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Re: Camper and Skiing
Kayteg1 wrote: My conversion is Sprinter van, who has front seats pedestal and that is where the heater fits perfectly. My van already had aux fuel pickup, so I used it, but reading how low temperatures affect heater priming and that the aux pickup ends at about 1/4 fuel tank, I am keeping the heater tank as spare. It is 5 kW heater. I don't have much use on it yet, so don't know all the specs, but when running on low speed, it suppose to draw ca 1 amp. The 5 l (1 gallon, 1 quart) tank suppose to last for 2-3 days. tons of youtube videos about those heaters. Thank you for the information. That looks like a very good spot for the heater! Would be nice to see more photos of your conversion project, but this is a pickup slide in camper forum, oh well...1.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Camper and Skiing
Kayteg1 wrote: ...............zip.....................I installed Chinese diesel heater in my latest conversion. They are very energy saving and quiet. When propane heater makes coming on and off rocket, diesel heater adjust the speed depends on heat demand, idling slowly when heat is on low demand. Have seen motorhome owners installing it with small tank that comes with it. When some smell can be an issue, you are avoiding low temperature issues and can fill it with 50-50 mix of kerosene/diesel. This is interesting and I would like to know more if you don't mind please? Could you post photos of your installation? Where did yo locate the Diesel fuel tank, or are you using the main Diesel fuel tank? I assume there is no propane heater at all in your conversion? Is it a van conversion or...? What size unit is it kW or BTU? Any idea how many amperes it draws when it's operating (at 12 V)? Any amp. draw when it's off (I hope not!)? I have a two speed propane heater in my slide-in camper and it is still pretty noisy at the low speed. Any information would be appreciated.1.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Camper and Skiing
free radical wrote: Fwiw I find rather silly people sugesting leaving the windows open to get the moisture out. Heating great outdoors is not my cuppa tea. Drawbacks of using propane I guess Why not get a heater that blows DRY hot air in the first place. I use Espar,dry heat and very eficient..although bit pricey Now fortunately theres much cheaper Chinese diesel available that is exact copy of Espar,so should work just as well hopefully. many RVers convert their rigs to use them https://youtu.be/ogLmROa1o9E https://youtu.be/3j5qW9kKBLM Espar type Diesel heaters are great, but what's wrong with having some ventilation - are you against it?706Views0likes0CommentsRe: Bigfoot & NL Construction?
Tom/Barb wrote: We bought a Big foot 25' 2009. we thought (and was told) it was built like a Boston Whaler boat, it was not, they use 1/2" poly foam sheets glued to the walls. It sweated so bad the first winter we had 1/2" of ice on the interior any where you could look. `Snip Wow that's a lot of condensation and ice - sounds like a four season model would have worked much better in those conditions! Winter camping in any RV requires good ventilation to keep the moisture down.677Views0likes0CommentsRe: Remove box for flat bed...Why not?
joerg68 wrote: These are quite popular over here (link in english): http://www.bimobil.com/en/modelle/pickups/ The one huge advantage is that you can have a lot more floorspace. Thanks for the link - interesting looking models. It looks like these designs are non removable, similar to Class C motorhomes here but built on European or Japanese pickup or van cab chassis. I agree about the large floorspace, but the camper portion cannot be removed or the truck used for hauling other loads. 1974 Dodge pickup:862Views0likes0Comments
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