THIS IS A 5KW HEATER ... FORGOT TO SAY IN THE VIDEO🙂🙂🙂

@alnear4953

Жыл бұрын

Great vids brother and a new sub too now..! Just curious how well insulated your shed is and perhaps showing a thermometer of inside and outside temps..? Just a thought, oh and how much does the actual fuel tank for the unit hold..? Love, respect and cheers from Canada 🇨🇦🙏👍🍻

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

@@alnear4953 the shed has Zero insulation. The tank is 10 litre. Your right I should get a thermometer, good idea

@Jimmie16

Жыл бұрын

How much does the 5Kw per hour electricity cost over the 5.8 hours?

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

@@Jimmie16 a lot

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

@@Jimmie16 5 kW costs 1.50 a hour

Mines on alpine mode now ure videos are first class. Thank You

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

3 ай бұрын

thanks very much ....😀😀😀😀

Really appreciate your taking the time to do the tests. I'm in the process of building a camper van and was looking at buying one of these diesel heaters as my night time heating source. You're awesome my friend. Take care and enjoy your day.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

your welcome .and get it fitted it will keep you toastie warm all night

Thanks for making your Diesel Heater videos, they've been really good watching, and very interesting. I really appreciate the effort you've gone to, cheers👍👍👍

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

your wellcome . i might do one more on different fuels .i.e parafin / veggie oil / engine oil diesel mix .etc

I subbed your channel! You tested EXACTLY what I wanted to see and clearly laid out too. Job well done sir, keep 'em coming!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much ..

Thank you for taking the time to run the tests. I've been looking at them for my own workshop and think they offer a great solution. 😃😃

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

yes there great for a workshop ...

This is the information I was looking for. Thank you for posting.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much .. glad it helped

Thanks very much for doing the tests,i recently got a second hand one for the workshop and rigged it up to blow into the house for a test,i was that impressed i ordered a new one for the house and will use the older one in the workshop,these last few evenings its only been on No2 and kept it comfortable,i'll give it a full blast every couple of days.Subscribed.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

brillian idea in the to warm house

Spot on brother with the clear and honest calculations. That's the kind of stuff we need to be seeing. Thank you.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

thanks very much .. glad you liked it ..take care

@WaffleStaffel

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC I wonder if you can compare this to electricity usage? I used the numbers supplied by the mfgr, which seem to agree with yours, and found that the "2kw" model used (US) $0.158 per kwh and the 5kw used $0.126 per kwh. My local cost for diesel averages $5/gal. Our local utility charges $0.14kwh. I realize electricity is somewhere around quadruple the cost in Europe right now, and that you can reduce the fuel cost by mixing used oils with the diesel, and that makes the economics quite variable. Interesting video, thanks.

Great vid Terry. Very informative. Congratulations on getting to 1000 mate...you deserve it..!! Cheers

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gaz . hope you are well . still havent found a van , still looking though ..be back on the road soon i hope

Thanks for these trials,I am considering on of these heaters for a greenhouse mostly at night,will take your costs and try and calculate a three month usage feb/April ,congrats on your subs,just pressed the bell👍👍

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

it will work very well in a greenhouse on low probebly . good luck

Nice simple and interesting test. Thank you for posting.. Congrats on reaching the 1k.. Liked and Subscribed. 👍 👏👏☘

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much ..the channel is more about van life really , I've sold the van and waiting for my next one .. looking around for one but there all high milage ones..

Really interesting tests - quite economical really aren’t they - you’ve definitely got me thinking of getting one now 😀 Massive congratulations on 1k subs too 🎉 All the best, David 👍

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Thank David... hope you and Rachel are doing well... All the best mate

This has to be one of the best video's yet on diesel heaters. Many thanks pal ive now mine on alpine mode. Ive subscribed also as very informative work.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

5 ай бұрын

Thanks very much

Congratulations 🎉 on 1k, & thanks for a great video

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much...

