Diesel cab heater

[steviec_lj]

Need to get a pair of these myself!

How far do you think the warm air could be piped before issues cropped up?

 

[cr500dom]

Identical to mine, is yours going to exhaust through a block wall?

Single skin brick.

Quick question on fuel for these.
Am I looking for Parrafin or am I looking for Heating oil ?

 

[Bobtail4x4]

diesel

 

[bigegg]

Any.
Mix + match.

It won't run on veg oil, before you ask!

 

[cr500dom]

diesel

id rather not pay the tax on fuel used for heating a garage

 

[bigegg]

id rather not pay the tax on fuel used for heating a garage

I use red diesel in mine. (Until April!)

Mainly because the nearest place to me that sells heating oil is so far away that a special trip would negate any saving for the amount of diesel I actually use. (About 20l a year)

 

[Bobtail4x4]

id rather not pay the tax on fuel used for heating a garage

Im sure you have a local farmer

 

[Sammy7]

Cr500dom I would order a new glow plug now ready for the imminent failure. A member was good enough to send me a used espatcher glow plug about a year ago and it’s been fine since, too impatient to wait for a delivery of a Chinese version. It’s been running on diesel and can’t fault it.

 

[bigegg]

Cr500dom I would order a new glow plug now ready for the imminent failure. A member was good enough to send me a used espatcher glow plug about a year ago and it’s been fine since, too impatient to wait for a delivery of a Chinese version. It’s been running on diesel and can’t fault it.

Good point.
Not sure if it's the shipping, or that the glowplugs are fragile, but it seems to be the most common fault "out of the box". (Based on the FB forum)

 

[Sammy7]

Oh and a box spanner / modified. To remove old glow plug cause if you use long nose pliers like I did it snaps the end off

 

[bigegg]

Oh and a box spanner / modified. To remove old glow plug cause if you use long nose pliers like I did it snaps the end off

I took the angry grinder to a silverline [1] long reach socket (10p from bootie) to make a glowplug socket.

[1] made from "high tensile liquorice"

 

[Sammy7]

Modified 12mm box spanner

 

[bigegg]

Modified 12mm box spannerView attachment 264121

Don't use it to tighten down the new plug!
The edges of the cut are sharp, and you'll be miffed if you damage the cables on your new plug.

DAMHIKT!

 

[Sammy7]

Might be useful for future.

 

[Sammy7]

bigegg rest assured i deburred the operational end of the spanner, no way i was going to "balls" it up again........

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Single skin brick.

Quick question on fuel for these.
Am I looking for Parrafin or am I looking for Heating oil ?

I use domestic heating oil kindly sold by a friendly neighbour.

 

[winchman]

I use red diesel or Kero in mine on the motor home, never had an issue, I am told Kero burns cleaner so less chance of sooting up

 

[davep10000]

Brilliant little heaters I have exactly the same and keeps my workshop bearable in sub zero temps.
It tends to just run all day, but the supplied tank is too small so I re-purposed an old land rover series one diesel tank (10 galls).
Runs on 30p/ litre heating oil. Probably costs about £1 a day so happy with that.
Good tip about the heater plug spare though.

Edit Its best to add a cheapo in line filter as a precaution.

 

[jsf55]

Mocked up for position and hole out for exhaust


Quickly knocked up four legs, but the casing is quite flimsy so may redo it

Filter came with mine, but there's no room internall

I added a left over pc fan to see if it would blow warm air over the exhaust pipe


30 w power supply

And mounted

The idea behind the fan

My silencer has come with a ready made hole, but i think i'll open it up a bit

After a few false starts trying how to purge the fuel through i eventually got it going and it was nice and toasty, unfortunately it took nearly all afternoon as i don't have a 1" masonry bit !

 

[duncans]

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Mine has been opened, but other jobs on the too do list for now !

looks great that does see one on facebook it was 300.00 thou but it would heat a big garage I would have thought that was a diesel heater