Truma Heater and Proximity to Duvet
Hi,
Up until now we have been using sleeping bags whilst sleeping in our van. We convert our sofa's into a double bed and lay across the van, like I am sure most people do.
We have decided though to convert to using a conventional duvet, however, our Truma Trumatic heater is immediately adjacent to the sofa, with no separation, so if we did use a duvet our concern is that it might slip over the front of the heater and partially
cover it. As we approach the winter season, we leave our heater on low overnight.
Obviously you should not totally cover the face of the heater, but I am sure other vans must have similar layouts and was wondering what other people do to stop their duvet from covering part of the heater, if anything?
You can see from this picture how close the heater is to the sofa
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byr7tQDxj2FwSENVX1J0bXljVkk/view?usp=sharing
Any advice welcome.
Thanks.
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I don't understand the attraction of not using a sleeping bag in a non fixed bed caravan. Drag sleeping bag from under bed locker make bed throw on sleeping bag climb in go to sleep simple.
A few years ago my wife for what ever reason leant a cushion against a Truma fire and burnt a hole in the cover so be careful.
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make sure that SWMBO sleeps at the front of the caravan.
...... there's no way that any quilt/sleeping bag/sheet/any other bedding would come
within 3 feet of the fire if that was our bed. I'd be fighting all night for a turn of the quilt! If it was hot though .... & the fire was off ..... I'd be given it all!
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What a badly designed caravan!
I think you would find it very difficult to design a small 2-berth caravan with a Truma style heater without
it being immediately adjacent to the (made up) double berth.(Mind you I can't imagine having the heating on overnight any more than leaving the central heating on at home ......just use a thicker duvet. Likewise we ALWAYS have a window open whatever the outside temperature.).
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What a badly designed caravan!
I think you would find it very difficult to design a small 2-berth caravan with a Truma style heater without
it being immediately adjacent to the (made up) double berth.(Mind you I can't imagine having the heating on overnight any more than leaving the central heating on at home ......just use a thicker duvet. Likewise we ALWAYS have a window open whatever the outside temperature.).
And when -14C outside?
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two things....
one, dont these 'fires' also have blown air heating behind them? if so, cant you just leave this on in lieu of the fire?
two, I would have issues sleeping on top of an aquaroll and wastemaster, too
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The gas fire is right at the front of the unit with the electrical element behind it. The axial fan is behind them both but does not draw enough air to keep the front anything other than roasting hot. If the bed is in use I would suggest fire must be off.
An open window will do little to prevent burns.The £10 Lidl fan heater is a much safer option, and also seems to heat throughout the 'van better than the ducted heating unless it is run on both fuels.
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Thanks for those comments. I'm certainly not buying another van, as I am new to this and have only had the van 12 months. Think we will stick with sleeping bags during the winter months and a duvet when the weather doesn't need overnight heating.
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Thanks for those comments. I'm certainly not buying another van, as I am new to this and have only had the van 12 months. Think we will stick with sleeping bags during the winter months and a duvet when the weather doesn't need overnight heating.
Sounds the safest option.
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Hi jlovell1971, My Bailey Milan 2012 has the same layout as your van by the sounds of it and i think its a great layout and design, we caravan throughout the year and yes in winter we do leave the heating on low during the night, I put a piece of fire proof
board between the fire and bed which is wedged by the cushion / bed base and it is big enough to prevent the quilt touching the fire, this has worked for the past 4 yrs without any trouble hope this might help you.0 -
This is a four berth caravan, so wouldn't it be safer (and warmer) for everyone, including those occupying the bunks, if you simply put a fireguard around the truma heater. If you Google 'Nursery fireguard' you will see those with a top which would prevent
the duvet going anywhere near the heater.0
