Night heater. (63 Viewers)

[Gazza1958]

Evening funsters, any recommendations for a nightheater for my mh bailey autograph, being a hgv driver for 40 years and had various lorries with night heaters thats not been reliable think the best is eberspacher so I'm looking for any info regarding if any of the funsters has ideas of makes etc.
Thanks in advance Gazza.

 

[Langtoftlad]

Confused - does your MH not have a heating system already?

 

[Gazza1958]

Yes its got the alde heating , it's just a thought about installing a night heater for wild camping as the alde heating uses more gas, you've got to put heating full bung up here in the north artic scotland

 

[bigtwin]

Yes its got the alde heating , it's just a thought about installing a night heater for wild camping as the alde heating uses more gas,

Uses more gas than what?

You have Alde and you wish to add a, presumably, diesel powered auxiliary heater?

Gas has a higher power density than diesel.

I’m not following your reasoning.

Ian

 

[David and Sally]

I guess one consideration would be the power draw.

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[MisterB]

A lot of people who 'motorhome' fit the Chinese diesel heaters, lots to watch on YouTube ....

 

[Gazza1958]

Just a thought

 

[EuroTrotters]

Yes its got the alde heating , it's just a thought about installing a night heater for wild camping as the alde heating uses more gas, you've got to put heating full bung up here in the north artic scotland

See my posts re Alde diesel / gas / electric / engine heat

 

[Gazza1958]

Will do

 

[Two on Tour]

Our Whale electric/gas blown air heating is utter rubbish, so I fitted a Chinese diesel heater.

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[gpat]

As they say in Yorkshire, you don't get owt for nowt .

 

[Googlebot]

I would just use the Alde.

Diesel heater wise, if you really want one, a Chinese £100 one will do the job fine.

 

[Landy Andy]

I don’t see the need to heat anything during the night in mainland Europe. But if you do, just fire up the heating you have. At least that is laid by the water pipes so stops them freezing.

 

[rod_vw]

Like you Gazza1958 I'm an Eberspacher fan despite the cost. Our new MAN TGE has a Truma 4E which works well but I like the option of diesel heating enough to have fitted a 4kW Eber as well. We're currently away in France and have had a few cold nights where the Eberspacher can be left on standby set at the required temperature just like a domestic central heating system.
It does mean that we don't have to consider gas usage as our tank holds enough for months none heating use. Also if an EHU is taken into consideration we have three different options for heating.
I've always used Eberspachers for camper heating and never noticed any significant extra fuel usage.

 

[dash300]

For info. Our Truma diesel/electric heating system is simply fantastic in heat production and knocks spots of the Eberspachers we have had on the boats. Without looking I think it's a Truma 6de or something like that.

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[Pausim]

Uses more gas than what?

You have Alde and you wish to add a, presumably, diesel powered auxiliary heater?

Gas has a higher power density than diesel.

I’m not following your reasoning.

Ian

I agree with most of what you are saying but you are a bit adrift on -
“Gas has a higher power density than diesel.”
Diesel has 10kWh energy per litre whereas Propane is only 7kWh per litre.

 

[bigtwin]

I agree with most of what you are saying but you are a bit adrift on -
“Gas has a higher power density than diesel.”
Diesel has 10kWh energy per litre whereas Propane is only 7kWh per litre.

I stand corrected. Thank you for pointing that out.

Ian