Which Webasto??

Hi Trevor & Lyndal,
Thanks for the tip and yes when you think about it, if you had a standard 10 amp/2.4kw household electric heater in that space, you'd have a sauna in no time. So the 2kw Webasto should be ample.

Ours is an 18 footer so all will be cosy soon.

Cheers and Happy Trails
Rick & Julie

Thanks John,
All good information to answer a few of the things that run through your mind when looking at the logistics of the unit.

We checked out the Webasto site and were very pleased with the low diesel consumption figures quoted. Also checked out the remote "ON/OFF" gizmo and the Electronic timer panel that allows up to 3 turn on times...think that will be in the bag too. It would be nice to wake up to a cosy house on a frosty morn.

Cheers
Rick & Julie

Rick & Julie

Don't really need the timer if you do what we did, I had BT put the ON/OFF switch on my side of the bed on the side cupboard, if it is cold I just reach out and turn the Webasto on and wait 10 minutes for the BT to start to warm up.

Cheers
Stewart

Thanks Stewart,
What a good idea.....did you get a switch installed for the coffee percolater too?? That way you could wake up to a warm "House" with the enchanting aroma of freshly brewed coffee. "It don't get any better than this"

We have friends in the USA and they've been in the diplomatic corp most of their working lives and Bob and Deb would visit us on their time off from whatever country they were serving in at the time and when we'd get to a nice spot somewhere, drink in hand and a nice little fire going....Bob would settle back and declare..."Yep..It don't get any better than this"...We hear this most very day.

So now we have taken it up in his absence.

Thanks again Stewart.
Cheers
Rick

I have been meaning to make this simple mod myself for some time but haven’t gotten round to it.

This kind of mod is a good example where the following tip might be helpful for those in the process of having a van built. At the time our van was built I had a 25mm conduit run longitudinally in the roof structure connecting and giving access to the interior of the rear upper cupboards to the interior of the upper side cupboards. A conduit was then installed transversally in a similar manner to connect the interior of the upper side cupboards on either side of the van. A further conduit was then run longitudinally to connect the side cupboards on one side to the forward section of the van, in our case terminating inside a side wardrobe. In this way we are able to install additional wiring should it be necessary for anything such as the mod Turist has described.

For newer members, there is a discussion on this tip that took place in the earlier days of the Forum. There is a wealth of information in the archives for anyone with the patience to access it and who wish to get the most from the Forum in regard to deciding their requirements for a new van. Don’t expect any caravan builder to volunteer information about tips of this nature or the many other good ideas prescribed and built into some vans – in fact many builders undoubtedly will give you all sorts of reasons why it is unnecessary.

The small gauge red wire in the control loom. That is the loom from the rotary switch to the heater unit.
On no account cut the power supply to switch off the Webasto.
It will not "cycle down" correctly and you may damage it.
The thermostat is in the input air duct of the heater unit.

The "other" heater is an Eberspacher, made in Germany.

Regards
Bob