what heater ? pros n cons please ?

[Phil Flanagan]

looking for some thoughts on which heater to buy for the new iveco.

As far as I can see there's 3 options;

1) diesel space heater eg webasto or eberspecher.
2) diesel water based engine heater with some form of radiant heat plumbed in, eg a small radiator.
3) lpg space heater, for example the one offered by truma. like this : TRUMA E2400 LPG GAS HEATER VW T25/T4/T5 TRANSPORTER CAMPER/CAMPERVAN/VAN on eBay!


I have minimal budget and so looking to buy s/h.

Though favouring the diesel space heaters, there are the issues of altitude, in our experience over 2000metres and they won't work. There is also the issue of the power demand on startup which can be quite considerable.

The engine heater based systems have the advantage of course of their primary function but then how good would they be as a radiant heater? and of course they also have the same altitude and power demand issues.

I have little knowledge of the Truma LPG systems? what are the pros and cons? These appear to be about half the price of a diesel heater but rarely appear second hand.

tossing this idea around in my head andwould really appreciate peoples thoughts / expereinces / advice ???



and; anybody have a second hand unit available ?

phil

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