help

Andy

Quote: Originally posted by asdj45 on 09/11/2008

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Hi all

I found the metal flap - more like a lever on my van at the rear of the heater. It can be moved left or right to make the warm air flow more or less to the rear outlets. I will give it a go later this month when we next go out in the van.

Thanks for all your help

Andy

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Sorry Andy, I should have said it was a lever that worked a flap!!!