Been into Aldi today and they have leccy blankets in, BEWARE they have a maximum on timer of 3hrs. Not much use for our purposes. Ours has 9hrs.
Prepping for Arctic road trip
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Correct lol
Yes 500 watt isn’t much, we have the 700w radiator too, it’s great but don’t think I’ll have the space to take it as an emergency heat source, fingers crossed the Eberspacher keeps purring away for a few weeks, it will probably be the fuel gelling if we do have issues, note to self-take a heat gun..
I thought they used low temp diesel in those countries......
As in the UK derv WILL gell/freeze at those temps...so you need to fill up locally with their diesel, that has some additives that stop it gelling up?
I put an old wine cork in mine
@JOG now behave….
Make sure they drain the diesel filter holder in case there is any moisture (water) in there.
I choose my words carefully!
Watching this with much interest.
Out of interest how much did you pay for the Autoterm heater for the engine coolant….if you don’t mind me asking?
Seen many of Alex’s videos…very informative if you are heading to the Artic and beyond.
I see Amazon do the KW 206 but almost double the price of other outlets….would that be the same version me thinks?
Unfortunately it’s not cheap, but a weeks full board in a hotel and garage costs will cost more if the van breaks down up there, it cost me 1400
The actual kit to buy is around 700 from various sellers, Flow 5kw, comfort controller and brackets for mounting, on a t6 it’s mounted in the same place as if it was a factory fit, under passenger seat area and protected by the under tray.
There’s already cut outs in the tray for the exhaust pipe.
They fit its own pump and fuel line into the tank so it’s a completely separate system from the air heater, Autoterm give a 3 year labour and parts guarantee, which seems good.
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I order mine from EBay, was £40 at the time, you can buy cheaper but I wasn’t sure that aliexpress site was safe?
Yes iv seen the garages list the fuel temp spec on the pumps, it varies some could be say -20 or -25 or -30 etc, so if it gets really cold you need to be aware what fuel is in your tank, as Alex F once found out and his fuel lines froze up, I’ll probably leave engine running in -30 or head south
Although I know nothing about Arctic exploration, I'd rather have the rifle in the truck where I could reach it, rather than have to fight a polar bear to get to it.
Maybe the bears are getting smarter and the humans dumber
Polar bears on Norwegian islands fatter and healthier despite ice loss, scientists say Polar bears getting "fatter and healthier" amid ice loss
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