Cheap Ebay diesel heaters

**weeds** · 19th January 2018, 07:47 PM

A mate of mine has a cheaper version in his caravan for a few years....purchased on eBay from a guy in rural Victoria I think. He says it been faultless.

**Homestar** · 19th January 2018, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by rangieman

Im thinking Wood Duck or Guinea Pig and will be watching with interest

Will see how interested you are at Wombat this year if it's as cold again as some years. 👍

**rangieman** · 19th January 2018, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by Homestar

Will see how interested you are at Wombat this year if it's as cold again as some years. 👍

We have our Butane heater

**p38arover** · 19th January 2018, 10:39 PM

I've been watching a TV series "George Clarke's Amazing Spaces". It's surprising how often I've seen wood fires. e.g., pot belly stoves, in caravans (in the UK, of course)!

**bblaze** · 19th January 2018, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by p38arover

I've been watching a TV series "George Clarke's Amazing Spaces". It's surprising how often I've seen wood fires. e.g., pot belly stoves, in caravans (in the UK, of course)!

A few years ago down here in Tassie the commercial fishing boats nearly all had a wood fired pot belly of some sort
cheers
blaze

**Homestar** · 20th January 2018, 03:28 PM

If it wasn't for the weight, I'd do that in a flash! 👍😊

**Dorian** · 20th January 2018, 09:05 PM

My parents have a “cheap” diesel heater. Had it in the 18ft van for a bit less than two years. They do the grey nomad thing. They’re in their 70’s, and for some unexplained reason like to travel thru SA / Vic during autumn, so they run it most nights for the two months they’re away. They’ve not had any problems. Uses about 3 litres per night when it’s less than 10 outside.
From memory they paid around $400 mark. Didn’t come with a tank though.

Cheers Glen

**austastar** · 21st January 2018, 01:46 PM

Hi,
I got a tank made to fit in a spare gas bottle cupboard.
Dumb!
A modified gas bottle would have been much cheaper.
In retrospect, I would put a deck filler from Whitworths

Stainless Steel Deck Filler Diesel 38mm, $34.95 | Whitworths Marine

in the gas cylinder with a dip tube pickup and similar vent.

Then it can be easily filled outside. If you do it right, you can put a short rubber tube on the vent and use this to prime the pump and if put on the pickup as well, to seal the container if needed.
Cheers

**Ranga** · 21st January 2018, 03:46 PM

On a side note, I've recently acquired a new Truma 14L hot water system. Unfortunately, it runs off LPG, which I don't carry any more, and it's too big to fit in our slide-on. Not sure what I'm going to do with it...

**ian4002000** · 21st January 2018, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Dorian

My parents have a “cheap” diesel heater. Had it in the 18ft van for a bit less than two years. They do the grey nomad thing. They’re in their 70’s, and for some unexplained reason like to travel thru SA / Vic during autumn, so they run it most nights for the two months they’re away. They’ve not had any problems. Uses about 3 litres per night when it’s less than 10 outside.
From memory they paid around $400 mark. Didn’t come with a tank though.

Cheers Glen

I fitted an Ebaspacher heater to my van and it is great, got it from England on the web. I added extra mufflers and tubing and a pipe for a jerry can.
Really easy to fit.
I run it every night when cold, just set it to 16 and it controls the temp.
Mine uses approx. less than one litre per 14 hours but in freezing temps it may have used an extra half a litre a night.
The wife is very happy and makes travelling in winter great !
I also fitted an inlet muffler and the heater is very quiet but does have a slight jet roar when firing up from cold.

I reckon it is the best accessory for a van ever made.
These heaters are used in Europe for trucks , busses and earth moving and I have read where many people have added them to Defenders to pre heat the vehicle in the snow.
You can by a remote control timer switch thing but I just went with the basic thermostat.

Ian
Bittern

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