Thanks for the video and the effort dude. Much appreciated. I've got myself a similar one on order now!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

you wil be toastie warm soon

[From the UK, November 2022] Thanks for these videos sir! These heaters are the dog's bollox - they really are. I come from having fitted an Eberspächer Airtronic D2 in my Landrover Defender 110 (2002 plate), in 2002 - & it was about £2k then, fitted. For those who wonder - these 'cheap Chinese' heaters are 𝘯𝘰𝘵 'theft' (the way Honda clone engines are) - but are a result of the original patents by Eberspächer & Webasto expiring. It turns out further that this is Karma on them - as apparently they colluded to price-fix & keep these amazing devices very expensive. Anything to get word out about how fantastic these things are - is a great service! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

well said ..thanks

That's a really good series of accurate practical tests you have done, shows what to expect great for planning ahead thanks for sharing... great video 👍🏻

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

thanks very much , looks like quite a few people found it useful

Great video! I have one in my Transporter and I love it. Noisy start up but then extremely quiet when up to temp. Nice to know roughly how much it's using, so thank you for making the vid!!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

thanks very much for the comment , glad you enjoyed it ..

Awesome! Congrats on the subscribers! Brilliant!!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

thanks very much ..😄😄😄😄

Very interesting set of results there. Thank you.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome .thanks for watching and the comment

Excellent testing. So many people could benefit from those units. I’m ordering mine in the morning!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

great stuff you will be toastie warm

@gordonmitchell729

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC now you’ve done it, time to make some toast lol.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

@@gordonmitchell729 enjoy

Thanks for doing that. I was not aware of the Alpine mode! I have been running one of these under the stairs in the house for 3 years now, it mostly runs flat out and gets our cottage up to 23 deg no problem. Bliss on a winters morning! I have recently put another in my small workshop which i am sure will benefit from using the Alpine mode.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

alpine mode is good , but and theres always a but .. carbon build up can happen so dont forget to run at full blast for half hour a week to burn excess carbon off

Great video thanks. New subscriber. You are nearly at 2000subs. Won't be long until you have 50k subs. You take the Time to explain everything very carefully and correctly. Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪. Happy Christmas to you and your family 👪 and subscriber's

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Happy Xmas and have a great 2023

Thanks for the pin code. You gave me the idea to try this. Start machine, go into settings 1688, and adjust first setting the min hertz (.8) then ok. Next set high hertz by lowering it (starts at 5000 or so) and listen for pump slow down to slowest click rate, mine went lowest at 4.0 hertz. hit ok set lowest fan speed and highest fan speed available. Then in normal mode, lower temp or (check hertz setting) mine falsely reads 1.2 hertz, because I counted 72 clicks per minute and that works out to .81 hertz. I found out most pumps of this type deliver .022 litres per click. So now my 5k heater is now only a 4k heater but who cares, the 900 watts .8 hertz makes is plenty for my needs and bonus should be 15 hours and 47 mins per litre. I would like to see this experiment on 100 mil it should get 1hr 34 mins.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Wow 15 hours a litre, that's super economical and enought heat for a van .I must set mine up like that.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

ive pinned the comment to the top for others to see ..cheers good info

@jotrutch

Жыл бұрын

hertz = cycles per second, 72 clicks per minute = 72 / 60 s = 1.2 hz

@DiabloOutdoors

Жыл бұрын

I'm building a tiny house in a remote area next summer (2023) and plan to use a diesel heater as a backup heat source. I will try your info and hope to get the same result! Thank you for this.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

@@DiabloOutdoors for a tiny house I think a standard out the box setting will be best ...

Ty sir for the accurate Test. This was very hellpful .

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

glad you liked it .. atb Terry

Got to get one of these for my garage/workshop. Ace video :)

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

thanks very much , should work great in the workshop

thinking about getting one of these for my garage but couldnt find any decent info on fuel consumption but you just nailed it, thank you

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

your welcome mate , glad the video helped , thats why i do them . Thanks for the comment

@mikejames4271

Жыл бұрын

Just waiting for mine to arrive for my 16x8 garage. PSU from amazon wired in and red diesel bought, hoping it does the job.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

@@mikejames4271 I am sure it will be toastie warm...

Awesome work ❤thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video 😊

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much ...

Nice, was looking for something like this. Cheers!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

8 ай бұрын

a great heater . i have one in my van its brilliant

Hey yo thanks for the info & congrats on 1k

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks .

