The first diesel heater time test that is truly reflective of what one can expect. 30+ hours on low, and 11+ hours on high. Outstanding video, totally well-done and useful. Thanks!

@sherburnoutdoors

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the compliment and thanks for watching

Nice video. Pro-tip: Pressing the two left buttons on the heater controller at the same time puts the heater into "Alpine" mode. A mountain peak icons will appear on the top right of the display. This cuts the pump rate in half and is helpful to keep the fuel / air mixture lean at altitude or to reduce the heat on the lowest setting, when low is still too hot. My 5kW heater is too powerful for my old VW bus on the lowest setting so Alpine mode makes it just right.

You sir, give a great demonstration. You do not go off on tangents and talk nonsense for 15 minutes and then get back to the subject. You stay on track and give us what we want and need to understand the product. You are to be commended!

@sherburnoutdoors

5 ай бұрын

Hey, thank you for the compliment and thank you for watching

little warning. this same heater sprung an exhaust leak while it was running in my van after about a half hour. if i didnt have an alarm it could have killed me in there. PLEASE use an air quality detector if using this in an rv or van. these fail a LOT and youtubers who try it once and make a video wont tell you that.

@Randy_Savage_ohyeah

2 күн бұрын

u saying you had the actual unit inside where you are sleeping and were venting the exhaust pipe outside?

@RyaStream

2 күн бұрын

@@Randy_Savage_ohyeah no absolutely not. the heater was outside. the leak was coming from the unit itself and as air was passing thru it it was also mixing with the exhaust.

@Randy_Savage_ohyeah

2 күн бұрын

@@RyaStream oh wow, interesting! Thanks for update

I know my diesel cab heater in my crane is unreal efficient! Love that thing, when i pull up to a job, first thing i turn it on, then set the crane up, and by the time I get back in the cab it's all cozy.

You just helped me make up my mind. My shed/ Man Pad is new insulated and ready for this puppy. Great video!!👍✌️

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Glad I could help! Thank you so much for watching

Great video I cant believe how quiet the fuel pump is there stepping up the game !

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

No kidding, out of the box, very quiet. Thanks for watching

I've got exactly the same set up on my boat ! Absolutely amazing 😊

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

Lived in a cracker box house that eventually got tore down. Had a super cold drafty back porch. Bought a 8kw chinesium diesel heater. It worked so good my IR heaters in the rest of the house rarely turned on. The fan bearing finally went out. Moved out and tore the house down. 10 out 10 would recommend

Great job, very helpful and informative. Thanks for sharing and taking all of that time to help others.

Great lighting !

That looks alot better made than other heaters I've seen.

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

It is a good unit, I am testing out the tall and skinny 8kw version this week, expecting similar results, thanks for watching

I have one, the older narrower model, that I heat my shop with. Third season and I absolutely love it.

@sherburnoutdoors

5 ай бұрын

They are great, I only use mine camping but it is a life saver

Impressive test. First time viewer and new subscriber!!!

We have a Webasto heater and a heat pump in our air conditioner installed in a 21’ off-road camp trailer. Unless the outside temperatures are less than 40°, we use the heat pump as the diesel heater cranks out some serious heat. Our Webasto is mounted in the front of the trailer and we routed a duct to the rear and insulated/enclosed the underbelly of the trailer. Floors are warm in the morning and no frozen water tanks or pipes. Diesel heaters are great!

Had these in my rigs for the last 20 years.

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

They are great, thanks for watching

Great analysis . Thank you so much for sharing it.

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! And thanks for watching

@shamsshams20261

6 ай бұрын

@@sherburnoutdoors You welcome !!!

These revolutionize winter camping (hot tent) when paired with a battery bank/solar array. I also am using one of these to heat my small house (600sf) and it works GREAT!

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Nice, thanks for watching

@Plasmastorm73_n5evv

6 ай бұрын

I built a pull behind trike/bicycle camping trailer/tiny house and am looking to get one of these for winter trips.

