Thanks Jeremy, yeah it's not Instagram here :) although my Instagram channel looks like Instagram! Lol. I'm currently on another big adventure. Will be uploading as soon as I can get this latest video edited ( half done atm). I'm playing for keepsies 😉
Good to see you si that sea at the start looks like my beer if I pour it to quick take care mate and stay warm it looks bloody freezing in Whitby from Gary on the unsunny iow keep rocking
I have Tea light Heaters as a back up. They are enclosed and in a small space they pump some heat out. My primary heat source though is one of those Diesel Heaters you mentioned, an 8kw one. I am an avid Angler as well an in the dead of Winter i will leave one of the Tea light Heaters going. It keeps the temperature in the Bivvy acceptable. You just need to be mindful that there is a flame burning within the Heater, but they do work and they are inexpensive. Good luck bro.
a 30amp charger is what 350-400w an hour. fitting 2 and running engine for longer periods would help. you should be able to calculate the usage of the heater and work out how much charging you need to do and if you should add more deep cycle batteries. charge to full, not for 15min as lead acid get damaged. i wouldnt bother with an ecoflow, expensive and cig lighter socket would take forever to charge it.
Thanks for the info. I'm definitely gonna add another 30amp b2b charger for next year. Definitely help. I'm still considering the power station option. Haven't decided yet. 😕 I give the van a good run every couple of weeks but I'm limited in travelling due to current work commitments. That's gonna change soon :)
Start the deal heater after you have been driving the van for 15 minutes. It will charge the battery much faster and also top up the van battery. So tbe van battery will be topping up the leasure battery when the 10 amp draw happens on diesel heater startup…. That should work every time for you. As both batteries will be topped up and support each other.
Cheers Ken for the info. I did that and it worked for a time but then it wouldn't anymore, mostly. Absolutely frustrating thing. I fully charged the batteries via q mains charger and it still didn't start up. So I changed the glow plug, that did the job until it didn't again. So I left it... :) until recently, I decided to replace the motherboard and that seems to have fixed the problem. Been working like a dream now for a month. Even starts up on low battery to. Took months to finally get a reliable heater but we're there now :)
Hey Si, good to see another video and some of your clips from the summer! What a contrast to now 🥶 I can imagine vanlife in winter is very challenging! Take care and see you on the next one 😁
Hi there Jen :) yes I thought the same regarding the contrast between the two. Not much happening atm video wise, just parked up, working, beer then bed. It'd be different if I was travelling to but that's not really possible atm. Only got 3 weeks left here anyway. Gonna upload some summer ones next to warm the place up a bit 😀
@@SuperVanVagabond That's just life sometimes eh, I'm sure you'll have more to vlog once you're on your next adventure 😊 Look forward to more summer ones.
Welcome aboard 😀 👍 yes the South is somewhat warmer. I'm here in Whitby only for a few more weeks then I'm going on another (warmer) adventure... all will be revealed soon 😀
Yep! :) although I need to make a few improvements for next winter for sure; fix heater even though it's brand new - glow plug issue; improve battery input; and try and sort out the condensation on the roof of the bulkhead shelf.
Whitby is a beautiful place love all of the little shops. I’ve done vege prep like that before. It definitely toughened my hands up bags and bags of turnips! Newly subbed to your channel. Take care.