Great test and accurate too. I have similar heater in a 7+ meter motorhome. Usage is inline with your results. I run on 5+ hz to warm up and then at 3hz if very cold while up, then on low overnight. A huge saving compared to gas heating and uses a fraction of the power, which is important when off grid. Also run on kerosene same as my home heating ,so get in bulk (cheaper). It burns cleaner though slightly less BTU, but you would not notice. The fuel is stored outside the motorhome in 15lts container, as it stinks 🦨 more than diesel. Thanks for you great video.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

thanks for the coment , used one in my large iveco camper and it worked a treat .. ive ran this on Parafin ,which is the same or very close to Kerosine

Got this very model didn't know about alpine mode just switched it on 👌a great heater even better now 😎

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget once a week blast it on full for 15 minutes to burn excess carbon off.. it helps the keep the chamber clean..

Insulate your shop and you would be toasty. Thanks for the test. It saves me the bother... when I went off grid in 1997 I used a generator to charge the batteries about every ten days as the solar setup could not keep up in wintertime. I added fuel to the generator in 1 gallon increments and had a timer plugged into the generator. I also kept a watt meter in line and tried to maximize its use by doing laundry and charging all my tools, etc etc. I got the diesel use to 1 quart per hour which was about half what I was told I would use. When you measure something you actually reduce your usage. Most people are clueless and waste double or triple what they actually need. Count me as a new subscriber.... Adios.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Your right I must get round to insulting my shed.. the roof has a leak and is covered with a plastic sheet ,I will fix roof then probably insulat it

Good series of videos bro, thanks, with electricity hitting 54pkw/h in UK and propane going up, it looks like very a reasonable device to run.. you've helped me make my mind up to install one in my caravan, thanks.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

perfect for a caravan .and low setting should be just fine

@edpalmer4812

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, just out of interest, what are you using as 12v supply?

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

@@edpalmer4812 sorry missed this coment ... i,m just using a poor car battery at the moment , i keep it on trickle cahrge

@edpalmer4812

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC no worries, thanks for the feedback :) I was thinking that's the simplest way to go, and I'm installing the heater tomorrow, so perfect timing.. cheers

Thank you for taking trouble to show us all this,,,, I'm busting to fit mine now

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

great thanks for watching .. get it fitted and enjoy the cheaper heat

Thanks for the info, my broth bought a 5kw he will appreciate this. James

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ...no problem

Excellent tests there mate and even though I lived in a van that I fitted a diesel heater in and now living on a boat with one I never knew about the Alpine mode. At todays diesel prices that’s information well worth knowing thank you 👏🏼

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

no problem , i would still blast it once a week on high to burn excess carbon . i blast mine for 20 mins, i have had no bother from the one in van ,

@LimitlessLifeAfloat

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC Yeah totally agree I started doing the same when I had the van after it needing a new glow plug. It did suffer from noisy bearings but I used that one a lot with a period of it running constantly for two weeks solid. One I fitted in the boat about 6 months ago is getting put to good use in this -5 on the river today. Great videos mate just subscribed so keep them coming.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

@@LimitlessLifeAfloat cheers

Thank you Sir it is appreciated...from Canada

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

No problem , thanks for watching.

Excellent video mate :)

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

cheers , glad you liked it

Maths, spot on my friend, thank for this test, got me thinking of taking out my Calor gas heater.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate ..probably cheaper than gas..

21.82 hours per gallon, about $6.62 per 24 hours, USA November 2022😊 I bought one of these to put in a 1972 single axle travel trailer, nice to know, thanks!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

your gallon is smaller than ours in the uk .we have 4.54609 litres to a gallon i believe your is 3.78541 litres to a gallon

Awesome testing. thanks.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

thanks very mch Skysurfer ...

Brilliant video going to order one in the morning

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Nice one..

Great video. Noticed your Stockton on tees recycling bag 😂 I’m in Stockton too

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Nice one .

Congratulations 🎉 on 1k, In the interest of science 😁 can I ask if you could make video on different fuels that can be used to run these heaters or a combination of fuels and the costs?

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion! i have been thinking about the fuels i could use in the heater ..

Awesome test!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much ...