@HMFamilyLife

5 ай бұрын

How warm does it get in your house and starting from what outside temperature.

@sherburnoutdoors

5 ай бұрын

@HMFamilyLife I only use this in a roof top tent and usually starting for 20-25 degrees

My improvement to my diesel heaters was to add a 12 volt LED light inside the case to illuminate the top of the fuel tank so I can see the fuel level from a distance. I also added a fuel filter on the pump inlet as I had 2 pumps quit by jamming up from dirt particles.

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Thant sounds very useful, thanks for sharing and watching

@Bobster986

6 ай бұрын

If you shoot outside in the shade, just make sure the sun isn't behind you. Use the side of your house as your backdrop. Good luck. p.s.: ...and always test your footage and sound before you begin.

@overlandadventures2294

6 ай бұрын

Wow that's a great idea!! Thank you

@Plasmastorm73_n5evv

6 ай бұрын

@@Bobster986 I made a similar comment. Kind of hard to see him and the heaters but still good info.

@wendellbates4066

5 ай бұрын

In that same vein, that@@Bobster986mentioned, you held up something at the beginning of your shoot, we couldn't see it well because it was against your dark blue shirt - in the shade - with a bright background. Your camera's light meter was reading the bright background - which was perfectly exposed, but that was not the subject - you and the product were the subjects. The suggestion of filming against the house is a good idea or, if you wish to keep the same setup and position, using a strong fill light beside the camera would work, too. The beauty of the fill light is in the daytime, there would be no harsh shadow in the background to deal with! Great subject and test! Amazing how long that heat ran on low! I may consider it as an option to heat my garage in the winter - run it on high for a while then turn it down lower for the duration! Thanks!

Great video! Thanks for sharing

Excellent review! Gonna get 1. Thanks

@sherburnoutdoors

5 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it! They are great, thanks for watching

Excellent Video. This would be my go to model and form of heat for my cargo trailer. You did an amazing job explaining it functions and add ons to improve the product. Thank you.

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice words, Glad it was helpful

Awesome, I want one for my van.

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

You should! They work great

Excellent test! Thanks

@sherburnoutdoors

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Very informative, and professional . Thank you sir . I loved the dog looking through the door window ! Keep him in other videos 😂 Again, thank you sir . Subscribed 👍🏾

Good information. I'm on the fence as to which one to get. Also, as a video note, maybe use a fill light or reflector so we can see you better. The bright background washes you out :)

i live in the uk i have three of these running in my home the heaters are placed outside in large plastic storage boxes you do have to drill two 75mm holes drilled in exterier walls. The heaters exhausts our vented out of the plastic storage boxes the hot air out is ducted into your home and the air inlet is vented out to via the holes and the air is circulated round and round heating the rooms very effeciently the 12v control is placed inside between the two vents it looks very neat on low alpine setting i get 7hours run time on 1litre of diesel

@solo636

Ай бұрын

Hi , is the air inlet also plumbed into your home?

Nice lighting

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

This was a miss on my part, I have sense purchased light boxers. Sorry

I was intrigued by the "no ticking" headline, thought maybe someone had come up with a different type of dosing fuel pump. Nope. This one sounds exactly like either of mine until the high fan and exhaust roar drowned out the pump noise. Also in the product description from the provided link all they say about high "altitude" operation (they mean elevation) is don't use it above 9800'. This controller looks identical to one of mine which has an "alpine mode" to slow down the pump frequency at all settings, maybe this one doesn't have that. The blue controllers have an automatic elevation feature that seems to work. In automatic (thermostat) mode the unit will not shut down if the ambient gets too warm, it will only go to the lowest setting. This is a good thing because both the shut-down and start-up cycles use a ton of electricity and when your battery dies not only would you wake up cold instead of too warm, eventually you'll have a fouled glo-plug or combustion chamber. Adding a fuel filter is always a good idea.

