Heater for Dougwe

hako · Guru

Heater for Dougwe

Poppy sore eye · Senior Member

I have attached the photo as promised, mow hen I look at it it looks olthan n it is, we use it often and it works great, we get about 40 continuos hours out of a 4kg bottle. A couple of hours at a time it seems to last forever.

The new units look a lot prettier but do the same job. Good luck

Poppy sore eye · Senior Member

Where did the photo go?

jimricho · Guru

hako wrote:
Rays Outdoors have one on special from tomorrow - $24.99...it's the one that look like a FJ hubcap and sits on a 4.5/9KG gas bottle.

More details...http://www.raysoutdoors.com.au/online-store/products/Wild-Country-Gas-Radiator.aspx?pid=240621&menuFrom=20305#Cross

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Wow, thankyou all so much for the pics and help, any wonder I love this forum, such great people and advice when you need it.

Poppy....That is one big looking heater, I think it will heat up my little Avan in seconds but there is one big problem that I can see, the heater combined with the gas bottle in the Avan wouldn't leave any room for me and I will freeze outside anyway.

Denis and Jim...That looks a bit more like the size.

I have been told there is some sort of camping show in Townsville over the weekend $10 admit. So I will take myself and the grandkids along for a look see on Sunday. Their mum and dad can stay home :)

jimricho · Guru

Doug be aware of the dangers of operating these heaters inside the van as they are not flued. In the confined space of a van, especially little units like yours and mine, carbon monoxide can build up to dangerous levels and do so quite insidiously. They should only be used in a well ventilated environment.

I'm interested in one too, that's why I looked up the link. I already have a "Mr Heater Little Buddy" http://www.anaconda.com.au/Product/Camp-and-Hike/Heating/Little-Buddy-Heater that runs off a propane gas cartridge. It's quite compact but is expensive to feed if run for any length of time. I use an electric heater when I'm on a powered site.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

That looks good Jim, I might check one out when I get to Townsville. I don't expect to need one there though.

ShortNorth · Senior Member

G'day Doug,

Aldi have a nice compact 1800w ceramic heater coming up next week for $20 - also BigW have something similar in their current catalogue for $60. We are investigating, as it got down to 9.5 degrees in the Aliner at Pottsville this week. As they are 240v, only suitable on powered sites - too big for inverters on a standard Aliner battery.

Regards, Brian

ShortNorth · Senior Member

hako wrote:
..........................it's the one that look like a FJ hubcap and sits on a 4.5/9KG gas bottle.
EDIT....Actually it's not a FJ hubcap, it's an EJ/EH hubcap like on my box trailer...............

Nah ! looks more like the beaut driving lights that Gelignite Jack Murray had on his Redex Trial car in the 50's !

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Brian....I already have a little oil column heater for when hooked up to 240v and is great and safe but for same reasons you mentioned can't use if free camping unless I let gene out.

sarg · Guru

Now Dougwe, we all know that every item in ya van has to have at least 2 functions otherwise it's a waste of space and so OUT it must go.

A HEATER ? Blimey mate, next ya will want a bloomin Hot Water Bottle too. Noooooooooo Maaaaaaate, what ya want is a DOG......a big MONGREL.

Good for 1: keepin away Undesireables and the like.... 2: cleaning up ya food scraps.... and ....3: keepin ya warm at nite. (In summer put the dog outside.)

AND 4: Washin ya wheels on ya A-van for ya. See more than 1 use......Gotta use ya noggin mate. Sarg. biggrin

pauline · Guru

Love your way of thinking sarg...............

Dougwe · Chief one feather

No to the dog sorry Sarg. You forgot to mention they bark and upset the camp next door.