Thankyou. This is exactly the information I was looking for!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant..thanks for watching

Brilliant video mate, that's a fair fuel saving over a full tank, if low is too hot for your van/space. Cheers :)

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

thanks very much.. Alpine mode is handy to know. Over 10 hour extra on a 10 litre tank ... cant be bad

Great video fella

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much stranger ...haven't heard from you for a while.

Awesome vid!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much ...

Great vid, thanks for sharing. A 2000w fan heater is currently costing 1p per min to run at 28p per KW hour., ie: 60p per hour, and this heater is costing give or take, 20p per hour, in alpine mode, possibly not quite so warm as a fan heater, but not that far off. and only 23p per hour on number 1 setting. ( on red diesel at £1.40 a litre ) So glad I have just last week, bought a diesel heater for my shed, before they started to sky rocket, now that winter is biting ,plus the cost of fuel rocketing as well of course. Regards Paul UK

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

cheers Paul . my electric is 33p a kw and i thought i was on a good deal . i dont think alpine mode is enough heat for a shed . probebly 1 to 3 will be. .. still much cheaper and its pay as you go as well , no big bills,, see next video of me trying to heat the uninsulated shed Terry

@richardsracingmad

Жыл бұрын

I live in a (small 2 berth) caravan at the moment and in an exposed area. I bought a 5kw Vevor heater. I don’t think a 2kw would be enough, but it may just do. When the temp is 1 degree in the morning..you need to have it on full chat for a bit😬

Great informative vid and your not sponsored or trying to sell any 👍makes a change on youtube

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

i have been approched by a company , to promote there diesel heater .. i am not ready for all that stuff

Thank you for the concise test Afzaal.M. Pakistan

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

No problem .thanks for watching

Great work. It's nice to know, thanks 👍🏻

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

No problem... cheers

esti foarte ok omule si multumesc de aceasta prezentare . bravo si multumesc. ro sub

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

mulțumesc foarte mult

Great video. I did video showing how much battery power these use. On start up, during running and on the cool down.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

intresting . i will have a look

Think one of these will be going in the workshop and put the exhaust through an old cast iron radiator for the wasted btu’s should warm a 4x3 workshop nicely. Thanks for the efforts it’s appreciated 👍🏼👍🏼

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Good idea to run the exhaust through the radiator ..

@kinglouiesshed8995

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC I’ll let you know how it plans out

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

@@kinglouiesshed8995 yes please let me know how you get on..

been waiting for this nice presentation and good maths

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

thanks Mr Milkman . hope it was worth the wait

👍 congratulations

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Wow i didn't know about alpine mode, cant wait to try this!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Give it a blast on high once a week for 20minutes to burn excess carbon off..

@shakeynige

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC thanks for the advice and have just been reading comments, i will probably just not mess with it in this weather as with my luck i will break it lol!

Thank you! This helps.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

glad to help ...take care buddy

Thanks for the great review from Tasmania, Australia. Just checked the diesel prices here and the local servo I use has it at 231.9 cents a litre for standard diesel and 233.9 cents for a litre of premium diesel. According to Google that's 1.30 pounds sterling and 1.31 respectively. I have never bought diesel but there's an additional six cents a litre off petrol at the servo for regular customers so I assume that would apply to the diesel too.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

your getting cheaper diesel than us.. road diesel is 1.86 a litre and none taxed red diesel is 1.35 at the moment

@paulturner6081

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC where can you buy red diesel from i am in Northamptonshire in the rural areas.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

That's a hell of a lot cheaper than over here at the moment

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

@@paulturner6081 do a Google search google for GAS OIL. Or try some of the Gulf forecourts .

Look on your pump and see what it's pump volume per stroke is. 5kw heater is generally 0.022ml per stroke. So running at low and around 1.6hz you will be using :- 0.022 x 1.6hz x 60 x 60 = 126.72 ml / hour. Add your actual values for pump and Hz pump is running at and you have the fuel used. 👍

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

correct .. but more entertaining in a video

@regwatson2017

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC Also verifies the figures - Chinese companies have been known to spin the stats - Western companies too (eg VW) 🙂 !!!

