Hi, this was posted on the Caravaners
Forum - anyone have this installed in their BT; any knowledge about them?
"After quite some deliberation and estimation of fuel usage, we have ordered a Truma LPG heater for our new van due in January.
The advantages as I see them are as follows (acknowledgement to the Trakmaster
forum for some of the information below):
Tested and approved to Australian Standard 4556/2000
Australian Gas Association (AGA) compliance approval 7550
Low power of 1.1 amps @ 12volts when running, 0.01 amp on standby (diesel 3 amps on highest setting reducing to .7 amp on low, and I understand 8/9 amps on startup, including when thermostat cuts in OR OUT - the glo plug has to burn off unwanted fuel each time the unit cuts out or is switched off)
External intake and exhaust in one through the wall fitting
Separation of inside and outside air the same as the Airtronic Diesel units
No fuel quality problems - no waxing, need for additives, ageing issues
No issues with where to mount the diesel fuel tank - most vans already have 9-18kg of gas on board
No ticking noise from the pump to deal with
No hole through the floor
No underfloor pipes, silencer, pump etc
No plugs to keep the dust out on inlet and exhaust under the van (but a cap is needed on the side)
The LPG unit is cheaper than the Dometic Erberspacher diesel unit (not sure of the price of the Webasto)
Time taken for the warm air stream to reach full heat is shorter (Dometic say the heat is instantaneous compared to the diesel heater)
As far as I know, Roy Wyss is installing the LPG units now in some of his Sunland vans, but they (the LPG heaters not the Sunland vans) are still very new on the market so may not have significant market penetration yet."
