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rickyd

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Just bought our first motorhome. Dec 2010
Recently bought a Bessacarr e460 but due to weather have not been able to use it yet. I have left it hooked up with the ehu and a small electric heater on just to keep the chill off. Will this damage the battery. Is it ok to leave ehu on all the time during the cold spell?
 

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I leave mine hooked up all the time,, once the battery`s are charged, It is like an ordinary charger and slows the input charge down to next to nothing.

The best and safest heater`s are the small "Delongi" oil filled type. :thumb:

I am usually wrong,,, so expect some one else will contradict what I have said. :winky:::bigsmile:
 
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Thanks. I am also using a small oil heater. My main conern was whether it was ok leaving it hooked up all the time, but seeing as you do it all the time with i am asuming no adverse effects, then I will carry onduring the cold weather.

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Have done the same for years and have not had any problems.

Dave .:thumb::thumb:
 
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I did the same last year when it was rather cold.. plugged it in to the mains with the adapter and had a small halogen heater on inside just to keep off the chill and dropped all the water fresh and waste out of it...Well we were selling it and i didn't want any probs with it
 
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must get some new glasses I thought this would be about Rod Hull:ROFLMAO:

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I leave mine hooked up all the time,, once the battery`s are charged, It is like an ordinary charger and slows the input charge down to next to nothing.

The best and safest heater`s are the small "Delongi" oil filled type. :thumb:

I am usually wrong,,, so expect some one else will contradict what I have said. :winky:::bigsmile:

Just to be awkward - why an oil filled heater?

I use a simple convection panel heater, these are lighter than an oil filled heater and respond much more quickly.

Mine has a solid element (like an immersion heater) so is also very robust.
 
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I use a convector heater as well, just plugged it in after a trip away. A tip is to change the charge over to the chassis battery for 24 hrs once a week, that way she will always start when you turn the key.

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A tip is to change the charge over to the chassis battery for 24 hrs once a week, that way she will always start when you turn the key.

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Or get a battery master fitted,that way both batteries will always be charged:ROFLMAO:
 
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Or just connect the two, for the same result but a lot less money!

However, if you are off EHU for a while, you WILL run down your Engine battery unless you run your engine for a while every day:Eeek:

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Just to be awkward - why an oil filled heater?

I use a simple convection panel heater, these are lighter than an oil filled heater and respond much more quickly.

Mine has a solid element (like an immersion heater) so is also very robust.

convectors need to be on constantly whereas an oil filled rad will hold heat a lot longer when the thermostat kicks in and turns it off.

cheap and cheerful oil rads should be stood on a tin dinner tray incase of leaks....bugger getting hot oil out of a carpet !!!
 
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On a slight detour but I've left mine plugged in for the past month with an old oil filled rad on a minimum setting but I've noticed it doesn't get hot at the top as if it needs bleeding like a wet system in the house.

I've never bothered turning the stat up to see if it makes a difference but I wonder if the the clue is in the "old" ?
 
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