B524 Cold feet

[Wully]

I’ve been looking around looking for the solution for cold feet while driving.

Do I need woolly socks and the curtain closed - or is there a neater solution?

 

[ianthebuilder]

No heater??

 

[monzer]

My 524's heater doesn't work on odd numbers so setting 4 and pointing at the feet usually does the job.

 

[Wully]

No heater??

Heater works but not at our feet

 

[monzer]

Is your cab area carpeted?

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[Lenny HB]

What is the chassis and is it LHD or RHD & what type of aircon (climate control or standard)?

 

[Theonlysue]

On a fiat?

 

[Theonlysue]

Comfortmatic & cold feet - solved!

I posted some time ago that I couldn't get my feet warm in winter when driving our 2016 Fiat Ducato X290, with comfortmatic gearbox. Passenger side was fine, just the driver's side that wouldn't get warm. Previous 2010 Ducato X250, with manual gearbox, lovely toasty warm feet, therefore assumed...

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[Theonlysue]

There was a thread a year or two back, with photos, where a new vent was added in the foot well but I cant find it.

 

[Wully]

Is your cab area carpeted?

Yes. It came with a full set of carpets

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[Wully]

What is the chassis and is it LHD or RHD & what type of aircon (climate control or standard)?

Alco double chassis, LHD, Fiat aircon..which works on cold

 

[Campervan_man]

Chinese Diesel Air Heater

 

[Vipar]

Put a splitter in the heating hose you can get joints from scrap yard or plumbing merchant. Just needs a bit of ingenuity.

 

[Wully]

Chinese Diesel Air Heater

No chance!
The hab heater works great but I’m not at all sure about using it when driving...and if I was buying a forced air heater it would be a Planar - not a dodgy Chinese copy.

 

[Lenny HB]

Alco double chassis, LHD, Fiat aircon..which works on cold

LHD should be OK it's the RHD drive people moan about as they put the footrest in front in the vent.
We have Climate control, because of the big glass area in bright sunshine in the winter the temp sensors think it's warm and turn the heating down. I have to set it to 30 to get my feet warm then you end up roasting.

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[monzer]

No chance!
The hab heater works great but I’m not at all sure about using it when driving...and if I was buying a forced air heater it would be a Planar - not a dodgy Chinese copy.

I sometimes put the hab heating on while driving. Saves sitting shivering when you park up and turn the engine off. Saying that I doubt it would have much effect on your feet down in the foot well at the front of the cab.

 

[Campervan_man]

Planar Diesel Air Heater ?

Saves scraping the frozen windscreen too.

 

[ambulancekidd]

No chance!
The hab heater works great but I’m not at all sure about using it when driving...and if I was buying a forced air heater it would be a Planar - not a dodgy Chinese copy.

I always thought that the "Planar" is a cheap Chinese copy of the Eberspacher!

 

[Campervan_man]

Eberspacher good quality but expensive.
Webasto good quality less expensive.
Planer less expensive.
Chinese Diesel Air Heaters, I have an 8KW in My Motorhome and it's great. Cheap to buy. Parts are cheap to buy. Throw the heat out. Uses small amounts of diesel. Has a remote control as well. Great for defrosting the cab windows in the morning while you have your brekky.

 

[Lenny HB]

I sometimes put the hab heating on while driving. Saves sitting shivering when you park up and turn the engine off. Saying that I doubt it would have much effect on your feet down in the foot well at the front of the cab.

Our Hymer has heater vent outlets on both the front and back of the cab seat bases.

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[monzer]

Our Hymer has heater vent outlets on both the front and back of the cab seat bases.

Yeah that'd work.