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I was wondering people's thoughts on Alde Vs Truman. I know about the more even heat The Alde system gives you, but does anyone know the gas consumption and the amps?
Thanks in advance.
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For me Alde everytime. I work on both and they are very good heating systems (both part of the same company). Alde gives a better all round van warmth and its quiet (except when they put the circulating pump in the wardrobe next to your head)
On electric they offer various settings and both draw similar amounts of power. If your off grid then both will flatten your lesiure batteries at about the same rate.
Its horses for courses, both good, it just depends on what suits you.
For me having owned both it's like chalk and cheese. The alde every time, nice even heat and no noise or dust blowing around. Even better when the system has the heat exchanger for use when the engine is running. A nice warm van with hot water when you reach your destination for free.
I could never go back to Truma blow air. Never liked it even when it was practically the only option
Do you mean the Truma wet system? We have a 3 truma boilers one hot water and hot air habitation, one hot air in the cab and one wet under floor system that incidently has an Alde pump but I don't know if that's a replacement.
As to chioce, under floor wet system every time for me Alde or Truma.
Dick
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Do you mean the Truma wet system? We have a 3 truma boilers one hot water and hot air habitation, one hot air in the cab and one wet under floor system that incidently has an Alde pump but I don't know if that's a replacement.
As to chioce, under floor wet system every time for me Alde or Truma.
Dick
We have exactly the same Dick and i agree completely, the Truma Aquatherm wet underfloor system is lovely, sat at this minute with it nice and warm and it even heats underneath the bed.
I'd vote for Alde every time but there are some big differences. I cannot comment on the Aquatherm system as I have no experience of it.
1. The Alde takes a lot longer to warm the van up from cold than the Truma blown air. This can be a big consideration if you are in and out all the time.
2. The Truma is much noisier than the Alde and not so good for folks that use contact lenses.
3. The Alde is easier to control the temperature whereas the Truma is more difficult due to drafts, air rising or doors open.
4. In my opinion the Alde uses more gas - when compared with vans of a similar size. This can be important if your gas bottles are small or you are on the continent.
5. I.m not sure about the latest Truma blown air systems but the Alde had a better control system where you can pre set start/stop times and temperature settings
As I said our van has both wet and blown air. Advice in documentation is 1. Use both at same time to heat up quickly then rely on wet system for tick over maintenance of temperature. 2. The wet system is more energy efficient and can be operated on EHU or gas.
I'll add that as well a contact lens user anyone with sinus problems would benefit from a wet system.
Dick
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As I said our van has both wet and blown air. Advice in documentation is 1. Use both at same time to heat up quickly then rely on wet system for tick over maintenance of temperature. 2. The wet system is more energy efficient and can be operated on EHU or gas.
Dick
I think that is way I will be heading. Currently we only have the wet system but it does not seem to cope very well. I hasten to add this is not the fault of Alde but more related to van layout which restricts where convectors can be installed. Yourself and Vennwood make some good points.
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Have to agree with earlier postings. I always get a dry and stuffed up nose (nothing to do with ventilation) when using Truma heating. Have had the Alde system in three vans now with no problems and is a must as far as we are concerned - and no cold areas.
thank you for your postings. this has all helped making the decision a little easier. Just waiting to find out whether the swift fit the heat exchanger as standard as there was nothng about it in the brochure, however when i lifted the offside sofa there was a switch and what i thought looked like an addtional circulation pump, which i read you have to have with the heat exchanger.
thanks agin
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