There are no issues with spare parts. There is a years worth of spare parts in the UK already and production is planned to move to the EU by September. There is plenty of stock in the meantime. There was a huge delivery to UK last week.
I just checked with Owen, the Planar importer. He tells me he has 3-4 months stock in UK and EU and production will move to Latvia in September. ( All supplies come via Latvia at present. ) There should be no spare parts supply problems (not that there is a big need for spares given their reliability).
I assume it is 12v? ( have a D3LCcompact 24v here) What about a Chinese replacement?
Can you substantiate that statement re spares from China, or is it just advertising your business?
It takes around 8 weeks for spare etc. to come from china. Even via post its two weeks at least. Branded heaters have next day delivery on all spares as there is a mass of UK stock.
Yes it is 12v
As for advertising my business, I was answering a specific question asked about my business. I was not “advertising” it I was replying to a question. Then I was correcting someones incorrect assumptions about spares. I suspect spares supply of Autoterm heaters are not going to affect you directly? I don't suppose you have more idea on spares availability for Autoterm heaters than I do?
+1 0n that! I have bought and sold many Eberspaecher's over the last 15 years. I have many customers who still prefer them but I often tell them that a Chinese replacement would make financial sense.
I have done that
Had string of old venerable worn out old Ardics and Ebers in previous boats, simply got fed up with them working faultlessly when "tested" in high summer but refusing to do little but emit profuse amounts of smoke in November.
Owen answered that in post #2. He is supplied ftom Latvia but currently has massive stock in UK.
He answered one question, but supply of parts isn't the only consideration. Arguably supporting Russian companies is presently frowned upon regardless of supply and price. It's a shame but we are where we are and have to act accordingly. However small the support we're able to give it's better to give it while we can and hope that we all return to normal as soon as possible. Even if the parts are available right now, the sanctions likely won't end any time soon so the manufacturer could conceivably shut down unless they have a reasonable customer base in Russia and China, and let's face it selling cheap heaters in China will be a challenge!
That's where I was coming from ?. We should not be supporting Russian products.