I love Whitby! Great vibe and there's always something going on most weekends especially during summer 😌 that veg was never ending but we got through. I'm strictly on bar only now, :) 3 weeks left and I'm on a new big adventure! Thanks for the sub 😀 welcome aboard 😀
Hi Si, Great footage of the sea ice, diesel heaters are a nightmare aren’t they , we’ve got -4 in the Lake District and ours decides to show an E 02 error, fun times… stay safe ☯️
There's a couple parked off the street along that little track. Don't know if they've just been abandoned or what. I've moved on now for awhile. Got a mission on! :)
@@SuperVanVagabond Tnx man I live in Croatia and on our sea - adriatic - we never ever see things like that Looks almost as butter - milk - puding something... : - ) Chers mate and tnx
Hey Si, I was watching a vanlife vlog yesterday and the girl was saying she had to buy a new diesel heater because she had kept hers on low and apparently you shouldn't do that because something builds up in it. That is as technical as I get hahahaha I tried to find you on FB to send you the link. It is 5am and I had to do an emergency foster on a Romanian huge dog last weekend and my daughter Georgie and I have just been out in the dark and rain rescuing him because had got stuck behind the shed for f@ck sake haha. Have a lovely day! Jules x
Hi there Jules, damn I forgot to give you a shout out in this vid! Too busy trying to get something edited in a busy pub...not the easiest place to work but it's what I've got atm. Yes, I've heard that too regarding leaving the dh on low as it gets coked up. People say to give it a blast on high at the end of cycle, so thanks for that :) I'm not on FB but am on Instagram @supervan_vagabond. Sounds like you're having fun with the Foster dog! All fun and games :) x
Lithium battery might be your best investment, £269 for 100ah, atleast then you can draw almost 90% of the power out of the battery intead of just 50% with agm, lithium tends to deal with the cold a little better.
Thanks Shamone, yes I'll go down that route at some point, but I'd like to get some use out of the agm's that I've installed already. Defo gonna add another 30amp b2b charger 😀
It’s due to the diesel heating sucking the amps out of the battery’s when started and when turned off , Once you’ve got a power bank or some lithium then it will be fine I use a 240v ac to dc psu off Amazon (think it’s 30/40 amp ) plugged into the mains (obviously you can’t plug into mains and it’s not the most efficient way of doing it converting 240 to 12v) Those leisure battery’s can’t cope with the amount of amps sucked out of them on start up and finish cycle and while they run they use a amp up too (not as much as starting and finishing )when ur charging then battery’s back up via the van dc to dc charger your putting 12v back into the battery’s which is great but your not putting the amps back in You’ve maybe got a 100amp hour battery that the diesel heater sucks out 10/20 amp on start up and then once you shut it off it’s also sucks 10/20amp out so when your charging the batterys back up via the van for 15/20 mins it’s not putting those amps back in ? If that makes sense ?
Yeah that makes sense. I've got 360ah battery bank but they're on low due to very low solar and being parked up on the road because I'm working nearby fulltime. Gonna make some Changes for next year 😀
@@SuperVanVagabond I used to run mine in the garage off a leisure battery and it would Be fine for a while then just die think it was 100amp I got sick of charging it up and ended up buying a 12vdc psu off Amazon 30 amp think it was and it’s not missed a beat since , It’s not an option for you but a Bluetti or similar product would be great for ya hahaha come on bluetti jackery etc give this man some power stations to test
Yeah you're right, but the alternative is 10x more expensive. I've now tested it with full battery charge and it still displays the E 3 error code. So I'm gonna change the glow plug. :)
Good to see a hardened vanlifer,grafting his nutts off keeping the dream alive and what evers chucked at him fair play chap.
Thanks Jeremy, yeah it's not Instagram here :) although my Instagram channel looks like Instagram! Lol. I'm currently on another big adventure. Will be uploading as soon as I can get this latest video edited ( half done atm). I'm playing for keepsies 😉
Nice catch up Si, stay safe and warm bud ✌️👍😎😊
It's very warm here in the pub 😀
Good to see you si that sea at the start looks like my beer if I pour it to quick take care mate and stay warm it looks bloody freezing in Whitby from Gary on the unsunny iow keep rocking
Ay up Gary on the unsunny iow! :) sambucca will give you that inner glow to stay warm! To hell with the hangover! We've got a van to launch!
I have Tea light Heaters as a back up. They are enclosed and in a small space they pump some heat out. My primary heat source though is one of those Diesel Heaters you mentioned, an 8kw one. I am an avid Angler as well an in the dead of Winter i will leave one of the Tea light Heaters going. It keeps the temperature in the Bivvy acceptable. You just need to be mindful that there is a flame burning within the Heater, but they do work and they are inexpensive. Good luck bro.
Thanks fongy, might try that later. I've got a co2 monitor as well. Got loads of t lights. 😀
nice to see ya bk si hope ya not too cold freezing here ❄️❄️🥶🥶
It's always warm here in the pub mate 😀
a 30amp charger is what 350-400w an hour. fitting 2 and running engine for longer periods would help. you should be able to calculate the usage of the heater and work out how much charging you need to do and if you should add more deep cycle batteries. charge to full, not for 15min as lead acid get damaged. i wouldnt bother with an ecoflow, expensive and cig lighter socket would take forever to charge it.
