Heater for the winter

I have a 2000w heater but i think it will probaly be to powerful for a EHU,what heaters do you use or suggest the best choice.

Thanks Rich

Hi there,

Two kilowatt is way too much for most sites; though you may get by with some of the CC CL's that stay open over the winter "up North" and in Scotland.

We have one of these:

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It's light, virtually silent and keeps "Petal" warm overnight in winter.

Hope this helps. 

Best regards,

We use a 700 watt oil heater if we go out to keep the motorhome aired, and use a fan heater when we are one the van, this is if we're on hook up, and if wilding we use the truma heating.

John.

I use a small 2kw convector heater but keep it ticking over on low all the time. I've found it's plenty warm enough and can stay on overnight if it gets really cold.

Nora

I have a DeLonghi Bambino 500 oil heater,  find it very good, used it in  my craft room last winter, heated that very well. ample for "Dora "

rich g wrote:I have a 2000w heater but i think it will probaly be to powerful for a EHU,what heaters do you use or suggest the best choice.

Thanks Rich

Are you referring to the standard fitted heater? If it's a Truma, does it not have settings for 500w, 1000w and 2000w. If it does could you not use it at 1000w. Even at 2000w (less than 9 amp) with your fridge 150w (less than 1amp) and water heater 900w (4 amp) the total as long as you use gas for the kettle, will be less than 16 amp which most club sites have. Unless the site has hook-ups of 10 amp or less, you should be OK, we certainly have used our heater at 2000w and not blown the sites trip switch. You could always put the water heater and fridge on gas and then you'd be even less likely to have problems.

Assuming that your Avatar and strap line are correct, then you seem to have an Auto-Sleeper Warwick Duo, which will (depending on its age) have either the 4 KW or the 6KW Truma heater fitted. This heater will have the facility of switching between, all gas, gas and electric, or just electric heating according to your setting of the controls. Is this what you mean when you say you have a 2 KW heater? Or do you mean that you have a stand-alone separate heater?

It is not al all clear to me what you want the heater for. If it is for warmth when using the van, then simply use the installed kit as supplied and switch the electric side to match what is available on site. If it is for background warmth when the van is in storage, then any of the suggestions made above would be quite adequate (under storage conditions you do not need much heat to prevent damp).

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Hi Rich
Yes the Bambino 500 is the way to go 

Regards Wallis3