Tent heater

[KING LING]

G'day all does any one know what is a good and safe heater I can use in my roof top tent ?

Cheers

King Ling

[Jon]

With restricted space like a roof topper, a 12v electric blanket and plenty of close human contact is the go.

[Kalebjarrod]

A tarp, some baby oil and your other half

Hours of fun 

[POD]

If you've only got the room of the roof toptent then a good set of merino thermals, some under bed insulation (space blanket, etc,), a wollen underlay AS WELL and some more blankets or sleeping bags for on top. You'd be surprised how warm you can be if you use good gear. Use down sleeping bags or doonas.

[kylarama]

[Kalebjarrod]

Lol

[KING LING]

A tarp, some baby oil and your other half

Hours of fun 

what if your by yourself ?

[peteandkyles]

Just bought one of these for my camper and they are great... Kept the camper at 20C all night until it ran out of fuel a 6am..

[Burnsy]

Where did you get the self contained webasto from and what was it worth, have you got a link?

[peteandkyles]

Where did you get the self contained webasto from and what was it worth, have you got a link?

From Kimberley Kampers. They are quite dear but we camp in areas that do not have power so they are ideal. We have only just got it and ran it for one night while camping with the scouts at Coward Spring where it got to -3C overnight. Even the kids gave up with the campfire and all went to bed at 8pm as it was too cold to sit around. It used about 1L to run for almost 11hours, and lowered the second battery in the car from full charge to about 12.3V. Not bad.

[Black Diamond]

There a few threads on here that have had a fair bit of discussion on this have a read through this one http://myswag.org/forum/index.php?topic=22342.0

Bd

[cruisindub]

From Kimberley Kampers. They are quite dear but we camp in areas that do not have power so they are ideal. We have only just got it and ran it for one night while camping with the scouts at Coward Spring where it got to -3C overnight. Even the kids gave up with the campfire and all went to bed at 8pm as it was too cold to sit around. It used about 1L to run for almost 11hours, and lowered the second battery in the car from full charge to about 12.3V. Not bad.

Why the 12v usage on the diesel heater?

[Disco4Guy]

Why the 12v usage on the diesel heater?

Fan to blow the hot air, fuel pump and some of the bigger Webasto units use glycol to store and transfer the heat just like a car.

[lov2getaway]

Just bought one of these for my camper and they are great... Kept the camper at 20C all night until it ran out of fuel a 6am..

Just wondering how noisy are they?
Cheers
L2GA

[Hairs]

what if your by yourself ?

Use your imagination

[KING LING]

Thanks all

[Kalebjarrod]

what if your by yourself ?

Still not as bad as you think.....

[fuji]

We used a Memoryfoam matteress in our rooftop tent for 6 weeks. It kept us real warm with sheepskin on top of that with a flannel sheet. Sleeping bags on top, beeeewdiful!!!
Wayne

[Bird]

what if your by yourself ?

Another doonah.
or
1x blanket under the materess, 1 on top, then good quality sleeping bag is all I use in the swag. 1/2 the time dont even do up the sleeping bag.

Where did you get the self contained webasto from and what was it worth, have you got a link?

arent they around the 1100 mark?

[austastar]

Just bought one of these for my camper and they are great... Kept the camper at 20C all night until it ran out of fuel a 6am..

Hi,
   I have one mounted in the luggage area, combustion air and exhaust are vented to out side, and the cabin air is re circulated through the heater.

I am some what puzzled as to what Kimberly have done, because mine sets the heat out put with the control, and the temperature is measured from the air entering the heater.
If the cabin is getting near the set temperature, the heat output is reduced.

Does yours adjust the heat out put as the room temperature rises, or is it a constant heat out put that you adjust as needed?

cheers

[shrek4]

Just wondering how noisy are they?
Cheers
L2GA

Have you a link for this? Where from / how much?

Ta

[SteveandViv]

You should read this before you think about any thing in your roof top tent. Not sure what caused it but should find out on Wed as I have some work to do in the hospital while there.

http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/96620/Sad_loss_of_a_young_life_in_Roof_Top_Tent_here_in_the_Kimberley.aspx

[KING LING]

yer I read that about the old boy very sad thing to happen

[Renno]

arent they around the 1100 mark?

Called into Kimberly today to have a look as its on the way home, unit looks the goods.
Nearly fell over when he told me the price?
$2000+ I was to busy gagging I didn't hear full amount.....  I'm no chance.
Will have one running at the Lismore show this weekend.
Renno

[Bird]

$2000+ I was to busy gagging I didn't hear full amount.....  I'm no chance.

I'd have burst out laughing at th bloke on the phone and hung up...