I have been schooled. Didn't know such things existed.

That takes care of running the Truma off 12V batteries!

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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 07/21/2014 07:40 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> http://www.amazon.com/Converter-Regulator-12v-Step-24v/dp/B0085T97PW
>
> There
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
> On Jul 21, 2014, at 7:40 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Show me one.
>>
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> Bend, Ore.
>>
>> On 07/21/2014 07:39 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>>> Just stick in a 12v to 24 v converter.
>>>
>>> Alistair
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jul 21, 2014, at 7:37 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
>>>> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There are plenty mornings while camping that I wake up in my Westy
>>>> and see the thermometer in the teens (F), but I've always been able
>>>> to warm up with a combination of hot tea, a nice sweater, and my Mr.
>>>> Heater Buddy.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure that having a nice furnace to blow hot air into the cabin
>>>> would be swell, and the price of this unit is attractive.
>>>>
>>>> But the 24V thing is a dealbreaker for me. I have two 6-volt golf
>>>> cart batteries under the bench seat, giving me something like 100
>>>> amp-hours at 12 volts. I am not going to put in another 12V battery
>>>> (or two more 6V batteries) to bump me up to 24V.
>>>>
>>>> Plus there's the charging. The alternator in the van is set for 12V
>>>> batteries. As is my solar rig, and my at-home charger.
>>>>
>>>> Charging a 24-volt setup can be done, but it would require some
>>>> switching to put the supplemental (furnace) battery in parallel with
>>>> the other batteries so a 12V charging source could do it.
>>>>
>>>> So -- put a couple 12V batteries in series (stacked) to operate the
>>>> furnace; then put them in parallel (side by side) for charging.
>>>>
>>>> Unless the blower motor in the furnace can be swapped out for a 12V
>>>> motor, and the circuit board can be made to be happy with the lower
>>>> voltage, and control units can be found that work at 12V.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>>
>>>>> On 07/21/2014 07:08 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>>>>> Man that's a good deal. I'd jump on it of they shipped to Canada. I
>>>>> kick myself for not grabbing an older truma from a vanagon in the
>>>>> scrapyard some years ago.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alistair
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 21, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM
>>>>>> <mailto:emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey I picked up one of
>>>>>> these:
>>>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Truma-HEIZG-E24-24V-30-OBT-Propane-Heater-Kit-Bus-Boat-RV-/251564290213?pt=Boat_Parts_Accessories_Gear&hash=item3a926670a5&vxp=mtr
>>>>>>
>>>>>> or: http://goo.gl/BXLVQ4
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I offered $50 and it was accepted immediately.  There are 2 left
>>>>>> as of now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It does appear to be brand new stock in it's original box with
>>>>>> multilingual original manual.  The biggest but is that it is 24V.  So
>>>>>> you will need to do some electrical contortions to power the device
>>>>>> if you want to put it in your Vanagon.  It states electric draw of
>>>>>> .4A on low and .7A on high.  Also, there is no control device.  The
>>>>>> manual shows 2 different basic controls and mentions a bunch of
>>>>>> others that can operate it.  The circuit board has empty connectors
>>>>>> that  they plug into.  I need to find or figure out the pin outs for
>>>>>> these before I can test it.  It seems to be capable of low and high
>>>>>> heat output and fan only.  There is no exhaust pipe included.  So if
>>>>>> any of you are up to a challenge this might be a good opportunity.
>>>>>> Edward