Hydronic Heat - ALDE
Does anyone here run an ALDE heating system in the USA? As far as I can tell, only some Roadtrek Vans and T@B trailers have them. They are quite common in the EU and UK, however. I cannot believe thes...
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You can. I'll post a link if I can find it. You can find 12V pumps for $15 on fleabay. I was going to do that when I found this thing. You'll need to add some check valves that can take the heat, and the inefficiency of the Suburban water heater will burn a lot more LPG then this thing.
On the trans cooler, this thing put out a lot of heat, of course, It was the only one in the loop, and the loop was about 6 ft total, But It will work.
Heat will also radiate from the hoses. I had an engine heat loop on the water heater on my GMC motorhome, and it heated up the bathroom while driving, too much, actually.
I'm not sure how much radiator/convector area you can add, but the UK and EU caravans seem to have it all down both sides of 20-ish foot units. This thing heated up the gallon of 50-50 glycol and water I put in it really quickly.
I'll measure the Amp Draw when I get home next week and play with it some more, but IIRC it was less than 2A total for the whole unit. Less than 5-7A for the blower types.
My next test will be plumbing some PEX around the bed frame to warm the bedroom radiantly from under the bed.
On the trans cooler, this thing put out a lot of heat, of course, It was the only one in the loop, and the loop was about 6 ft total, But It will work.
Heat will also radiate from the hoses. I had an engine heat loop on the water heater on my GMC motorhome, and it heated up the bathroom while driving, too much, actually.
I'm not sure how much radiator/convector area you can add, but the UK and EU caravans seem to have it all down both sides of 20-ish foot units. This thing heated up the gallon of 50-50 glycol and water I put in it really quickly.
I'll measure the Amp Draw when I get home next week and play with it some more, but IIRC it was less than 2A total for the whole unit. Less than 5-7A for the blower types.
My next test will be plumbing some PEX around the bed frame to warm the bedroom radiantly from under the bed.
