Webasto - To keep or Not?

[Geoff]

Seangie/Sean in his original post said he did not like the way the Scholaslic Webasto was set up in his bay and took up too much room.

I have s Scholastic 45k btu Webasto in my RTS and it only takes up the room of the unit itself, and it is in a sound-proof container, and is the greatest heater for my conversion the way it is set up.  That is the key-- you have to set it up and forget trying to copy the Aqua-Hot heat exchanger setup.  You need to plumb it in just like the Scholastic Heater Manual shows, but just add the water heater in line with the engine coolant flow.  If you don't need the engine pre-heat, you just shut the valves off going to the engine and your Webasto only heats the water heater and the interior of the bus.  Thats cuts your Webasto run time to 1/4 of what it takes to heat the engine and interior at the same time.  Very little fuel use, and you stay nice and warm without using more fuel and battery power.  If you can get a 15amp, 120v power source you don't need the generator, you are have all the power you need to have a cozy, warm interior that propane or electric cannot match.  With four golf cart batteries, I can run my Webasto all night without a generator.  I don't use any propane heat.  This is my set-up for the last 10+ years.

--Geoff

--Geoff