Just bought one and can't wait to try it out. I've been trying to find info on it the unit is weatherproof. I wasn't sure because of the display.

Great video! Very informative and well done.

@sherburnoutdoors

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Nice Test

Had these in my rigs for the last 20 years.. Had these in my rigs for the last 20 years..

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

They work great for there purpose, thanks for watching

You got me I’m sold 😊

@sbdr.1241

6 ай бұрын

Update: just received mine got it easy to use broke it for a few hours running installed higher legs to sit 5 inches higher now cozy in gazebo 👊🏼🤟🏽

awesome test thank you

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching. Taking this thing out in 20 degrees camping this weekend with a chance of snow ❄️

Awesome, thanks for sharing. - take care

I'm currently running one in my chick brooder.. Has been running 24.7 for 3 weeks so far with no issues.. I've used as much as 1 gallon and 1 pint in 24 hours

I have had these types of heaters rigged in on some of my pickup trucks up North here in Alberta...The ticking noise in is the igniter and without that the flame will go out. I plan to try one of these potable units for my RTP or Teepee tents and see how they do. Thanks for the great video :)

@RyaStream

4 ай бұрын

its def the pump not the igniter. you can see the fuel pump pumping if you open it up.

Feedback, next time you shoot a video make sure your facing the outside so we can see what your doing

awesome video. thanks!

I would conger up a heat exchanger for the exhaust to capture the waste heat for hot water or additional forced hot air.

Thank You

I'm getting me one for my garage........Thanks.

@sherburnoutdoors

7 ай бұрын

Enjoy it

Thanks for the excellent video and review. I just bought one of these (slightly different WIPPRO model - 8kw) and am looking for the best way to exhaust it from my finished/ insulated 1200 sq. ft. shop. Based on your review I think it should take the chill off of it pretty quickly!

I'm selfishly glad you used the AC180 to power it 😆; I have an AC180 and have heard mixed reviews on whether or not it would run diesel heaters and through dumb luck, stumbled onto your video!

@sherburnoutdoors

5 ай бұрын

Glad you found it, and I love the AC180. Works great on these heaters, never had a problem

I recently purchased this same unit and had similar results. My additions were/are: 200cm (78”) stainless steel exhaust replacement and an 8Ft insulated duct. My purpose was an emergency backup heat source for the home, though I may figure out a way to use it with our camper as it works really well and is quite portable. My testing (so far) has been performed indoors…and I agree about the quiet part. It’s not bothersome (for us) at all. My temp setup has the main unit elevated on blocks on a granite hearth located in the livingroom. Exhaust is routed out a nearby low window and is sandwiched in between two pieces of ceramic tile with the window pressing downward to hold everything in place. I’m running it right now…main house heat is off…it’s 35 degrees outside. Unit is set on 2.5 (which will run for 22 hours on a full tank). The unit is on the main level of the house (main level = about 1600 sq ft) and temp readings within a 15 foot radius are at 70-71 degrees. Temp readings out to about 25 Ft are at 67-68 degrees. Will this heat the whole house? Nope. Is it a fantastic emergency backup that will keep you comfortable and keep pipes from freezing? Absolutely (IMO). For anyone wondering, yes, I have two CO detectors in place…one is a few feet above the main unit and the other about 15 feet away…near where we sit in the living room. Thanks for your video reviews…I enjoy them! Cheers

@i.wilson161

6 ай бұрын

Carbon monoxide is heavier than air. It will accumulate in low lying areas first.

@midnitehound

6 ай бұрын

@@i.wilson161 CO is lighter than air and rises when warm. A CO detector should be fixed at eye level and away from the heating unit. CO2 is heavier.

@dannyheiple7469

6 ай бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS!!