@itsallfabrication

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC I done a math based fuel consumption vid a while ago, but it is more fun watching it use 100ml on a timer. Enjoying the channel, keep up the good work.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

@@itsallfabrication thanks very much

@stevew9957

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC sorry for the delay but you are exactly right. 👍

Great vid. Would be interesting to see this done on a 2kw heater which is what most in vw transporters and smaller vans have. On both high and low

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I don't have a 2kw heater... I've fitted a 5kw in my small van .. its a bit overkill.

@alanjm1234

11 ай бұрын

In reality there's little difference. The 5kW heaters aren't really 5kW! But they work well regardless!

Excellent useful info 👌 👍

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Cheers ....

Proper science 👍

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Ha ha , not quite..

Interesting vid 👍 One thing, alpine mode us for use at altitude where the air is thinner, the idea being the heater would run rich with less air and the usuall amount of fuel being injected, messing with mixture at low altitude csn cause the unit to soot up 🤔 although diesel has a wide stoichiometric band going too far outside the band will cause sooting of the burn chamber, it the reason a lot of users run the unit flat out once a month to burn out the soot 👍

@Dirt-Diggler

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC that's what i recommend to peeps who's heater I've serviced (due to sooting up) but wether you just use up the diesel you saved I'm not sure 🤔 I'm certainly no guru I've only installed and fixed 20 odd, it's just what I've surmised over the last 2 years or so, more expensive units have better control algorithms, cheaper ones really need a good old blast out occasionally, just like modern diesel cars need ragging every now and then to clear the soot out 👍 Your doing a geat job helping peeps understand these things 😎 keep it up chap 👍

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

@@Dirt-Diggler cheers mate for the advice and info ... maybe save money if you blast the soot out only on cold days LOL , kill two bird with one stone ...

@ZerHour

Жыл бұрын

I run mine for a good while on alpine but there was an odd smell and I did end up with a burnt out burner chamber ,now wether it was caused by alpine mode I don't know ,good video , only thing I would add if its -10 outside in a large Motor home you would likely need the heater on full to keep up ,so the setting level its relative to temp 👍

@Alex-uh1mj

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC don't worry about it, think about it logically. Apline mode is because it would be running too rich at altitude. You are making it run lean and getting less heat but it will all be burning. Its the other way round you have to worry about.. running it rich at altitude. Mixed reports on burning the soot out but the consensus seems to be that it doesn't work

@krisw8419

Жыл бұрын

as stated.. awesome video on fuel usage regardless of the slight unknown on your part. . alpine mode is high altitude mode , this leans out the pulse (fuel mixture) to account for the less dense lower oxygen air.. this at sea level will destroy your burn chamber and screens over time. Alpine mode should not be activated unless you are over 3500/4000 ASL. As far as running the machine full boar, it will clean some sooty deposits in the chamber but not the screen in the back of the chamber where the hard deposits build up. It is better to run the proper mixture to avoid this.. 10 years running and servicing these amazong tools of heat. you cant clean soot with a map gas torch or even acetalyne\oxygen sometimes , you wont do it with a hot chamer'. there are a couple groups on facebok if you want more info on tuning these for best efficiency. cheers

I've just bought a 5Kw version to heat my house. I'm really impressed with it so far, they really do chuck a lot of heat out for not much fuel usage. Mine was £133 off Fleabay (Dec 2022)

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Nice one ..I'm thinking of doing the same in my house

Great vid thanks........

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

no problem . thanks for the comment

Good job!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Cheers

Super helpful, thank you!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

8 ай бұрын

Great . thanks for watching

@adamheeley285

8 ай бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC Sorry I have a question...when I turn off my diesel heater after use, the fan speed slows down for about 10 seconds and then speeds up to high for about a minute....does yours do the same? I ask cause this cool down cycle is different than my old heater ...where if I turned it off the fan would immediately go on high for a full minute...and I dont want to fry my ECU board.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

8 ай бұрын

@adamheeley285 I know what you mean , it's normal mine does the same ... the older ones had a different cool down process

@adamheeley285

8 ай бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC thanks, that is great to hear, cheers mate.

