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TACK

Member Since: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Essex
Posts: 1045

Last year I used a 240v tube heater. Mains, and I also run it off my inverter.

Tack

10th Nov 2011 9:45pm

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

as above, my mate in Oslo just confirmed they fit

http://wup.defa.com/en/index.html

to all their vehicles and they work very well.

10th Nov 2011 10:04pm

Bobble

Member Since: 21 Aug 2011
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 223

Re: Trying to beat the winter weather!

JWL wrote:
Now with the colder weather fast approaching and trying to save myself the effort of scraping the ice off the windows as I've nowhere to park the truck under cover, I was looking into buying a Webasto or the like.

Buy a bit of tarpaulin, an old blanket or some MOD snow screens and simply cover the cab at night.
Cheaper, easier to fit, probably better for keeping frost off, and less likely to set fire to your truck.

10th Nov 2011 11:00pm

JWL

Member Since: 26 Oct 2011
Location: Hereford
Posts: 3443

I've done all the blankets on the screen, doesn't work too well having a HD Brownchurch rack on the roof with the support legs down the windscreen pillars. Last year I used a windscreen sized piece of high density foam held in place by the wipers, yes worked well but, as with blankets and muffs, when they are either soaked with rain, stiff as a board with frost you've got to put them somewhere

My hope is that keeping the inside of the cabin warmer than outside will cut down on condensation, allright we may get some really low temperatures again this year but they are not what would be called extreme where the engine would be unable to cope with running in such conditions. It's not as if any of us jump in and go in our motors, we do let them run while we sort out the seatbelts, switch on the lights, have a gloating glance round to see who's watching with envy as we get our totally capable vehicle sorted and on the road

11th Nov 2011 12:21am

RFT

Member Since: 13 Nov 2010
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 690

2010 Defender 130 Puma 2.4 HCPU Zermatt Silver

I've been looking at heaters for our hen house, was thinking of tubular heaters 43watt but just found these on amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Biogreen-GB-Protec...=de_a_smtd

They come in lots of different lengths and have a built in thermostat, same company also make heating blankets:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Biogreen-HMTA060-0...mp;sr=1-49

The open infrared heaters pose too much of a fire risk let alone the neighbours thinking you are running a brothel in your LR. Low emisivity heat is much safer with built in thermostat so you don't spend all night lining EDF energy share holders pockets.

I have not tried them but might give it a go, last year we had a frozen dead hen for a Christmas present & no eggs!!!

Richard 130 Puma HCPU with an Artica 240LR Demountable Camper

11th Nov 2011 2:11am

Surrey Rover

Member Since: 20 Dec 2010
Location: Surrey
Posts: 360

RFT wrote:
I've been looking at heaters for our hen house,
I have not tried them but might give it a go, last year we had a frozen dead hen for a Christmas present & no eggs!!!

Richard

Going way off topic, sorry.

Richard - I use a horse rug for our hen house, last year we had temps to -11 and they were fine. It's important to not get them too warm at night and then cold during the day so a horse rug stops all icy blasts but retains what heat they do have and conveniently doesn't cover the vent hole so allows some circulation.

Clearly this only works on a traditional style chicken house and not sheds etc. Nick

2.2 110 Tipper

11th Nov 2011 7:11am

ken

Member Since: 18 Aug 2009
Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !!
Posts: 4328

We tried all sorts in the Kennel ended up extending the CH system and new boiler now nice and toasty

11th Nov 2011 8:42am

JWL

Member Since: 26 Oct 2011
Location: Hereford
Posts: 3443

Ahhh, now it's dawned on me that the term "kennel" is not a nickname for your Defender

11th Nov 2011 8:55am

Happyoldgit

Member Since: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3471

2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Corris Grey

Last winter I used a small, timed 240v domestic fan heater in the footwell or, as the case doesn't get warm sat on the cubbybox. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades.
Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW.

[Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc]

http://forums.lr4x4.com

I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic.

11th Nov 2011 9:03am

ken

Member Since: 18 Aug 2009
Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !!
Posts: 4328

JWL wrote:
Ahhh, now it's dawned on me that the term "kennel" is not a nickname for your Defender

Yep however the mobile Kennel is a Vito 122 Dueliner with guess what rear Air con for the dogs

11th Nov 2011 9:18am

JWL

Member Since: 26 Oct 2011
Location: Hereford
Posts: 3443

ken wrote:
JWL wrote:
Ahhh, now it's dawned on me that the term "kennel" is not a nickname for your Defender

Yep however the mobile Kennel is a Vito 122 Dueliner with guess what rear Air con for the dogs

I used to be a shepherd and had excellent air con for my collies..............a pick-up(usually Land Rovers but a Dai splat su

for a while, did my best to kill it

) If the weather got too bad then I'd put the Ifor Williams top back on

11th Nov 2011 9:38am

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