@rogermccaslin5963

5 ай бұрын

What do you mean it won't heat a whole house? How can this be possible. There are a ton of videos on KZread showing a clay flower pot and a small candle heating a whole room. Are you telling me all those videos are lying? 😁 On a more serious note, what power source are you using to run the heater? Also, you said you put it on the hearth, why not use the fireplace for your emergency heat?

@goodoz9942

5 ай бұрын

​@@rogermccaslin5963 I'm powering a similar way as Sherburn Outdoors. A while back I assembled a small backup power station for our living room. A few large 12V batteries in parallel and a small inverter (700W). All of that sits inside of one of those old style moving trunks so when the lid is closed, it actually looks like a decoration. The heater gets its 12V from there via a fabricated cig lighter plug setup. With 400AH of batt capacity, it'll run for days on a charge. The fireplace is a gas insert (no chimney). So long as the gas is running, the insert "will" heat the whole house...but if gas should ever be absent, the diesel heater is one of a few means of emergency heat. BTW, I have "not" purchased any clay pots or candles 😆

Great video

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Very interesting video. Would be nice to investigate what makes this heater quieter. A little disassembly maybe ... ?

Before this video I hadn't even considered a diesel heater...I am now. Thank you

@sherburnoutdoors

5 ай бұрын

Glad I could help

nice review

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching

Great video! Go DAWGS!!

Very interesting, thanks for the video, I just subscribed

@sherburnoutdoors

5 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you! And thank you for watching and subscribing

Good video. I liked and subscribed

@sherburnoutdoors

4 ай бұрын

Awesome thank you!

I have one permanently installed in my van for 5 years still working $120

I’m a truck driver and we use a modified version of this called a bunk heater The bunk heater that installed on these trucks use about 1 gallon of fuel in 8 hours I don’t think that 1 gallon would run for more than 24 hours unless it was like 50 degrees outside Based on what you are wearing, I would say that your outside temp is over 60 degrees maybe warmer Fuel consumption will definitely depend on air temperature That thing looks awesome Since I use them every winter on the truck I can tell you that it is a badass little heater

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Actually did some of it in about 50 and parts in about 25 degrees

1 liter of diesel contains 10kw of energy. In order to put out 5kw that heater would need to burn half a liter per hour. 1 gallon of diesel contains 139,200 BTUs of heat, if a gallon lasts 30hrs, it's putting out 4,640 BTU/hr of heat. At 11hrs the heater is putting out 12,654 BTU/hr. Other diesel heaters are not less efficient....they merely produce more heat by burning more fuel. Some actually put out 18-19k BTUs/hr.

@janhemmer8181

6 ай бұрын

You probably mean 10 Kilowatthours, that is the unit for energy, not Kw, that is for power.

@Richard4616

6 ай бұрын

The diesel fuel burns and the energy is turned into. He said the exhaust is 250 degrees. So half of the fuel is wasted by the hot exhaust and the other half is for heating. If it was built like a high efficiency home heater, you would get somewhere around 80 percent efficiency instead of 50 percent efficiency. But it still makes usable heat.

@Walkercolt1

4 ай бұрын

In the US, "clean-burn" diesel has closer to 130,000 BTU's per gallon (6.6 pounds) and that's what you get at the pump. "Red" (off-road ONLY) has closer to 138 K of BTU's per gallon. The EPA mandated the "heavy ends" be removed from truck/auto diesel in 2018 or so. Some guidelines: A 1500 watt electric heater is rated at about 5000 BTU's per hour. The small unvented natural gas or propane wall heaters (bathroom sized) are usually 10,000 BTU's per hour, so 20-25% more on max. You CAN capture at least 50% of the exhaust heat with a little sheet metal work, so 16,000 BTU per hour is do-able.

Hello Nice video. Could you do a video of the inside and pump. I would like to see if they use the standard pump and how they have mounted it to make it quiet.

One of many.

Just noticed that my diesel heater controller came with temperature setting to Fahrenheit instead of Celsius, which is great cause I’m in the US , same Wippro heater but the skinny one .