Very interesting video.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

cheers .. sold my van so doing something a little different till i get my next van ... soon i hope

Just after watching this I set mine to alpine, it instantly lost 28 degrees off the burner temperature on the h3 which mine was running at, upped it to h6 and the temperature kept dropping, not enough fuel for the fan speed,at the sea level settings, switched off the alpine setting and the temperature shot back up, having run these heaters for the last 3 years, what is critical for long term use is to set the heater to give optimum heat at low settings, but that heater, like my current unit doesn't allow for the settings to be changed, not without a change of motherboard and controller, and that should restore my fuel usage to my last heater 👍

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

I know what you mean ... in my van I never used alpine mode .. low setting was perfect .. I just blasted it on full now and again to burn excess carbon off

You should put a digital thermometer in the shot too so we get an idea of temperatures - I’m looking at these for heating the garage

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Be great for the garage ..

Thanks for taking the time to do this video 👍 what type and amp hour is the battery that you are using in the video? Roughly how long will it run the diesel heater for ?

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

It's a 95 amp battery . The heater once all fired up draws approx 3 amps...I just stick it on trickle charge every night..the one my van is on solar so I don't need to touch it ..

I run my diesal heater on the lowest setting to keep my 11x8feet insulated shed warm, I mostly run it on kerosensor, and sometimes mix used cooking oil from my deep fat fryer

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Yes cooking oil will work no problem . Especially mixed with kerosene or diesel...

Damnit! I spent an hour looking for the “Airplane” mode setting on my heater before realizing the thumbnail says “Alpine” mode.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Ha ha never mind mate you got there in the end.. I should have made the words bigger

@jj-zy6gc

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC oh no. I need glasses lol.

That alpine mode is in the 3 blade controller, not the more common 6 blade controller.

Damn. Almost 24 hours per gallon here in the states! That's not bad at all!

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

You can get in the settings and turn it down a touch to get the full 24 hours

20% longer in Alpine. Sounds like a winner!

I just bought a 2kw heater for my mini van. Hoping it is more efficiant then the 5kw one you are using. I saw someone with a 5kw in the same van as mine and said it was overkill for the little van and roast him at night. Need it to work in negative temps. Will be better than propane.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

i might be buying a 2 kw when i get my van .. i had a large van and 5 was perfect, i am now looking for smaller van so it might be a 2kw

very informative my friend,i have something similar

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

thanks .

Thank you for posting these heater videos. Would it be to much to ask what the hot air temperature is on the low and alpine settings?

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

It was coming out at 80 degrees centigrade on Alpine and 95 on low..

Good vid, like n sub.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

thanks mate ...

Good video, would have liked to know the outlet temperature on all modes for comparison.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

I might do that in a video soon .. cheers

Just for a ballpark figure, there is about 10 kw of energy per liter of diesel. From your results it looks like about half of the energy content is going to the exhaust. A heat exchanger could recover some of this heat, but would complicate everything and may lead to other reliability problems. I expect to have one of these 5 kw heaters installed in a simi-insulated barn soon, so iI might experiment with my system.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

i think the diesel heaters are overated more like 4 kw probebly

@krimke881

Жыл бұрын

No wonder the factories install coolant heaters and radiant heaters to run off of a diesel heater, instead of warming up air and circulating it around. It's simply not efficient enough. Too much disappears through the exhaust. I'd recommend getting a kit from "bobil heater". They have water heater kits, so you can utillize the energy gathered from the heated water too.

110 down to 10 might be easier if you do anything like this again? Nice test :)

@Vanflippingtastic It would be interesting if you compared a clean out on low vs alpine mode low see how the difference in shooting up..

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

would be an interesting video

Great video. Can you comment on how much battery power is needed to run the diesel heater please? And if you know what size solar panel would run enough charge back in to the battery as thinking of buying one of these for my shed. Cheers.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

On my van I had a 150 watt solar panel and it kept battery topped up ..after initial start up it draws around 3 amps ..

