We love the alde heating and wouldnt go back to the blown heating if we can help it, and yes it does keep you warm in winter! too warm sometimes but we are snug and sitin t shirts,
When you set up , in the winter put the electric on and put the gas on as well and it gives it an extra boost, when it gets up to temp the gas will click off, but we normally turn the gas off, time we have set up the water etc and legs outside , the van is nice and warm, We were advised that the gas heating runs on propane(red bottle) and not butane(blue botle) if i have got that the right way around!!!! but definately use the red bottle!
We normally find the 1 kw is fine for constant heat.
It is like your radiators at home if you find its not heating up all round there are the air valve thingys on different places aound the van clamber around and release the air till you see the blue fluid and hopefully you have released any airlocks in the system.
As jennifernn has said we leave it on all the time and if the van drops below the set temperature that yo program in then th heating comes on, even on a chily night in the summer and temp drops it will click in and give a warmer touch to the van
wouldnt be with out it we have a 2008 van and looking at newer vans i cant see any with the alde heating in it not sure if any 2010 vans have the alde heating in.
We also find ours is silent running and i think it heats up quicker that the blown air,it is nice to watch the temperature gauge rise as the van gets warmer lovely to get out of a shower with warmed towels ready use!!
I would go for it we have never had problems with ours and at a service the fluid is topped up but you can get the mixture made up for you we keep a bottle in the van.
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Topic: Alde heating