I have just fitted one into my garage, I thought it'd be handy for when I didn't want to use the log burner, perhaps I wouldn't be in there long, but in comparison it's crap, sod all heat and noisy. I have a smaller one in my camper which is great, but for a big space it's not the best choice.

Heyy have you tested using alpine mode on low and high apparently it slows the fuel pump down to allow more air for higher altitudes but it also works at lower altitudes and saves fuel while still putting out the same heat :)

Great job god bless

I use it to heat my house cheap. It costs me 80 euro's a month. When I use LNG it costs me 400 euros. And I have it 22°C all day. Don't care what the calories of diesel is. Just care what it cost per month. When the prices got crazy in Europe it saved me thousands of euro's.

@calumrife

5 ай бұрын

I feel you, far away friend. A great way to keep people in poverty is to keep energy prices high - all in the guise of "saving the planet". Glad you found a solution!

Secret menu 1688. Put hz at low to 1.6. And topp at 3.6hz. Litle up on fan. And you have same heat and much lower consume. User of this 24/7 365 for 3 years

I’m in a 2010 Transit Connect with a steel barrier between cab and back so even on Alpine mode it would produce so much heat I had to open a door for a draft especially above -15C weather. (South East Canada) My biggest issue was power, I ran out of power (12v car battery) to operate it and the biggest issue with that is it didn’t allow the thing to cool down and risk cracking the core and leaking exhaust or worse. At 9 volts it will shut down and maybe not allow it to cool properly. I’m investing in a solar pane, charge controller and deep cycle battery and trying it again this weekend but the weather has improved. I’m going to be too hot even on Alpine mode. My exhaust is also wired up so it can’t vibrate loose from the bottom of the heater. I have 2 x 24V lifepo4 25ah power packs with 24v 700w inverter to charge my battery but it’s pushing the limits of the inverter and very inefficient.

Did that thing just come out on the market ?👍👍👍👍 great review thank you so much !!

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

I believe so, good unit for the price and quiet

Get the Bureck CD Thermostat that replaced your wireless remote. It will clone the remote and now you can set temps to turn on/turn off. $50 to $70 depending on which one you choose. Bureck is an Idaho company.

I think i would have sent the heatt into the house. Looks like it was cool enough outside.

Interesting. I used to work on whole house oil furnaces in the late 1980s in Wisconsin, and there were no variable output oil burners. Now there are these little units. How times have changed.

I wonder how the Silvel brand compares. My daughter got a Silvel and I was impressed. U barely hear the ticking and it threw heat. Not sure on gas efficiency but she said it was good. I'm still deciding. Then I see your video. Lol. So now I'm debating in this, Silvel, or Vevor. I do know I want the 8k version. People hear the pump clicking on so many videos and I did during video calls with my daughter but i went up to see her and I just had to see it for myself. Nope...barely heard the clicking. People's phones enhance the clicking that the phone hears, but in person it's so quiet that u don't even realize it's clicking. They run soooo smooth.

Two thumbs up. Having read a bunch of comments, dont say "gas" for this unit. Some of our more knuckleheaded viewers may confuse diesel as the fuel with gas! Huge danger if someone puts gas in a diesel "anything". Boom! Diesel only.

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, mistake on my part. I corrected it in the newer videos. Thanks for watching

@canadianwarrior2108

6 ай бұрын

These actually run fine on gas. You can even buy a new controller for them from the factory to run them on gas. Or you can crank up the pump and use as is. All the gas version is, is the exact same heater with a much faster pump hertz

Wow...

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

I know right, thanks for watching

Since it is a diesel generator, it could easily convert to run on used cooking oil. Being that I work in a restaurant and have access to many gallons of already filtered used cooking oil this may be a good buy.

