I suspect there may have been faults. The reason I prefer it to Truma is the lack of cold spots. Mine has 10 radiators one of which is fan blown & 4 of which are doubles. The living and bathroom areas have underfloor heating as well as the radiators. In addition there's an engine heat exchanger so its warm when travelling and hot water is available on arrival / all the time. The engine has its own Eberspacher which, via the aforementioned heat exchanger, warms up the central heating as well. Don't base your decision on one system that sounds as though it was faulty - it's a heck of a lot easier running a 20mm pipe loop round the van than 4" ducting and you won't find many who have used it to be critical. The Alde CH boiler is easier to site and, if anything, slightly smaller than the Truma. If you want full Diesel as an option you can loop an Eberspacher into the heating circuit.I found there were a lot of cold spots...and it kept cutting off and needed reset...
I prefer the truma when it is working lol
But overall you just cant beat a real fire
The heating circuit is 20mm pipe. Each radiator is a one metre length of same with pressed on aluminium fins. A double is the same thing looped back to accommodate another set of fins. They're pretty slim - the fins are around 75mm square. I only have 9 normal radiators in a 3 bed bungalowYou have more radiators in your van than I have in my flatBUSBY.
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Hey Happy belated Christmas ! Not dead yet ! ...still around, Banner batteries still going strong
. Saw your van and went to say hello but you weren’t there and had to get flight from Athens that day (back to Blighty (Lancing near Lenny HB ) for Christmas, so couldn’t hang around. Decided I didn’t like the idea of 90 day limit in Europe so spent a month getting together documents to get Greek residential status ( Beige Card). Had to rent a house in Peloponnese as proof.
More information on that will be required laterHey Happy belated Christmas ! Not dead yet ! ...still around, Banner batteries still going strong
Now I’m allowed 6 months in Greece including all islands plus 6 months in rest of EU per year if I want..stick that in yer pipe Messieurs EU commission.... Going back to Greece soon as have to exchange Beige residential card for EU Biometric ID card.
Was it worth coming back to lockdown UK and minus 2 degrees ? Hey Ho, 4 months travelling in MH... felt nice to get out of comfy bed and have a proper shower. Which is best lock down UK in winter or lockdown Peloponnese in winter ?
Don’t know where you are now Tam... how are you travelling around...I went to Gythio from Kardymili and was told I shouldn’t have done as not meant to travel between regions.
On the subject of Greek wine that I saw someone mention there’s a fantastic wine merchant in Gythio with great wines that you get to sample ( €5 for a litre of superb red wine).
Here’s some pics of house I rented and some old wreck of a van parked up on a beach road.
If you’re still in Peloponnese when I escape back to Greece I’ll try and call in again.
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Are you sure about that? We have beige cards too (Sept 2019) on the basis of keeping a boat there and our understanding is we can spend as long as we want in Greece - after 183 days you must become tax resident but that is another can of worms - but as British Citizens we’re still restricted to 90/180 in the rest of EU.
Yes that’s roughly what I said....as long as you want in Greece and the 90/180 in rest of EU. Point being the time spent in Greece does not count towards the 90 days. In other words if one wanted to one could spend say 6 months in Greece during the months when it is hot/warm there and the other 2 x 90 days in other parts of Europe whilst it is hot/warm there....not that I’m obsessed with warmth and heat ....come to think of it actually I am
Yes, as long as you don't spend both of your 2x90 day periods in EU countries.Yes that’s roughly what I said....as long as you want in Greece and the 90/180 in rest of EU. Point being the time spent in Greece does not count towards the 90 days. In other words if one wanted to one could spend say 6 months in Greece during the months when it is hot/warm there and the other 2 x 90 days in other parts of Europe whilst it is hot/warm there....not that I’m obsessed with warmth and heat ....come to think of it actually I am
So tell us what you required for this residency and how long it lasts?Yes that’s roughly what I said....as long as you want in Greece and the 90/180 in rest of EU. Point being the time spent in Greece does not count towards the 90 days. In other words if one wanted to one could spend say 6 months in Greece during the months when it is hot/warm there and the other 2 x 90 days in other parts of Europe whilst it is hot/warm there....not that I’m obsessed with warmth and heat ....come to think of it actually I am
So tell us what you required for this residency and how long it lasts?Yes that’s roughly what I said....as long as you want in Greece and the 90/180 in rest of EU. Point being the time spent in Greece does not count towards the 90 days. In other words if one wanted to one could spend say 6 months in Greece during the months when it is hot/warm there and the other 2 x 90 days in other parts of Europe whilst it is hot/warm there....not that I’m obsessed with warmth and heat ....come to think of it actually I am
Yeah its very good i have to say ...i think ill be fitting 2 of them on my next van
Superb photographs thank you from a very dreich Scotland
Stunning pictures today Tam. It's not stopped raining(heavily) here for 18 hours now and more to come
I think you CAN spend BOTH of your 90 day periods in EU countries because the time you spend in Greece is not counted as spending time in the EU at all....whether 90 or 180 days.
€4000..that’s it. If it isn’t in a Greek Bank Account which mine isn’t as it was a nightmare opening a Greek Bank account in Kalamata (although I did it in the end) then you need an official translation which cost €60 by an official translator. No need to prove income....even though lots of people say it is needed.
God that looks lovely....might head back !
Long lasting but usually very noisy, not really a problem for the target market (traders) but would soon get on your nerves on a motorway
When we did ours in sept 2019 the proof of funds were bank statements from our U.K. bank, not translated. We also had to give proof of our Greek address. Because we had had problems trying to do it using the boat yard, even though legally it is permitted, we paid a local agent €50 each and she applied on our behalf, using her office as the address. She must have hundreds of yachties registered there!
Is it me?
Eh?
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