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jon_d wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 6:42 pm 51 words, Unusually short. But still not a picture. Need another 949 words Terry.

What are trying to say Jon? A picture is supposed to be worth a thousand words, what part do I trim off the picture to reduce 6 words from it ....

That's it, no more long descriptive posts ..... yeah, who am I kidding Not bad for a one finger typist though, eh

T1 Terry

It's amazing what your brain dredges up in the middle of the night when you should be asleep. And you reread the post that you replied to earlier......
I reckon they will be the same as the little awnings we have. I'll take a pic in the morning. This one finger typist would be exhausted if I typed one thousand words.

Good morning.
I finally done nothing yesterday.
I could get used to it..
I done some gardening... but I don't think of that as work...
My brother got in touch with me yesterday...he has some big problems with his health probably won't make his next birthday I have informed his two sons... they don't talk with him...
We are off to the big smoke today... shopping...
Keep safe.
Bernie.

Morning all
HTFFBO Helen

jon_d wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 7:04 am Morning all,

sunny morning. Bit cold. The difference between the bus and the house. Turn the diesel heater on and you're warm in minutes. Not really wondering about how much it's costing. :(

Dave, the rally was good. Bit quieter than Elmore. Probably because of the weather. There are always things to do that match your preferences. And a bit like Taggerty, you can just wander about and talk to people or hole up in the bus if you prefer.

Have a good day everyone.

The heater doesn't cost very much to run and is usually very effective. I was thinking of hooking one up in my lounge room instead of running the 3.5 hp reverse cycle split system to get the temperature that makes breathing easier.
Keith

Each of the previous motorhomes had a diesel heater, they work great, this motorhome runs on LPG .... the difference in price between a diesel heater and an LPG heater is staggering, so I guess I'll need to carry three fuels, or a lot of battery and solar and use the rooftop rattler.

I thought about just storing the heat, either a big, well insulated, water tank and use hydronics to heat the inside, common in European RVs where the temps are a tad more extreme, then using the gas/electric water heater to keep the tank temp up, or a heat pump, or the Electrodacus method of storing the heat in concrete ..... but I think weight might be the down side there .....

A big diesel tank full of winter fuel does sound much easier ..... a converted LPG tank, so it doesn't dump diesel into a fire

I could always use the Bunnings method over the check out area, a long combustion pipe looped around, a gas burner and air blower one end and out the exhaust at the other ..... now, where should I mount it

T1 Terry

Maybe you could revisit these thoughts after you finish the solar rooftop upgrade. We have only used our diesel heater a handful of times this year, but we have had a few campfire nights.
I'll go and take a pic of the window awnings now that my memory has been jogged.

If you fit a big enough diesel tank, then you could convert the Onan to diesel and use that for electricty too.

Then no need for solar. and if the tank is really big, you could get an electric heater blower and not need the diesel heater.

jon_d wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2024 4:51 pm If you fit a big enough diesel tank, then you could convert the Onan to diesel and use that for electricty too.

Then no need for solar. and if the tank is really big, you could get an electric heater blower and not need the diesel heater.

I was gunna fit the diesel tank where the Onan generator was, might as well use the space and weight for something useful eh

T1 Terry

Why such a big tank? When all the caravans and some motorhomes around the world use about a 12 litre tank?