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autoroller7

Hi Phil,

I have had the same problem with my Autoroller (7 berth, so big living area to heat). We just couldn't get the heat from the cab to the rear, and the Fiamma vents have a permanent ventilation facility, which is a pain on the move in winter.

So I have now installed a second heater matrix & fan unit (from CAK Tanks) - I have plumbed it in parallel with the cab heater. It was a bit unnerving, since it came with no installation instructions. I have also fitted Fiamma thermal screens.

The new setup seems to work a treat, although we have only taken it about 50 miles so far. We shall see at half term how it works for real.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

Nick

Phild

Hi Nick,
Didn't know cak tanks did anything like that. I was thinking of a rear heater out of a Nissan Serena.
I'm sure the roof vents are a major part of the problem. Mine has an extra one above the overcab bed and it's leaking from time to time.
Doh, if only I had 50 grand spare, it would save me days of work!!!
Cheers Phil

Anonymous

Hi George,

We are obviously talking from different levels of experiance so lets drop it.

regards Doug...

HookyHymer

Hi Phil,
Regarding the original problem of the heater not being very good, I had the same problem on mine, I found that the flyscreen mesh inside the entrance to the air inlet trunking in the bumper was completely blocked with mud & sticks, took the mesh out and washed it, the heater is now more than good enough.
Worth a look!
Regards
Glenn

ladybird

Hi,

Am I doing things wrong, we run our hot air heating system whilst we are driving, this is run of the bottle gas and it heats a boiler, should we not be running this whilst moving. we also run the fridge on gas all the time as well (even though it is a 3 way fridge) as we find it works better.

Would be glad to know if what I am doing is dangerous.

pgtips

hello kildare

i am not techie so may be wrong about this but i am sure my boyfriends response to using the gas bottle whilst driving would be

Noooooooooooo!

i am sure you will have a proper response soon

paula

dave

hi kildare

i think you'll find that running your gas appliances whilst travelling is not only dangerous but illegal.

secondly why use gas for your fridge all the time ? if you'r on hook up you've already paid for the mains so use that rather than your gas

Anonymous

If I remember correctly this point of using gas whilst on the move has been raised before, on that occasion I looked through my M/H book and could find no reference to not using the gas fire (carver) when under way, the point was put by other forumers (if there is such a word) that the gas should be turned off whilst moving for safety reasons, but it’s not turned off for gas driven vehicles, and liquid gas drawn from the bottom of the tank is far more dangerous than that drawn from the top, so surely that negates the reason for turning off at the bottle?

I accept the reasons for not having naked flames on petrol station forecourts.

Is it illegal to have a gas appliance working whilst driving?

My own instincts say no don’t do it, but I think I would be hard pressed to win an argument on it

Ken

GeorgeTelford

Hi all

Running Gas appliances while driving is not only safe it is also legal.

On my Iveco the 3 way fidge was never used on 12v when driving it was always un on gas, 12v Freezes you milk etc as the 12v part is not themostatically controlled.

There are two places were they do not want you running gas appliances

Garage forecourts and Ferries, on the forecourt the chances of fuel vapour reaching the flame for the fridge is HIGHLEY unlikely, I and many others never switch the gas off on a forecourt.

Example of another URBAN legend Cell Phones, Anybody see the weird science program they filled a caravan with Highley flammable liquid and had about 5-6 phones ringing in there on vibrate and everything, then they finally blew it up by using static off a chaps clothes !!

The eberspacher and gas heater Myths are just as bad, consider eberspacher exhaust hmmmm, now think car exhaust do we have to switch our cars off and roll them to the pump? On older cars how many of us have had to replace faulty spark plug leads why have none of these ever caused a forecourt fire ? Why can a tiny flame on fridge which is well shrouded cause a fire yet an exhaust belching sparks and flames doesnt.

Many of us will remember the pump attendants smoking and filling cars up.

Nanny state, Hollywood and urban legend again.