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07/1/2014 at 7:15pm
 Location: Wallasey Merseyside
 Outfit: 1998 AVONDALE 510-5 Mazda 6 Hatch
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Hi Everyone, Which is the best way to Heat up your van is it put Gas on first or use the electric function first on Blow air ,new to caravaning so just picked up our van and want to know how  things work best.,also we have just put in storage and want to try out someware in the wirral or Merseyside area for a over nighter to get used to things, any help appriciated. oh does anyone use a suit case solor panel charger to keep battery charged up whilst in storage or best to take out and keep at home.

cheers Dave, wirral



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To be honest our van like yours has both electric and gas heating but all we use is a small electric fan heater which is thermostically controlled. Heats the van quickly.

I don't like blow air heating it irritates my chest complaint.

I take my battery out and use a smart charger to keep it fully charged.

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07/1/2014 at 7:43pm
 Location: west yorks
 Outfit:  Vango inspire 600xl 5m bell tent
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We have a large caravan and always heat up on gas straight from the fire, after about half hour put on to automatic so you get heat from the fire and from the blown air, keeps it nice even when we are in minus temperatures


07/1/2014 at 7:51pm
 Location: North Yorkshire
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I also use a small flame effect fan heater which is more than enough to heat my dinky van!

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07/1/2014 at 8:00pm
 Location: Wallasey Merseyside
 Outfit: 1998 AVONDALE 510-5 Mazda 6 Hatch
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Thanks guys,when we collected the van the guys at sunlite caravans, in wirral were brilliant steve went through everything but with the excitment and things i forgot to listlen to everything he was saying haha, the van was lovely & warm as he had it hooked up with all things ready to show us working , it has the carver van master control unit in it so all we have to do is put on the gas& electric and everything else does it automatic" well thats what it suppose to happen ha ha .do you have to ignight the fire via the dial on the top first or do we just selsct the on button on the control panel ie gas Auto =gas slow electric auto and so on i feel stupid phoning him to go through it again with us .



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07/1/2014 at 8:15pm
 Location: Shropshire
 Outfit: Sterling Eccles SR 636 Nissan Navara
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we use gas to heat to start then move on to leccy


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07/1/2014 at 8:20pm
 Location: Aberdeen
 Outfit: Coachman Pastiche 460 VW Tiguan Moti
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Do not put the blow on until your van is warm. Gas and elec first then just elec. If you put the blow on too soon it just circulates the cold air.

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07/1/2014 at 9:01pm
 Location: Essex
 Outfit: 2016 Swift Conqueror 630
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Quote: Originally posted by bobmel on 07/1/2014
Do not put the blow on until your van is warm. Gas and elec first then just elec. If you put the blow on too soon it just circulates the cold air.



Ditto as above. Depending on the size of your unit and how quickly it heats up, turn on both gas and electric, then when it's hot, turn off the gas. The gas will heat everything up much quicker than the electric. Once hot, the electric will keep it hot s gas can be turned off.

Having said that, we also carry a fan heater, as thats the quickest way we've found to heat up a van


07/1/2014 at 9:09pm
 Location: Wallasey Merseyside
 Outfit: 1998 AVONDALE 510-5 Mazda 6 Hatch
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Thanks everyone for your help i will invest in a small electric fan heater just incase, happy caravaning 2014 to all

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07/1/2014 at 11:12pm
 Location: sunderland
 Outfit: terrano compass omega 505
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We always use a fan heater.


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07/1/2014 at 11:36pm
 Location: Aberdeen
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Fan heaters are ok, use one in the awning, but watch your AMPs

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08/1/2014 at 6:59am
 Location: Derbyshire
 Outfit: ElddisAvante462 Honda CRV SE2.2 i-Dtec
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If you find that the noise of the fan heater keeps you awake or affects a bad chest, the alternative is to use a small convector heater, we had one for our old Coachman and it stood just infront of the vans gas fire. Being nice and slim, and fairly lightweight too, it did a wonderful job of silently heating our caravan and keeping it toasty even when it was snowing outside.

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08/1/2014 at 8:57am
 Location: Liverpool
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As soon as you pitch, plug in electric and get the heater on so it come out of the fire, no blown air. It will soon warm up but if you need more heat use both gas and electric then turn off the gas after 30 mins or so but leave electric on 2000w .... you'll be piping! try Thurstasston on the Wirral. Its right on the Wirral way, next to the beech and you can walk to West Kirby in an hour. only 30min max from Liverpool
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08/1/2014 at 11:09am
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We use an oil filled radiator when we were away at Christmaswe put it on when we arrived and turned it off when we left and the van was lovely and warm all the time.

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08/1/2014 at 11:34am
 Location: Essex
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Yes we use an oil filled rad too. It's silent unlike the built in warm air heater and I feel happy leaving it on overnight.

I have a 2kw fan heater for the awning and a 1KW oil filled rad for the caravan plus the built in carver gas/electric heater. Even with the temps down to freezing the oil filled rad has been enough to keep the van warm.




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