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Leon

Member Since: 26 Apr 2014
Location: Leamington Spa
Posts: 434

2010 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Auto Zambezi Silver

Alde heating in caravans

Hi all, anybody have any experience on battery usage while using the Alde heating on none electric sites (while rallying) and the usual tv on at night etc.

We normally just rally for a weekend.

We are thinking about swapping our van from the older truma system that on non electric sites we just use the gas convection rather than the blown air.

Obviously battery usage will be more but experiences would be appreciated.

As far as I can tell the Alde system uses 0.4 -0.6 A .

We do normally carry a spare 100A charged battery just in case.

So do you think we would be OK with 2x 100A batteries for a weekend away.

2nd Feb 2022 5:48 pm

stephenw46

Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 1218

2014 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 XS Auto Corris Grey

I have had the last three caravans with this heating system and spent weekends on battery only no issues but then they have all had solar panels fitted from factory you could get a folding solar panel to trickle some power into battery but two good battery’s I can’t see you having a problem I also use a 1500 watt invertor and only have one battery hope this helps

2nd Feb 2022 7:46 pm

Leon

Member Since: 26 Apr 2014
Location: Leamington Spa
Posts: 434

Thanks for the reply, I'm planning on fitting a 100w solar panel on roof the same as the current van.

2nd Feb 2022 8:18 pm

Ivan

Member Since: 01 Mar 2011
Location: Malvern Worcestershire
Posts: 692

One thing I will tell you is that you will not regret moving to Alde heating. We lived in our caravan from November to April when we retuned from Aus. Van was always toasty even in the depths of winter. 2013 RR Vogue SE SDV8
2013 Freelander 2 HSE Luxury SD4

3rd Feb 2022 7:45 am

Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26779

I’ve got an Aldi wet system in my caravan. I’ve been ‘off grid’ for up to 2 weeks in it. It has solar panels, and the 2 week stint was not with heating on all the time. However, we did use tv, and had an Engel fridge plugged into the 12v.

3rd Feb 2022 7:50 am

Leon

Member Since: 26 Apr 2014
Location: Leamington Spa
Posts: 434

Thanks for the replies, looking forward to giving it a go.

3rd Feb 2022 7:12 pm

peter.green

Member Since: 26 Aug 2015
Location: South killingholme Lincolnshire
Posts: 148

Got alde heating in my van 160 watt solar on roof never use ehu. I'm away between 2 and 4 weeks Land Rovers don't leak they just mark there spot
1973 Land Rover Series 3 110 safari Gone but not forgotten
1990 Discovery 200Tdi Gone thank god
1996 Discovery 300Tdi sadly missed (still going strong but not with me)
2003 Discovery TD5 Gone to LR heaven
2004 Discovery TD5 Gone to Aberdeen hope it likes it there
2005 RRS HSE Rimini Red (my Disco 3 in a posh frock)
Think I see a pattern here

3rd Feb 2022 8:39 pm

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