How I'll stay warm in the van this winter
How I'll stay warm in the van this winter
My approach to heating the van has evolved over the six years I’ve lived in it. My use case hasn’t changed: I follow mild weather and only rarely/accidentally get caught in hard freezes. Dipping slightly below freezing at night is about the limit of my tolerance.
Each winter brings a flurry (ha!) of first-timers wondering how to keep warm. Not giving advice in the above post, but explaining how I do it.
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I know that Chinese diesel heaters are supposed to be the way forward. But I am typically out in 14d increments and the OEM diesel tanks seem to hold 2-3 days of fuel. If I ever do install a CDH I’ll likely mount a diesel tank under the van and fill it from outside.
We have a Eberspächer fuel heater that uses gasoline rather than diesel fuel, and it is tied directly into our van's fuel tank. It seems rather efficient - over the course of a week below freezing we only noticed the gas gauge going down a little.
I had a gasoline heater in a 1973 VW bus and it worked very well. For now it looks like most of the gasoline versions are still very expensive, although I've started to see knockoffs below $1000.