Thanks for the info. I'm definitely gonna add another 30amp b2b charger for next year. Definitely help. I'm still considering the power station option. Haven't decided yet. 😕 I give the van a good run every couple of weeks but I'm limited in travelling due to current work commitments. That's gonna change soon :)
Start the deal heater after you have been driving the van for 15 minutes.
It will charge the battery much faster and also top up the van battery.
So tbe van battery will be topping up the leasure battery when the 10 amp draw happens on diesel heater startup….
That should work every time for you. As both batteries will be topped up and support each other.
Cheers Ken for the info. I did that and it worked for a time but then it wouldn't anymore, mostly. Absolutely frustrating thing. I fully charged the batteries via q mains charger and it still didn't start up. So I changed the glow plug, that did the job until it didn't again. So I left it... :) until recently, I decided to replace the motherboard and that seems to have fixed the problem. Been working like a dream now for a month. Even starts up on low battery to. Took months to finally get a reliable heater but we're there now :)
Hey Si, good to see another video and some of your clips from the summer! What a contrast to now 🥶 I can imagine vanlife in winter is very challenging! Take care and see you on the next one 😁
Hi there Jen :) yes I thought the same regarding the contrast between the two. Not much happening atm video wise, just parked up, working, beer then bed. It'd be different if I was travelling to but that's not really possible atm. Only got 3 weeks left here anyway. Gonna upload some summer ones next to warm the place up a bit 😀
@@SuperVanVagabond That's just life sometimes eh, I'm sure you'll have more to vlog once you're on your next adventure 😊 Look forward to more summer ones.
New sun here. Stay safe and stay warm. All the best. Move to South of England will it not help during the Winter?
Welcome aboard 😀 👍 yes the South is somewhat warmer. I'm here in Whitby only for a few more weeks then I'm going on another (warmer) adventure... all will be revealed soon 😀
so good to be in the van !
Yep! :) although I need to make a few improvements for next winter for sure; fix heater even though it's brand new - glow plug issue; improve battery input; and try and sort out the condensation on the roof of the bulkhead shelf.
@@SuperVanVagabond I gotta get round to my bulk head too now you mention it 😂
Whitby is a beautiful place love all of the little shops. I’ve done vege prep like that before. It definitely toughened my hands up bags and bags of turnips! Newly subbed to your channel. Take care.
I love Whitby! Great vibe and there's always something going on most weekends especially during summer 😌 that veg was never ending but we got through. I'm strictly on bar only now, :) 3 weeks left and I'm on a new big adventure! Thanks for the sub 😀 welcome aboard 😀
AHH! I can imagine the bar is better. Exciting!! Thank you.@@SuperVanVagabond
@@GeorgiasVintageWorld I enjoy both :) I just subbed to your channel to 😀
@@SuperVanVagabond aw Taa! I’m hopping to do vanlife myself one day. So love your channel. 👍
@@GeorgiasVintageWorld go for it! And I'm glad you like the channel :) I'm just making this up ad I go 😀
Hi Si, Great footage of the sea ice, diesel heaters are a nightmare aren’t they , we’ve got -4 in the Lake District and ours decides to show an E 02 error, fun times… stay safe ☯️
Oh yeah that's a whole world of fun right there :) looks like you're having fun over there though. It's on my travel list, but not yet :) keep warm! 😀
Great editing on this video man :D
Thanks 😊
Is the old Mercedes bus still parked up there
There's a couple parked off the street along that little track. Don't know if they've just been abandoned or what. I've moved on now for awhile. Got a mission on! :)
🤣 spoke too soon you have a diesel heater
Yep I do lol, gotta charge them up
Whats that white foam over the sea ??
It's sea foam otherwise called spume.
@@SuperVanVagabond Tnx man I live in Croatia and on our sea - adriatic - we never ever see things like that Looks almost as butter - milk - puding something... : - ) Chers mate and tnx
@@gorankovac8522 don't eat the foam! Lol 😀
Nice shots of Whitby- looks cold. Where’s the other Hairy biker with the dark hair to help you out in the kitchen?
