Another milestone 😉

[campervanannie]

As some members will know I have had some not very welll equipped vans in the past I have now had my lovely well made Rapido coming up to 2 years now but I have never run the heating apart from an odd 15 mins to take the chill off on some exceptionally cold evenings and mornings after a long conversation with Phil sat round the fire last night it appears I have firstly a fear of dead leisure batteries and secondly a fear of ruining my reputation as a hard northern wildcampers that has already betrayed the inner me by buying a motorhome to start with instead of sticking with my self builds and small campers, anyhow as I was out on the road with the all singing all dancing 12v Guru and he assured me that all would be well with my system and I wouldn’t wake up to alarms going off telling me I had killed my batteries and my solar could not cope as it’s winter and I could if all else fails run my engine and top up my batteries.
Well I did it I turned my heating on at about 8.45 last night it’s now 8.54 and it’s been on low for 12 hours Taya ( the dog for those that do not know ) and I woke up to a balmy 12 deg this morning -1 outside Taya was so impressed she was spread eagled on her back on top of the covers instead of curled up into a ball under the covers and my batteries are showing 80% full and I’m going to leave it on all day I fear now my gas consumption will rise from 7/8 litres over 8 days but as I have 40 something at my disposal it’s win win there is a but to all this I would appreciate nobody mentioning this to Mr Campervanannie (Bill) as he may want to play out a lot more often and bring forward his retirement date which is pencilled in for his 68th birthday

 

[RoaminRog]

Bill! Bill! Guess what!

 

[yorkieowl]

Ya big soft sod, call yersen a northener, now if ya said it had bin on for a hour or two fair enough, but overnight!! Think ya spendin too much time wi't southern softies lol. Bill needs telling, as your punishment. :lol-053:

 

[campervanannie]

Ya big soft sod, call yersen a northener, now if ya said it had bin on for a hour or two fair enough, but overnight!! Think ya spendin too much time wi't southern softies lol. Bill needs telling, as your punishment. :lol-053:

 

[Caz]

12 degrees? You have it set way too low - I can't possibly get out of bed till it's up to at least 18.

Uses a heck of a lot of gas, though.

 

[Wully]

Does that mean you won’t be sitting out at the fire to the wee small hours anymore you’ll be in yer van wae the rest of them who can work a thermostat I’ll miss you

 

[campervanannie]

Does that mean you won’t be sitting out at the fire to the wee small hours anymore you’ll be in yer van wae the rest of them who can work a thermostat I’ll miss you

Bog off yer big Ginger Scot I’ll outlast you at most firepits.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

Oh, Annie, worra wimp!

You've definitely lost your reputation as a 'hard northerner' ... :lol-049::wave:

Never mind, at least the dog is warmer now and that's much more important

 

[Nabsim]

I am one of those who can’t see why folks would have heating on when they are in bed. I reckon you have had your mind corrupted by these southern softies Annie. When you are up then okay, I must admit to putting it on in the van on Thursday morning myself when it was -4.5 outside and 5 degrees inside lol

 

[Silver sprinter]

Annie you could always take Bill and save on gas, just a thought ps, Bill is your husband, :banana::banana::banana:

 

[Snapster]

You’ll be shutting all the windows next! When I were a lad, we used to dream o’ putting the heating on for 15 minutes......not that we had any.....

 

[Hughman]

Nesh !