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PersonSarah L M
08/4/2015 at 10:48pm
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Can anyone please advise? Last night after we turned our Heater off we could smell burning so we turned it off and the smell went. Tonight we put the heater back on and after about 10 mins it shut off and we could smell burning again. Off it went immediately. We've since noticed all of the vents were covered over in the above wardrobe and the vents were closed under the seats. Could this have been the cause? We had the van fully serviced last Sept and this is only the third time we've used it :-/ Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

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You can sometimes get that kind of smell when heating has not been used for a while.
Not sure if its possibly dust etc if vents left open when not being used.

If the smell does not disappear after a while it may be an idea to get it checked out.

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Yes, it is dust scorching on the heat exchanger, it is normal, it soon self cures, it is not something you can do anything about or will do much harm, it is an unfortunate feature of these types of heater.
Best after a lay up to put the heater on full belt for 10 minutes whilst you are doing outside chores with the van well aired. Then for that trip it should be minimal.

If you can't live with it, then next van go for one with a wet Alde heater where the surface temperatures of the water to air heat exchangers don't get to scorching levels.

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Dust on the hot bits. Normal with many heaters & soon clears.

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PersonSarah L M
09/4/2015 at 9:22am
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Many thanks for putting my mind at rest :-)

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In our manual it recommends putting on to cold blow setting for a while after laying up, to get rid of dust.



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