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Title: Heaters in Caravan Parks
Post by: Roar88 on April 05, 2012, 10:46:30 PM

Hey guys, Heading off on Easter Camping Trip tommorow. My youngest has just caught a cold and as she is only 2.5 years old its hard to keep a blanket on her at night.

Luckily I ordered a Powered site this easter. Do Caravan Parks frown on using certain types of heaters?

 I have a soft floor cavalier CT and I have a very nice small oil heater that i think would just keep the nip out of the air. Do you think its ok to use one of these in a CT at night?

Title: Re: Heaters in Caravan Parks
Post by: shrek4 on April 05, 2012, 10:50:27 PM

Nope they expect it. Otherwise what would draw people to their powered sites in the first place if not to run a fan or heater?

Hope the little one is on the mend soon. I for one hate having sick children!

Title: Re: Heaters in Caravan Parks
Post by: Nomad on April 05, 2012, 10:54:58 PM

As Shrek said.

Go for it. You pay big money for it, so may as well use it whilst your there.

 :cheers:

Title: Re: Heaters in Caravan Parks
Post by: Roar88 on April 05, 2012, 10:59:02 PM

Thanks guys.

 Yea initially I could only get a non powered one so was bringing my generator but they rang back and said they had a power one come up. Glad I grabbed it. Just bought a new waeco so power is good.

Title: Re: Heaters in Caravan Parks
Post by: lilstookie on April 06, 2012, 03:06:05 PM

I hope she's better soon. Would she sleep in one of the kids sleeping bags? That's what I do with ours...or a coverall over pyjamas.

Lil :)

Title: Re: Heaters in Caravan Parks
Post by: lynh on April 09, 2012, 10:15:07 PM

How did the heater work out? We are planning some winter camping and our bubs are also small, so need to think about the heating.

Title: Re: Heaters in Caravan Parks
Post by: Roar88 on April 09, 2012, 10:42:23 PM

Hey guys, just got back from camping. Yea the heater was great. We used an oil heater in a Cavalier CT.

The canvas isnt insulated in any way and during the night we had a Very cold night and it didnt make the tent toastie warm but took all the nip out of the air and was very comfortable inside. ( Frosted car window in the morning )

One thing is the heater drys the air out so make sure your well hydrated or find a way of replacing a bit of the moisture in the air or you will wake up wondering y your so thirsty  ;D

Other thing we did was replace our blow up mattresses the girls slept on last time with a sponge mattress as the air mattress got very cold from the ground temp.