Thread: Diesel heater

Mine wouldn't fire up today... Something else for the list.

The fans can be noisy and can vary between heaters on the chinese ones. The top cover unclips and is easily removeable after taking off the inlet pipe as it holds the end on. Then the fan is exposed and give it a good look over as I've found a couple with lots of little bits sticking out on the vanes and even one with a piece that tapped the case as it rotated making even more noise.
I've also made intake silencers with a 300mm long bit of 50mm conduit/pipe with a 25mm piece of coduit drilled full of holes inserted down the centre and space between the two packed with dacron aircon insulation, a couple of end caps with a hole to suit the small conduit and it's done, shuts the intake down heaps.
You can drop the click from the fuel pump volume by removing it from its mount and suspending it on cable ties so it doesn't touch anything to amplify the tick.

Good ideas, Peter. Next question. I've seen lots of vids about those programmable thermostats. So, do they work? Are the safe to use, I mean can they damage the heater? Chicom ones are cheap, Eberspacher's are not. I like the idea though. I don't actually use mine much, but in the VHC ( or the Wombat State Forest for that matter ) in winter it's a good thing to have.

Hi,
A bit on controls here...

https://youtu.be/YW2biaijaO8'si=gZ4vQtOzYvHcwnwU

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Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
A bit on controls here...

https://youtu.be/YW2biaijaO8'si=gZ4vQtOzYvHcwnwU

Cheers

In that vid, the first one he touches is similar to what mine has. Set and forget. Mine doesn't have the lights, but it does have a plain fan on/off button, not sure when I would use that.. Trouble is, I don't like sleeping with it on. I get too hot. My late wife would have loved having it on all night.....

Ours is noisy while its winding up but then drops to a very quiet whir and the odd tick from the pump, the timer settings on the controller are good.

You guys should look at an Aussie enthusiasts product called "Afterburner" its a controller for these heaters and its brilliant

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