Additional heating whilst skiing

[biggirafe]

Well you live and learn! I accept what you're saying but it's a bit like saying that water is poisonous 'cos if it fills your lungs you'll drown.

Bet you didn't smoke near those slurry tanks

Rgds
Frank

no smoking and we didn't tried not to breath through our noses as well

We did industrial tanks as well the worst was a Yogurt factory, the tank was full of sour milk waste. To say it stank was an understatment. Just thinking about it now makes me gag and that 15+ years later. I could not get the smell out of my skin for weeks

I actuallly prefered farm jobs as I consider Poo to be cleaner than chemical waste.

 

[Boxerman]

I spent 30 odd years working in a mixing dept of a rubber works, it was sickening until you got used to it but after a while your sense of smell gives up the ghost. Something has to REALLY pong now before I can smell it. Handy sometimes

Rgds
Frank

 

[Noah & Nelly]

Extra heat.

Has anyone tried a blue cat catalytic heater ? there fairly small and claim 800w of heat. I've seen them on the web for £20 plus the gas. Any good ?
Jim.

 

[Coolasluck]

Just a note to say that when you have banged up your truma/carver heater to full power the metalworks gets extremely hot,make sure if using this setting or the setting above 4 or 5 that you use the air blower as this is meant to cool down the metalwork and stops the heater from overheating.

As a point of interest i am thinking of adapting a piece of pipework so the wife can dry her hair,when banged up the heater doesnt half get hot and pushes out a lot of air,someone else on this site gave me the idea and im just wondering if they have done this yet.?

 

[bigboack]

Just a note to say that when you have banged up your truma/carver heater to full power the metalworks gets extremely hot,make sure if using this setting or the setting above 4 or 5 that you use the air blower as this is meant to cool down the metalwork and stops the heater from overheating.

As a point of interest i am thinking of adapting a piece of pipework so the wife can dry her hair,when banged up the heater doesnt half get hot and pushes out a lot of air,someone else on this site gave me the idea and im just wondering if they have done this yet.?

In theory it works, What you would need is a 12v fan,a length of hose about 2/3" narrowed down to a hairdryer nozzle then you would have to encase all this in some sort of housing and connect it up to the blown ducting somehow, Seems something like Tom Good from the good life would invent, If you do it, I want royalties as I have told you how to do it. Good Luck.

 

[Coolasluck]

In theory it works, What you would need is a 12v fan,a length of hose about 2/3" narrowed down to a hairdryer nozzle then you would have to encase all this in some sort of housing and connect it up to the blown ducting somehow, Seems something like Tom Good from the good life would invent, If you do it, I want royalties as I have told you how to do it. Good Luck.

For a moment i thought you were going to say all i would need is a 12v fan a length of hose a hairdryer nozzle an orange and some clingfilm ohhh and some rope

 

[rickboy]

Just a note to say that when you have banged up your truma/carver heater to full power the metalworks gets extremely hot,make sure if using this setting or the setting above 4 or 5 that you use the air blower as this is meant to cool down the metalwork and stops the heater from overheating.

As a point of interest i am thinking of adapting a piece of pipework so the wife can dry her hair,when banged up the heater doesnt half get hot and pushes out a lot of air,someone else on this site gave me the idea and im just wondering if they have done this yet.?

Yes.Convoluted hose like the ducting but a smaller bore.Shaped a plumbing toilet cystern adaptor to fit in the existing air outlet.Heater on max fan.Works a treat.Also use a hair straightner on an inverter.Women!!! don't you just luv em!!!!

Rick

 

[Deleted member 967]

Thanks BG, mine is an older gas heater as its a 95 van, perhaps it needs looking at as it doesn't kick out the heat i'd expect, maybe it needs to be on longer to really get going and see.
Do you find yours provides the heat levels you mention quite quickly.
Thanks Nick

I ran a Carver SB1800 in caravans for years. I found them to be very effective. Yes they do need to be left on to be effective. Mine was lit in September and never went out until May. Fire, Gas Lights, Fridge and Water Heater used one 47kg Propane bottle a month on average. I was living Full Time in the van looking after a caravan storage site.

In the winter of 1982 at minus 20ºc I did have to supplement it with an electric fire run from a generator.

With the same type of heater in a 10ft caravan I had the interior at 32ºc in February even though we had snow and freezing conditions outside.

I did find that the heat was nearer the top of the van so I used a fan mounted above it to blow it down to the ends away from the fire. I can run the blown air on my Truma overnight without flattening the battery too much.

One thing that can happen to the Carver type of heater is that the gauze above the burner, burns out and needs replacing. If you cannot get replacement the mesh for a metal tea strainer is as effective. The gauze is held in place above the burner by bent bit of metal.