whale heating in autosleeper kemerton

[judy]

Does anyone have a 2014 kemerton ? If so , can you please give me your honest opinion of it .we are looking for a new van and I really like this one but not sure of the heating. We are also looking at the wildax constellation which has the trauma heating.

[paulmold]

Don't own one but I believe Whale took over Propex so it's basically the same as a Propex system which have been around for years and have reliability built in. If it's got the winter upgrade pack then it has the Truma heating. If you don't get a Kemerton owner to answer on here, ask on the Autosleeper Ownersforum.

[Derek Uzzell]

Regarding the heating systems, the Whale equipment fitted to the Kemerton comprises separate air and water heaters, whereas the Truma unit fitted to a current Wildax Constellation is a combination gas/electric air/water heater.

 

There is a significant output difference in blown-air GAS-operation heat output, as the Whale air-heater produces a maximum of 2kW, while the Truma heater can provide 4kW. The adequacy of the Whale unit’s output will depend on how and when it is planned to use the vehicle. This 2012 forum thread may be of interest

 

http://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/Whale-heating/28982/

 

Although Auto-Sleepers offers a Truma “Combi” heater as an upgrade on most of their Peugeot-based panel-van models, it would appear from the A-S website that this option is not available for Kemerton.

 

As Paul says, the A-S Owners forum is probably your best bet for practical feedback on Kemerton. For example:

 

http://www.autosleeper-ownersforum.com/t3285-kemerton

[judy]

Thanks.I'll check that out .