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> I have always found the Type 1 system, if maintained properly of > course, to be sufficient as well. The Type 4, however, really needs > the heater booster that it came with as standard equipment. The heat > exchangers don't put out enough to provide a comfortable environment. > Yes, Type 1 in a Type 1 is fine - don't waste time expecting it to work comfortably in a Bus though! Type 3 is good in temperate climates, but severe cold weather and/or a lot of time at idle leaves it somewhat underheated, hence the Canadian and Swedish Type 3s generally have Eberspachers. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Vagelpohl" <jens@type4.org> To: "T3 List" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Eberspacher heater questions > > On 19 Dec 2005, at 17:05, Steven Ayres wrote: > > > SteveJ=> do these gas heaters actually BURN gasoline INSIDE the > > vehicle? > > => Wouldn't that be a monoxide problem? > > > > Yes, and no. They have exhaust systems that dump outside; modern > > RVs and buses use the same sort of system. > > > > Fuel heaters are not without hazards (I had one ignite > > inappropriately in my Bus), but when properly installed, operated > > and maintained they are quite safe and effective. That said, the > > stock late Type 3 passive heat system is good enough for most > > climates, imho, unlike the Type 1/2 system. > > jens > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >