Skotl's diesel heater garage install thread

[Scalarocco]

I find my heater (Maxpeedingrods kit) to be quite loud. You can hold a conversation near it but you have to speak a bit louder. I wouldn't want one in a camper van. It would be like sleeping next to a hairdryer all night when it's on full power. Good heat output but I need to insulate my workshop to really get the best from it.

 

[stuvy]

Not that noisy , you have silencer on exhaust?
For the price they work well and all of the ones I know of have lasted at least 2 years others 5

I don’t have one

I spoke to a lad next door that has the webasto in his camper and he said you can sleep with it on at night as it’s so quiet

Will keep an eye out for one of them

 

[not done it yet]

I find my heater (Maxpeedingrods kit) to be quite loud. You can hold a conversation near it but you have to speak a bit louder. I wouldn't want one in a camper van. It would be like sleeping next to a hairdryer all night when it's on full power. Good heat output but I need to insulate my workshop to really get the best from it.

Many buy a too-large version. My ’5kW’ heater is noisier than my 2kW example. Apart from rapid warm-up, I think my smaller heater would suffice in the workshop. I most certainly don’t need my workshop heater on, at full speed, for long - but part of that is the size and insulation of it.

 

[gaz1]

I don’t have one

I spoke to a lad next door that has the webasto in his camper and he said you can sleep with it on at night as it’s so quiet

Will keep an eye out for one of them

webasto's are expensive and so is the wiring loom for them

many buy the chinese type there good enough and have easily replacable parts for them

if you want less drone from them fasten to a solid surface anything that can echo will echo with them

if it says 5kw or 8kw its a lie they dont exist as there under 5kw output with a heat exchanger on them you can add water to them and also use radiators as well as they output at 100c+

 

[slim_boy_fat]

The Chinese one is much, much louder than either of the others - the exhaust isn't a problem, it's the fan noise that comes from the hot air side - it sounds like someone hoovering in the next room. Doesn't matter so much in the shed,

I tend to put the heater in the cave on at full blast initially, then turn down the temp setting once I'm comfortable - that seems to slow down the fan to a more acceptable level.

 

[stuvy]

webasto's are expensive and so is the wiring loom for them

many buy the chinese type there good enough and have easily replacable parts for them

if you want less drone from them fasten to a solid surface anything that can echo will echo with them

if it says 5kw or 8kw its a lie they dont exist as there under 5kw output with a heat exchanger on them you can add water to them and also use radiators as well as they output at 100c+

Iv worked on horseboxes with webastos years back they just worked every single time with no issues. I will still think about the cheapy ones just prefer one that I can buy once and keep for when I build my camper conversion as the racing season gets cold towards the end of the year

 

[fizzy]

Iv worked on horseboxes with webastos years back they just worked every single time with no issues. I will still think about the cheapy ones just prefer one that I can buy once and keep for when I build my camper conversion as the racing season gets cold towards the end of the year

Buy 2 - always have a backup - but mine have been faultless.

 

[stuvy]

Buy 2 - always have a backup - but mine have been faultless.

Id prefer to buy it and its quiet from the off

 

[fizzy]

Quick question to everyone that has either a Chinese diesel heater or a webasto/eberspacher variant

How noisy are they to have on?

The exhaust sounds like a jet engine running - in the day you don't notice it outside as traffic noise is louder. Noticeable at night but as long as the exhaust is outside it will be fine. Pump can give an annoying thump thump through solid surfaces so mount it on something to absorb the vibes!
I have ducted ours into the room so the loudest noise is the air intake - not very at all in other words.

 

[fizzy]

Id prefer to buy it and its quiet from the off

I meant reliability wise not noise - they all sound the same!

 

[AVI_8]

I’ve seen some solutions to the noisy pump, a sound proof blanket tie wrapped around it quietens it a lot.
I’ve been thinking about getting one of these, I’ve got an indirect space heater which is great, this morning it was minus 1 degrees in the workshop within 30 minutes of firing it up it was 11 degrees but it uses 2.5 litres of kerosine or diesel per hour and within 1 hour of switching it off the temp as back down to 7 degrees so my thoughts are to use the big heater to provide the initial heat and then one of these Chinese heaters to possibly be able to maintain the heat. Apparently they use half a litre per hour at max output

 

[Misterg]

I will still think about the cheapy ones just prefer one that I can buy once and keep for when I build my camper conversion as the racing season gets cold towards the end of the year

Keep an eye on PF Jones - they sometimes have offers on the Planar heaters around Christmas.

Linky

 

[James1979]

Iv worked on horseboxes with webastos years back they just worked every single time with no issues. I will still think about the cheapy ones just prefer one that I can buy once and keep for when I build my camper conversion as the racing season gets cold towards the end of the year

I have an eber D2 in my pickup.

I bought it new in 05. It’s been in every truck since. I service it regularly and it works.

Was a grand back then but annually that’s not much and it’ll still be going strong in a few years I hope.

All of the HGVs, Buses, Boats that’s I have anything to do with run eber or webasto. No one fits Chinese.

It’s horses for courses but if I’d paid £150k for a new lorry and it came with a shtty Chinese night heater I would have the proper hump.

 

[not done it yet]

Keep an eye on PF Jones - they sometimes have offers on the Planar heaters around Christmas.

Linky

That is expensive, for a cheap chinese diesel air heater. It would have to be a HUGE special offer to get down to 80 quid delivered from the likes of vevor (but it would be a better product than the cheapy).

Neither of mine met the specifications and there may be issues with the build quality - but I knew that before purchasing.

 

[m_c]

That is expensive, for a cheap chinese diesel air heater. It would have to be a HUGE special offer to get down to 80 quid delivered from the likes of vevor (but it would be a better product than the cheapy).

Neither of mine met the specifications and there may be issues with the build quality - but I knew that before purchasing.

Planar aren't cheap chinese though.
They were Russian, but I see production has now been moved to Latvia, along with a name change

The suspicion is the cheap chines are actually a copy of the Planar, as various features are more akin to Planar heaters, than Eberspacher heaters.

 

[Misterg]

That is expensive, for a cheap chinese diesel air heater.

But it's cheap for a quality, European made one.

Build quality is easily on a par with Eberspacher. My Chinese one is like a Christmas cracker toy in comparison.

 

[Trevorleach]

Iv worked on horseboxes with webastos years back they just worked every single time with no issues. I will still think about the cheapy ones just prefer one that I can buy once and keep for when I build my camper conversion as the racing season gets cold towards the end of the year

Seen many dead webastos and eberspachers over the years, sadly some of them were mine, parts prices are a proper **** take.
Was not that long ago the two companies got fined millions for price fixing!

You can buy at least 5 cdh for one eber/webby, and in the case of marine nearer 10 cdh to one web/eber.

 

[Am333rcr]

hi

i have got one of these heaters .

am i missing the main screen? This is all i have been sent . i presume this is the remote only and doesnt totally get rid of screen.

xheers for any help in advance.

no instructions for it to be seen using it alone

 

[m_c]

Some of the manufacturers have changed controllers/displays this year.
That is probably the only display you get for whatever heater you've bought.

 

[Am333rcr]

oh right . probably to save money. i have found instruction online .

sounds like allot of messing around.

will give it a vetter go tomorrow

thanks