Thread: Diesel heater

Here is a pic of mine. Installed it a few years ago and cant remember what size it is. Instructions lacking much info.
One day I will work out how to make it hotter and pipe it into the back camper section. Its OK in the cab. Sucks from driver footwell and pumps into passenger side. Plastic tank would not fit anywhere so used an old Honda tank.

IMG_2867 by Keith Cree, on Flickr

Originally Posted by 123rover50

Here is a pic of mine. Installed it a few years ago and cant remember what size it is. Instructions lacking much info.
One day I will work out how to make it hotter and pipe it into the back camper section. Its OK in the cab. Sucks from driver footwell and pumps into passenger side. Plastic tank would not fit anywhere so used an old Honda tank.IMG_2867 by Keith Cree, on Flickr

Looks good Keith. Makes me want to move mine outside as well. Mine will warm the whole OKA though, where it is. At today's prices you could probably fit a second one for the back.
I like the Honda tank. I have a couple of those... Good bit of repurposing.

I did a temporary fitting of the plastic tank but going to replace it with an 8L stainless steel one from ebay,less likely to get damaged by knocks and i can fit in into a better position to allow for external filling.

Originally Posted by Tins

Looks good Keith. Makes me want to move mine outside as well. Mine will warm the whole OKA though, where it is. At today's prices you could probably fit a second one for the back.
I like the Honda tank. I have a couple of those... Good bit of repurposing.

This is not as big as yours and I find if I lower the poptop at night it stays warmer.
When I have to get up at 4AM for one of my several nightly P breaks I can use the remote to crank the heater up and all is warm when its time to rise and shine.

Stainless steel 8ltr tank fitted and a marine access hatch for filling.

I fitted one of those SS tanks to the inside of the compartment door where the heater is, works really well and easy to fill when the door is swung open.

Mine feeds off the main LH fuel tank.. Course, that's not an option on a van. If I can find an affordable diesel cooker I might consider the standalone tank option for them both.

I've installed an Eberspacher diesel heater in our Trayon camper, I tucked it into the compartment where the LPG hot water unit is and used a 5L plastic fuel container located with the LPG cylinder. The heater warms the space in the Trayon in just a few minutes but I'm finding it's very noisy. I've read all sorts of things about quieting the clicking of the fuel pump on the chicom heaters; this makes me wonder if the blower noise is normal, as we wouldn't hear any clicking over the fan noise. Are they meant to be this noisy?