15C is too hot for me at night, I set my Alde to 12C and turn it up when it is time to get up in the morning. Never had a problem except when I forgot to turn the master switch on and couldn't work out why it was not warming up.
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It will cope well being left on, however the pump cutting in every so often in the night might wake light sleepers.
We prefer ours set lower rather than higher mainly as then the pump tends to run less often.
We set it to come back to 20 C at six in the morning to rise to a lovely warm van.
We turn ours down to 12C for the night. Can't hear the pump running as it lives in the wardrobe which is in the washroom as far away as possible. All is calm, just right
We have used ours at night the setting depends how cold it is outside as does whether its set for 1 or 2 kw as that will affet the running of the pump as well
We were away this weekend when temperature was below zero. Unfortunately the ALDE system struggles to warm up the caravan and takes a few hours before it is comfortable. We have the temperature set to 18C, but we have the bathroom vent open slightly and also the Heki with the fan running.
This method keeps the caravan warm and also prevents condensation.
Quote: Originally posted by Surfer01 on 02/12/2012
We were away this weekend when temperature was below zero. Unfortunately the ALDE system struggles to warm up the caravan and takes a few hours before it is comfortable. We have the temperature set to 18C, but we have the bathroom vent open slightly and also the Heki with the fan running.
This method keeps the caravan warm and also prevents condensation.
You surprise me as it can depending on spec punch out 8 to 9 kWs which should get almost any van up to 18 C very quickly, mine does.
If the Heki is pumping the heat out then it will severly handicap the performance.
I have a feeling surfer is trying to heat the water and caravan from cold just using the electric. This does take a long while but if you simply bring it up to temperature on gas and then switch to electric it takes less than an hour even in sub zero conditions. I'm away in the 'van at the moment and it is easily maintaining 20C during evening and 12C at night. I do have my undercarpet heating on but that only draws a very low amount of power and is primarily used to keep my feet warm.
I can appreciate Surfers actions in trying to keep condensation under control and in the winter it is difficult when cooking and showering in the caravan.
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Only had Alde heating since early April. Coldest I have set up in is 3C. I put the Alde on gas and ran a small fan heater on 2KW to speed heat up. When Van reached 18C I knocked of fan heater and turned Alde to electric. Soon warmed up.
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Quote: Originally posted by Surfer01 on 02/12/2012We were away this weekend when temperature was below zero. Unfortunately the ALDE system struggles to warm up the caravan and takes a few hours before it is comfortable. We have the temperature set to 18C, but we have the bathroom vent open slightly and also the Heki with the fan running.
This method keeps the caravan warm and also prevents condensation.
You surprise me as it can depending on spec punch out 8 to 9 kWs which should get almost any van up to 18 C very quickly, mine does.
If the Heki is pumping the heat out then it will severly handicap the performance.
The Heki is drawing in the cool air from outside, but is only opened once the caravan has warmed up. We switch on the heating on arrival and even before we have hooked up to EHU.
Although the Truma could be problematic, I think it heats up a caravan a lot quicker and has a better distribution system due to the blown warm air at foot level where the cold air is located.
Quote: Originally posted by Surfer01 on 03/12/2012
Although the Truma could be problematic, I think it heats up a caravan a lot quicker and has a better distribution system due to the blown warm air at foot level where the cold air is located.
The fundamental physics comes down to the kW input, if the units are pushing out the same power [kWs] then the time it takes to raise a given temperature is identical. As the ALDE is amongst the most powerful heater in our market it has the potential to do the job quicker.
Where the blown air scores is you can have quickly localised hotter areas to linger by and up to a point change where it is warm.
Like at home with wet systems the ALDE is addressing more uniform heating of the whole van. Even that can be set to target the warmth but at the design stage with choice of and location of the radiators.
Like Easy T, we carry a small fan heater for a quick warm up if required. Fan heater on 2kw, Alde on gas, after about half an hour, less if it is not too cold, we can turn the Alde to electricity and pack away the fan heater.
We use the night set-back facility on the programmer and set it to 13 degrees from 11pm till 7am.
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