Thanks :) the other hairy biker is in the pub 😀 where I should be!
E 3 those diesel heaters use to much power and the battery's can't give them enough power
Those diesel heaters are a pain in the as$. I got it sorted though :)
Hey Si, I was watching a vanlife vlog yesterday and the girl was saying she had to buy a new diesel heater because she had kept hers on low and apparently you shouldn't do that because something builds up in it. That is as technical as I get hahahaha I tried to find you on FB to send you the link. It is 5am and I had to do an emergency foster on a Romanian huge dog last weekend and my daughter Georgie and I have just been out in the dark and rain rescuing him because had got stuck behind the shed for f@ck sake haha. Have a lovely day! Jules x
Hi there Jules, damn I forgot to give you a shout out in this vid! Too busy trying to get something edited in a busy pub...not the easiest place to work but it's what I've got atm. Yes, I've heard that too regarding leaving the dh on low as it gets coked up. People say to give it a blast on high at the end of cycle, so thanks for that :) I'm not on FB but am on Instagram @supervan_vagabond. Sounds like you're having fun with the Foster dog! All fun and games :) x
@@SuperVanVagabond I don't need a mention thanks! I'm not like that x
I’m just starting out in my caddy. New me, new channel. Any help and advice would be brilliant. ❤
Remember to pack your sense of humour 😉
Hey, happy new year from Ireland brother. All the best for 2024.
All the very best to you to 😀
Wow don't you have a diesel heater
Yep I do :)
Lithium battery might be your best investment, £269 for 100ah, atleast then you can draw almost 90% of the power out of the battery intead of just 50% with agm, lithium tends to deal with the cold a little better.
Thanks Shamone, yes I'll go down that route at some point, but I'd like to get some use out of the agm's that I've installed already. Defo gonna add another 30amp b2b charger 😀
It’s due to the diesel heating sucking the amps out of the battery’s when started and when turned off ,
Once you’ve got a power bank or some lithium then it will be fine
I use a 240v ac to dc psu off Amazon (think it’s 30/40 amp ) plugged into the mains (obviously you can’t plug into mains and it’s not the most efficient way of doing it converting 240 to 12v)
Those leisure battery’s can’t cope with the amount of amps sucked out of them on start up and finish cycle and while they run they use a amp up too (not as much as starting and finishing )when ur charging then battery’s back up via the van dc to dc charger your putting 12v back into the battery’s which is great but your not putting the amps back in
You’ve maybe got a 100amp hour battery that the diesel heater sucks out 10/20 amp on start up and then once you shut it off it’s also sucks 10/20amp out so when your charging the batterys back up via the van for 15/20 mins it’s not putting those amps back in ? If that makes sense ?
Yeah that makes sense. I've got 360ah battery bank but they're on low due to very low solar and being parked up on the road because I'm working nearby fulltime. Gonna make some Changes for next year 😀
@@SuperVanVagabond I used to run mine in the garage off a leisure battery and it would Be fine for a while then just die think it was 100amp I got sick of charging it up and ended up buying a 12vdc psu off Amazon 30 amp think it was and it’s not missed a beat since ,
It’s not an option for you but a Bluetti or similar product would be great for ya hahaha come on bluetti jackery etc give this man some power stations to test
@@smarty0604 haha yeah that'd be good :) ankor and ecoflow look interesting to ;) think I'm gonna invest in one next winter 😀
It’s like God’s doing laundry
It's like magic 😀
❤loveyou si❤ orn
Hello 👋 New Subscriber
Hi there, welcome aboard!
If it’s made in China it’s obviously gonna let you down 🙈
Yeah you're right, but the alternative is 10x more expensive. I've now tested it with full battery charge and it still displays the E 3 error code. So I'm gonna change the glow plug. :)
Yeah E03 code is not enough power mine does it. Thanks for taking us with you, stay safe and happy.😁👍💯🤟🙏✌️🚐🚐🚐
Yeah the batteries are very low most of the time atm. Low solar and nor driving because I'm always in work here...
Do you just wait for more power to charge up?
Yes it's fine then.