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Living in vans, cars, RVs, etc

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Each winter brings a flurry (ha!) of first-timers wondering how to keep warm. Not giving advice in the above post, but explaining how I do it.

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[–] fratermus 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Whilst effective at blasting heat into the space it was often a case of being too cold or overwhelmingly hot.

The thermostats on the newer ones are supposed to be better at regulating temperature.

I also couldn’t use it at night as the pump was disgustingly loud.

Yeah. Last winter a dude pulled up next to me on BLM land and cranked the heater. Sounded like a jet engine all night. I put in earplugs.

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Pro tip: you can actually get silencers for those diesel heater fuel pumps - they're just rubber sleeves that dampen the clicking noise and make them waaay more livable for like $15-20 online, total game changer for night use.