@bakedveal2624

5 ай бұрын

No it can't. You'll be replacing your burn chamber in a very short time. Also, there is no ratio that makes it viable. Just use diesel or parrafin or kersoene, whatever is cheapest for you, besides used oil.

ive had 3 diesel heaters and real world test is 2.5 gal for 24hrs. yea you can run them on dead low but they will clog up very fast.

For $10 you can buy a funnel that has a filter and a fuel water separator highly recommended using anytime you’re pouring fuel from a can into a small engine and especially something as sensitive as a heater

at the curent diesel price here in canada , thats close to about 8$ a day (roughly 2$/ liter) for 1 gallon. 30 days to a month and thats about 240$ for 30 days of heating. I think a well insulated building would probably be better to go with a supper efficient heat pump/ mini split with a seer level of about 25 or higher and hspf rating over 12 and that mini split wont cost you more then 100$ a month to heat a 24x24 insulated garage plus you would have AC for the summer with the same unit . But when electricity isnt readily available , then these little heaters work fine

exhaust pipe piping... must be slanted downward with muffler weep hole facing down to allow moisture to bleed out..

Can you splice in an elevated 5 gallon fuel tank. I want to install one in a weather proof shed right next to my RV routing into the RV the hot air hose. More or less a semi permanent installation. Thanks

If you were usung in a house, like a power outage, you cound blow a small battery fan, like the Ryobi 6 inch along the exhaust line to the window.. Even get an extra long exhaust.

can you set up the exhaust to like a copper coil to heat up water to use it like the old steam heater in a house. to use all the heat.

Is there a way to make it with water instead of air?? So we can put it further away for safety and noise?

That's what I don't like about those Bluetti type generators, they simply don't have enough capacity to justify the price. You can get a 100 Amp hour LifePo4 battery for around 225 bucks. But that heater is da bomb. You could heat a camper with the exposed exhaust pipe alone. LOL Nice test, thanks!

@chip6954

5 ай бұрын

Well, to be fair, for the extra $425 of the AC180 vs a 100ah batt, additional to the 96 AH capacity of the AC180, you get an 1800 watt (2700 watt surge) pure sine wave inverter, an MPPT solar controller (good for 500 watts), all of the ports you need, a good app, a portable 30lb footprint, 5-year warranty, and my favorite - 90 minute charge time from 0-100% (often charge at coffee shops/laundromats or use my small gas generator). Yeah, I could piece a DIY together and maybe save a few bucks but that's extra $ for cables, ports, enclosure, cost of time to source/build, longer charge times and no warranty on the final build. I started with/still use a 200ah LiFePo4 batt bank (2x mini power queens in parallel) in a milk crate but ended up getting the AC180 for the ease of use and charge time. Probably re-wire my power queens (awesome batts, btw) in series to back-feed my AC180 at 24v.

@spuriouseffect

5 ай бұрын

@@chip6954 I would rather have two more 100 amp hour batteries to go with the inverter I already have for that 425.

One gallon of diesel for 30 hours - That equates to about 5,400 BTU/ Hr or 1,700 watts. Most 120V bathroom space heaters are rated at 1,500 watts. 5,400 BTU will heat the interior of a small RV or good-size tent pretty well.

Any ideas on how to waterproof the controller?

Online people say it leaks diesel in the heated air going out in the vent, and that some people started to get headache.

@sherburnoutdoors

4 ай бұрын

Never had an issue

the no ticking is what is interesting to me... do you know wich fuel pump it uses?

How lobg will a diesel heater work on low with a 12v, 130ah leisure battery?

For $4 I can heat one room for around 12 hours. Seems like a win

Will they run on Biodiesel?

I wish he would have discussed the exhaust/venting requirements for this unit. It looks like it came with a flexible sleeve to run the main flex hose through?

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

The exhaust is just the metal tube, the other piece is the intake, it is pretty short, if you are looking to go a distance of more than a couple of feet, you will need to get a longer version

How much did the battery pack cost?

