Date:         Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:51:33 -0600
Reply-To:     Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.UALBERTA.CA>
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From:         Martin Jagersand <jag@CS.UALBERTA.CA>
Subject:      Canadians shortchanged on insulation in T4 Westy?
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Yesterday we had a sweltering 30C here in Edmonton. Luckily today it
is a bit more moderate. While sweating and working on my '94 Westy
battery upgrade I noticed there appeared to be no fiberglass or other
thermal insulation behind the battery compartment. Here in Edmonton
winter will come sooner than you expect, so I continued checking.

I looked behind the water tank (on the opposite side) and found no
insulation there either. Likewise no sign of it looking though holes
in the kitchen cabinet and behind the drivers seat. This is an
original Canadian market T4 full camper Westy.
By contrast the German market T4  Westy's got 30mm of fibreglass
wall insulation.

So while VW and Westfaila has their strange ways (For the T3's I
picked up one with a D6 heater in sold in Florida, but my originally
Pennsylvania sold camper had none...), it seems unusually cruel
and stingy to shortchange Canadians on insulation!

Has anyone else checked their T4 campers for insulation?
How about the multivans?

Martin
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Martin Jagersand
University of Alberta
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~jag/