moving over to a Motorhome again

K, another important point with diesel heaters is that they take a large amount of battery power to get them started and, as the flame doesnt remain ignited when the themostat cuts in (li,e a gas heater does) the whole process starts again every time.

might not be an issue in hook up but could be tricky in winter off EHU and the battery is a bit dicky.....

however, advantage is that you can get fuel (diesel) anywhere.

A question before I start looking at M/Vans. The one  heating  I am unfamiliar with is Eberspacher or Webasto diesel heaters.  I notice on the manufacturers webpages some of the smaller vans are equipped with diesel heaters, instead of gas ones.

Are they efficient ?  and most important, when running are they noisy, ?  Can they be heard either inside or outside the van.

K 

The diesel heaters are very noisy, we had one parked 3 pitches to the right  and across from us in Spain and it sent us daft everytime they put it on for hot water (they showered in the van) really noisy fan, glad we weren't straight across from us as they were nose out. 

As BB says the good thing about them is diesel can be got anywhere so for the fulltimers and wild campers they are good to have. With a solar panel and refillable gas there is not much differance except the sound of silence  

We have eberspacher in our "Fifer" It is very efficient (in thev sense of space and water heating quickly and the output is more than sufficient. In our 4.5 years (32K miles) of use we have had no problems. We cant discern how much diesel it uses albeit we have only camped for short periods in winter but with a PVC a  1kw fan heater is all you need for space heating. Noise yes it does go bang bang bang as the diesel ignites. We don't find the noise intrusive in the van indeed a bit reassuring. The is a silencer on the output and I don't think it makes that much noise outside either

Just spotted this thread.  The best of luck with your search K9.  Hope you soon find something to suit. 

David 

I had an Eberspacher on my last yacht. I used to run it during the winter when working inside the boat. Would raise the temperature from a couple of degrees above freezing to 10C in a 31ft boat in just over an hour. Quiet enough inside the boat but you could hear it outside but unless right next to the exhaust, it was hardly intrusive. The degree of perceived intrusion would depend on the surrounding noise level.

We were once moored next to a yacht with an Eberspacher. They had young children on board who woke up early in the morning, so the thing was running from 5.45 am.  It was impossible to stay asleep as the thing made so much racket.

Good luck with your search for a new MH.  Two things we've learned from having three MHs are, comfy beds are essential and your seating area has to be comfortable, both in the cab and the saloon.  Our third MH is a Laika and we like it very much indeed.  I recommend the dealer Southdown Motorhomes in Portsmouth.