Great unit and very efficient. I have a Energizer Arc5, 500 watt solar generator..would I be able to run this diesel heater?

@sherburnoutdoors

5 ай бұрын

Does it have a 12VDC port?

An idea i get immediately would be to take the exhaust pipe and coil it 9 or ten times and then have it exit your area if the exhaust is 231 degrees that would generate a substantial amount of heat

@cookiedough5374

6 ай бұрын

Run it through a bucket of water. That will pull the waste heat out of it

@tipetu

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I have 6m exhaust running along the wall in my garage. The end where it exits the wall is luke-warm and all the heat dissapates before. I have a video of it too.

@DTA-me3kv

6 ай бұрын

Was about to say that

@Plasmastorm73_n5evv

6 ай бұрын

@@cookiedough5374 and melt the bucket where it enters unless you use a metal bucket. I think maybe a Jerry Can might be a good option.

@Plasmastorm73_n5evv

6 ай бұрын

@@tipetu That's a great look at your exhaust system. Where did you get the long exhaust hose from?

Would you know how many amp hours it uses in a 10 hour period? thanks

Did these go bad? Unavailable on Amazon now. Was going to get it for the altitude function, but might just get a vevor

Nice video! What is the 12-volt purpose for just to start it? Do they have models that run off of 120 volt? That way I don't have to worry about a battery Bank

@sherburnoutdoors

6 ай бұрын

It runs the electronics, fan and glow plug. I do not think there is a standard 129

@vhateverlie

6 ай бұрын

If you want 120V buy a 5 or 10 amp battery charger and the cheapest car battery you can find, then it'll still run for a bit when the power is out. They don't have good luck using wall power supplies.

I like the idea of a battery in the system so in case of a power failure there is power for the proper cool cycle. So for continuous running there would be two ways to do it. One, a battery with enough juice to do the start and a psu to furnish the constant juice for the run mode. Or a small battery with enough juice to run the cool down, in other words a failsafe, and a large enough psu to do the start and run modes. How many amps at 12v was this needing to run in the high mode after it has fully started? And did you see what it requires during the shutdown cycle?

@jaybanks7718

6 ай бұрын

I bought a 12v power supply with 30 amps. It starts and runs it just fine. I think a 20 amp would work. My heater came with a 15 amp fuse. I just plugged the power supply into a UPS battery backup, so I didn't have to fool with a battery and charger. It only needs about five minutes to cool down, and I won't leave it running while I'm not around. The UPS should easily keep it running for five minutes.

@helpful5539

6 ай бұрын

@@jaybanks7718 I had thought of using a ups as of course it is in fact a backup and it recharges itself. And if it dies it still lets 110v through, you just get the alarm going off that its battery has died. They aren't too expensive. I am mostly finding people say it takes like 8 amps maybe a little more to start and like 2a when it runs or shuts down. So you are good on all of this. Thanks for your info.

@jaybanks7718

6 ай бұрын

@@helpful5539 The only thing I can add is that the power supply I got has a fairly loud fan on it. When the heater is running, it makes no difference. When it isn't, it's kind of annoying. I'm just turning the power supply on and off with the UPS to kill the fan when the heater isn't on. I got a great deal on the PS at Amz. It was less than 20.00. If I was inclined to pay full price for one, I would get one with a power switch on it, or no fan. Other than that, turning it on and off with the UPS works, too. It's just that I have to let the heater cool off, then go back over and kill the power supply.

@G-ra-ha-m

6 ай бұрын

I use a car battery with a 7-stage charger plugged in, that keeps it charged.

How long would it run from a Deep cycle battery. Like 750 to 1000 amp

30 hours on a gallon of diesel comes out to about 4,500 BTU hours input. That's roughly 1.3KW

@thatyoutubeguy7583

6 ай бұрын

And you would get as little as 50% of that

QUESTION !!! WHY NOT CAPTURE THE EXHAUST HEAT TOO ???