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New gas heater arrived this morning

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Just a quick heads up If you get one it comes without a gas hose or gas regulator but no big deal as local calor gas suppliers should stock them. It does come with a screw in barb end though to fit the gas inlet pipe to. The other fittings to connect the water inlet & outlet is not supplied either. Again this is down to you to decide whichever way you want the hoses/pipes connected.

For now I'm just using the hozelock fittings from my old L5 to test it. If going down the hozlock route you will need a male screw on outside tap fittings with a reducer that some come with already that will screw straight on.

On another note at the top of the heater the vent is round so can be fitted with a flue if wanted. I’m undecided if I want to be cutting a hole in my van roof though at the mo.

 
I've just tried it out and so far it seems much better than my old L5 heater./emoticons/smile.png

 
Looks nice and compact!

I have thought about this, but so far, in 3 years, I've managed to get away with cold water, accept one day 3 years ago on a few houses that I do. No biggie.

But Monday this week was effin cold, and my water did freeze, but luckily I had insides to do, and by the time I got back out it had melted and was fine to carry on for the rest of the day.

Keep us updated will how it goes....

 
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They are all the same, just with different names. Don't accidentally buy the one for natural gas as they are slightly cheaper. I would always confirm the price of postage with the supplier before ordering the item.

I know of a few cleaners who have them and they work very well. The only downside is fitting them where you can exhaust it. I would also suggest a roof vent.

Religiously drain the heater down in the winter to prevent the internals being damaged by ice. There is a drain especially for you to do it. However, Spring also make a Frostat controller applicable to gas heaters since the beginning of this year. Once the temperature drops to 2 degrees it will switch the pump on for ten minutes. All you have to do is make sure you have a return to the water tank incorporated in you setup.

 
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How come that one is so much cheaper??
Although the hot water enables you to get the work done, but doesn't this freeze after a few mins??
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I did some council offices a couple of Sundays ago. I didn't realise that the council was saving money by switching the heating off. The cold water I was using was freezing on the glass and I spent ages on each window washing the ice off so I could rinse. Once I did that the water froze again, but when it thawed the windows were clean.

Had I had warm water it would have made the job a bit easier. I doesn't matter if the water freezes quicker; all you have to do is get a wash and a rinse in first.

99.9% of the houses we do will have central heating so we are fine with cold water. However it would be nice the have a little warm water warming our carbon poles up a little. I hate wearing gloves and having experimented with warm before it does make a difference to the temperature of the pole. I also hate using the hose in winter as the cold water temperatures make it like wire.

 
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How come that one is so much cheaper??
Although the hot water enables you to get the work done, but doesn't this freeze after a few mins??
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They play around with pricing and delivery charges to catch those spur of the moment buys. I've seen them as low as £79.99 with free delivery. I would imagine the wfp cleaners have pushed the price up a bit with demand. Anmeny (or something close to that) seem to be priced slightly cheaper but I haven't seen them advertised for a while TBH.

 
That reminds me I better go and drain it down then or it will be going down the tip with the other one that got frozen up. I decided to drain it down and bring it in doors now so is nice and warm /emoticons/biggrin.png

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They are all the same, just with different names. Don't accidentally buy the one for natural gas as they are slightly cheaper. I would always confirm the price of postage with the supplier before ordering the item.

I know of a few cleaners who have them and they work very well. The only downside is fitting them where you can exhaust it. I would also suggest a roof vent.

Religiously drain the heater down in the winter to prevent the internals being damaged by ice. There is a drain especially for you to do it. However, Spring also make a Frostat controller applicable to gas heaters since the beginning of this year. Once the temperature drops to 2 degrees it will switch the pump on for ten minutes. All you have to do is make sure you have a return to the water tank incorporated in you setup.
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I have an email address if anyone wants to buy one. Just send me a pm so you can get one a bit cheaper. I paid £85 including delivery which I thought was a good price for what it is.

 
That reminds me I better go and drain it down then or it will be going down the tip with the other one that got frozen up. I decided to drain it down and bring it in doors now so is nice and warm /emoticons/biggrin.png
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Smurf was it easy to drain down ??

 
Is this a basic caravan boiler? Does it kick in with water pressure?

Looks niiiiiiice.

 
Is this a basic caravan boiler? Does it kick in with water pressure?Looks niiiiiiice.
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With water flow. When the flow stops the flame goes out, when the flow starts the flame ignites. You do need a reasonable water flow. A trickle of water will not ignite it.

 
Smurf was it easy to drain down ??
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There is a drain down 'tap' at the bottom with all the other connectors. Would be more difficult to get to if you mounted the heater very low down.

 
Peter fogwill http://www.window-tools.com/ was selling a simular heater nicknamed "fogwash"I never bought one as he stopped selling them by the time I got around to getting one but it seems to work just as well. /emoticons/smile.png
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This was a good heater by the reports of users. It was a 6 liter a minute heater so slightly smaller than the one you bought. What I like about this one you have now is that it has a temperature gauge which the fogwash didn't have.

 
With water flow. When the flow stops the flame goes out, when the flow starts the flame ignites. You do need a reasonable water flow. A trickle of water will not ignite it.
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Spruce would they ignite with the normal rate used when cleaning windows?? I use a brodex machine so the flow rate is from 1 to 9 and I would use it at 3 or4.

 

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