Thanks for the video, excellent work. I run 2 heaters on kerosene and get 8 hrs each per ltr on the lowest setting. I've not altered them. Can you do a video on lowering the settings? It's too warm unless it's freezing. I can turn it up then if needed. Thanks Gkyn

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

if you have the same contoller as mine , im having trouble getting into the setting . sorry

Thanks for the video... you can put a code in to change the pump settings to 0.8 beats per second as opposed to the 1.4 beats per second which is the lowest setting H 1 .. only problem is after a long while of running it on this 0.8 setting it tends to carbon up inside and down the exhaust pipe .. because it's not quite hot enough to burn of the carbon .. I would imagine this will happen if you use it on alpine mode continuously.. might be a good idea to crank it up for half an hour every now and again to burn the carbon out.. also maybe trying out heating oil instead of red diesel. As it's about £0.75 per litre just now. There is a bit more energy in it too.. cheers

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

I can't get hold of small quantities of heating oil.. I alway burn my heater once a week on full for half an hour to burn excess carbon.

@tomhendry465

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC cool man 👍

@jm47

Жыл бұрын

one thing you can try to increase the flame temperature to prevent soot build up while running on low is to obstruct the air inlet. i created a cylindrical jacket of tape around the outside of the air inlet filter that i can slide up and down to expose more or less inlet holes. i know many diy videos say never obstruct the air inlet, but you can test it yourself using the case temperature reported by the heater and a separate CO meter. partially blocking the air inlet caused the case temperature to increase and brought my exhaust CO from 80-100ppm down to 0ppm indicating i was getting more complete combustion.

@tomhendry465

Жыл бұрын

@@jm47 nice one thanks for that .. will give it a shot...

@scale.soaring

Жыл бұрын

@@jm47 if you obstructing the air inlet, you are puttig unnecessary stress to motor that drives fans, so motor will last less. There are controllers that can be set up correctly by changing fuel rate in Hz and RPM of motor, that will give you leaner mixture and less carbon builtup.

The only thing that matters is pump pulses per secon(hz) each pulse delivers a dose of 0.022ml. Pulses per second x60 x 60 x0.022 gives you ml per hour. divide 1000/ml per hour to get runtime per litre. You can use an app to accurately measure pump frequency.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

yes you are correct .

@jimosullivan1389

Жыл бұрын

Correct. but...what is the total Kw generated figure ?

Hi. Great Video, Can to say what was the Temperature coming out of the end pipe,

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

i havent got a device to measure that .. i must get one and test it

Good vid. How long does the car battery last before recharging again. 👍

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

the heater draws 2 amps when running , i have a 100 amp battery. i just leave it on trickle charge .i guess it would last a good few days

Great vid...how long does a 12v battery last running the heater,at what point,[lowest]voltage wise will it stop running the heater..keep up the good work

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

i am doing a test on the draw / amps it uses in a video soon , i am waiting in the post for the amp metre tool that tells me .. i am sure its pulling less than 3 amps when running but will know for sure ,soon as the amp metre arrives. so a 100 amp 12volt battery will last 20 hours at a 60 percent depletion of the battery ..i keep mine on a trickle charger

Great video thanks - can I ask are you able to set the thermostat at say 5 degrees celcius so that if the temp goes lower than 5 it will turn heater on for x number of minutes and so on....?

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

No I've not seen that setting .I have looked for this and can't find it... if you set the temp at 5 degrees while it's running it will go to its lowest setting when 5 is reached but won't turn off. It will increase in power if it drops below 5 but it never turns off when it's reached

@bladetj

Жыл бұрын

@@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC ok thanks for checking 👍 would be a nice feature to have for storing my jetski in a container during the winter.

Thanks for the fuel consumption test. How many amps is the fan drawing from the battery on those low settings? Does the battery you have last for a couple days without charging or do you need to charge it each day?

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

7 ай бұрын

The battery draws 6.5 amps until the glow plug goes out .(for about 4 minutes) then it ticks over at about 1.5 amps .. It's a 100 amp battery ..its on trickle charge all the time .. It would last over 50 hours if I never charged it easy..

@GregMcM

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting me know, placing an order for one now.

👍👍😎

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

Cheers

Brilliant content mate, How was warm was the shed on alpine mode? Gotta say these little heaters are a hot deal, makes me wanna buy a van to convert into a mini camper.

@VANFLIPPINGTASTIC

Жыл бұрын

not warm enough in alpine mode .i need to run at h3 for my shed ,,theres no insulation in there. a camper only needs h1 , and thats more than enough