Skotl's diesel heater garage install thread

[mrsbruce]

Yes I understand that. My heater came with thin corrugated aluminium ducting for routing the hot air.

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Note this is the smaller diameter stuff - my heater has four small outlets.

Apologies, must have misread your post.

The listing looks a bit more suitable. It has to be better than slotting 3-4 standard diesel heater ducting pieces together. My feet thank you.

 

[JMS1972]

Apologies, must have misread your post.

The listing looks a bit more suitable. It has to be better than slotting 3-4 standard diesel heater ducting pieces together. My feet thank you.

That's okay have a look through fleabay you might get a better deal. That was the first one I came to. Oh and best to check your outlet diameter as there are several different sizes.

Warm feet makes a big difference

 

[Morris]

I've just done the same for Wifey, it makes it a bit more than"useable", it's a sauna. She has it on H1 and gets boiled. Much better than the ruinous electric radiator that was in there.

 

[MysterG]

Seriously tempted to give one of these a try in the garage. Double, uninsulated and at around 3 degrees the other day.
I currently have a 2.5kw fan heater I point in my direction for up to an hour when I first go out there, would one of these be cheaper to run? I guess the bigger heat output would make a difference.

 

[fizzy]

Seriously tempted to give one of these a try in the garage. Double, uninsulated and at around 3 degrees the other day.
I currently have a 2.5kw fan heater I point in my direction for up to an hour when I first go out there, would one of these be cheaper to run? I guess the bigger heat output would make a difference.

Electric 23p per kw/h
Kerosene 4p per kw/h
No contest!

 

[Bullet2012]

Electric 23p per kw/h
Kerosene 4p per kw/h
No contest!

Fair point, but what is the electric use for these units ?

 

[Newlands]

Fair point, but what is the electric use for these units ?

about 5 amps for three minutes on start-up, followed by around 1 amp once it’s running. That’s at 12v, so that’s 60 watts for a very short time and then dropping to 12watts. Not worth worrying about in the grand scheme of things.
the good thing about the fuel use is that you buy it up-front, rather than with, say, a fan heater which drip-feeds the cost onto your electric bill and giving you a shock two months down the line.

 

[MysterG]

Electric 23p per kw/h
Kerosene 4p per kw/h
No contest!

So even on Diesel it would be half (ish) the cost of electrickery?

 

[Morris]

Seriously tempted to give one of these a try in the garage. Double, uninsulated and at around 3 degrees the other day.
I currently have a 2.5kw fan heater I point in my direction for up to an hour when I first go out there, would one of these be cheaper to run? I guess the bigger heat output would make a difference.

This is where my second heater was installed. My workshop/garage is a large single (24 X 13 feet plus an extension "machine shop" ). It was 6 degrees outside, I was basking in 15, more than warm enough.
Do it!

 

[fizzy]

So even on Diesel it would be half (ish) the cost of electrickery?

Don't buy white diesel.
Some garages sell kero at the pump and also sell red.
Red diesel will be hard to get after April.
If you are totally stuck then running on road diesel will work out at about 10p per litre still far cheaper than leccy.
Been warning for years about the folly of wind and solar. Finally starting to bite

 

[Newlands]

If you are totally stuck then running on road diesel will work out at about 10p per litre still far cheaper than leccy.

I guess you mean 10p an hour ??

 

[AVI_8]

Having bought @skotl‘s other heater and now fitted it in my conservatory, I have a wee question. Is there any reason I cannot use a tumble drier insulated vent hose as my heat output hose.

The reason being, the heater is mounted quite high up to keep it next to the exhaust exit point in the conservatory, and I’d like to extend the heat ducting down to floor level, where it should be more effective.

I’ve seen someone fit one of these in a log cabin building, he put insulated car exhaust tape around the exhaust where it went through the building, if you can do this where it goes through the plastic tumble drier vent hose it’ll keep the surface temps down a lot

 

[fizzy]

I guess you mean 10p an hour ??

sorry 10p per kw/h
Still not fully with it

 

[Farside]

 

[not done it yet]

If, in any way, you constrict the hot air flow, the fan may slow down a tad, resulting in an over-rich mixture being used. If incomplete combustion occurs, there will be increased carbon monoxide (careful if the exhaust connections are indoors) and more particulates that may well eventually constrict the heat exchanger.

Best way to circulate the air in a smallish room would be a smallish electric fan

 

[500e]

Have 4 friends with these heaters all now run the exhaust through 100 to 150mm close to floor the amount of heat of radiant heat is worth the work one with a. long run of 150mm steel pipe gets a temp close to heater of 45 at the exaust vent end down to 3/4. Make sure it is sealed and vents out doors
We took the 150mm pipe one to bits a week or so ago to have a look . look hardly any carbon a quick brush out about 1/2 an egg cup full a wipe of the glow plug with a 3m green pad and back together
Thanks to all who suggested what I required we have not had any problems with any of those 4 & hope to have the one I was given working soon ordered a new temp probe

 

[mike os]

Question for those that know

What models are thermostatic rather than “heat level “ … want one that I can set a temperature and leave it to sort itself out

 

[gaz1]

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[not done it yet]

My first one was thermostatic. The second one likely is, too.

The first one simply jacks up the fuel injection until the set tempersture is reached. It then (progressively?) reduces the fuel to minimum. Likely it only oscillates between its maximum setting and the minimum.

A few words of warning. Don’t rely on the claimed settings. Don’t necessarily expect it to maintain the temperature at the set point.

With mine, the minimum fuel injection was, I think, more than the minimum claimed. The set point was not what was indicated on the controller - I think mine did not do anything until the real temperature was several degrees in excess of the set point. It provided a read out of the temperature as the controller warmed, but the thing did not appear to turn down untill about 7 degrees (may be more) above that set.

Fuel modulation is only to minimum - if that minimum fuel injection warms the area to more than required, you cannot do anything about it.

The piece of kit for remote operation and all sorts of measurements may well make the heater work much better - but the genuine piece of kit will likely double the cost of installation.

 

[mike os]

Cheers guys …