Workshop Heater | Keeping the Workshop Warm
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- Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024
- Well i hope this helps people to keep their workshop warm so they can use it all year round, i was using a oil filled rad to heat the workshop but as we know electric prices aren't cheap. I was watching youtube and came across a video where someone was using one of these heaters to heat the workshop so i had a light bulb moment and here we are.
*kw pre heater from eBay was under £100 all you need extra is a power supply i see some people run these from an old car battery but i wanted something more stable, i went for a 240volt 12v 30amp power unit from eBay i will put links below.
its taken a bit of time as i had to order some extra 75mm pipes to pipe where i wanted it but been worth it, i am getting 5 days heating from 15ltrs of fuel.
i am running mine on heating oil as it the cheapest opinion but it will run on diesel and paraffin too.
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Great video steve .only after buying one for my shed . Thank to You're video it has answered a few questions. And giving great ideas thanks
They are great heaters and perfect for sheds and workshops. So glad it helped.
amazing skills drawing these straight lines on your metal plate. Very impressed!
thank you, try my best to impress
Cheers Steve I've been looking at these for ages but didn't have the confidence to fit one, now I do. Nice one 👍🏻
Cheers gav. Glad it helped.
I’ve got the 8kw. Installed it before Christmas. Nice and toasty
They are a great bit of kit. Well impressed with it.
Nice layout for eye-ballin"😆
Thanks for the video, it is certainly food for thought, especially after the recent episode from the beast from the east.
Good luck.
Cheers james.
Absolutely brilliant idea. A diesel heater keeps my bus warm down well below 0°
They are an awesome bit of kit for the prices. So cheap compared to other heating systems.
I seen a guy run his exhaust though an old small radiator, then out onto the open air. Great way to get even more heat from the wasted end of the unit
The problem with doing that is the exhaust fumes may be staying longer in the chamber and really they should clear to fresh air as quickly as possible.
Fuel pipe mount from the top, just poke tube in or buy the the metal tube. My fuel tank is 6 feet below heater, primes and runs ok.
My first van heater i fitted fuel line from below, later realised it could have been from the top, save any potential leaks..
Great video Steve. Think it's something to add to my workshop when it's finally built
You won’t be disappointed
Steve when you do the fuel tank use a bit of wire and Fred it through the smaller hole up to the bigger hole then slide the fitting down the wire. Great video might be a good idea to have in my garage
That’s a cold idea mate cheers. You won’t regret it mate great heater.
Exactly what I did with mine yesterday mate 😄
Just a thought they supply fuel hose i put a wire down it and fed through the 8mm hole to the filler hole took out the wire pushed the fitting in the hose and pulled it back bingo job done smug mode 👌👌👌
Pretty ingenious setup Steve! Great stuff and sounds like a great value!
Thanks for sharing!
- Seth
Cheers Seth hope it helps
Hi. Good video but two points, one that should be attended to ASAP. The Exhaust on these get very hot indeed, passing the exhaust through a hole in the wood of the shed is dangerous, you should make the hole double the diameter and use heat wrap on the stainless exhaust pipe for safety so there is a gap. Ideally mount the heater at floor level as heat rises, You'll have a hot head and cold feet!
Hi thank you for watching the video and thank you for the feed back.
The hole going through the wooden wall is a 45mm hole which gives it 10mm clearance all around it, it has a metal plate which is a tight fit which is fixed to the outer wall holding the exhaust in place. The heater has been mounted in the same location for the past 2 years and there is not burning of scorching on the wood.
As for the hot air out puts I agree with you but the way my workshop is equipped I have no where for the heat vents to be mounted on the lower level, I do use a couple of small fan to circulate the warm air. I dont suffer with cold areas and the workshop is well insulated.
Very nice setup Steve...curious of your sq footage of the workshop this is supplying heat to.
Thank you. My workshop is around 8m x 6m so 48sq meters.
Diesel night heaters are a great thing, I would urge you to have a carbon monoxide detector installed. It would seem that you have an awful lot for the money.
All the best mate 👍👍
Cheers Danny. I do have one in the workshop all the time as it’s better to be safe.
Can’t wait to watch this I want one of these
Great heat for any workshop. Keeps shop lovely and warm.
Kerosene will not lubricate the pump enough that's why these heaters are made for diesel. Another problem I see in your installation is the exhaust should be protected from the wood passing thru the building like that. The exhaust can reach 500 degrees and start that wood on fire!
Thank you for watching and thank you for your comment, the exhaust has a 15mm gap around it to allow for the heat and is held in place with a metal plate, the heater has been going for over three years now and no burning on the wood.
As for the pump i agree less lubricant in kerosene but again pump has been running for three years and still the original pump, plus they are only £15 to replace so fuel savings out ways the pump cost.
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Looks a great bit of kit Steve, You will be turning in your Budgie smugglers lol
Lol you don’t want to see that. Hell I don’t want to see 😂
With hot air rising, would it not be better to install the heat pipes at low level as in motorhomes and caravans?
It would be mate but it not possible to do that as I have benches all the way around the workshop.
Hi Steve. How big is the space that the machine is heating? We are in the process of erecting our new Mens Shed which will be a very large space to heat. Looking to keep it as warm as possible for the least expenditure.
My workshop is around 6m x 8m but is well insulated.
Really interesting video thanks steve
Thanks Keith.
great vid Sir poor you, you have the sniffels
Do you find the air is still as hot by the time it gets to the end of your long ducting compared to a short tube?
There is going to be a slight reduction in heat due to the length of piping but nothing worth worrying about.
It's ok if you dont have an moaning naighbour who moans about the sound of it stuck on the outside wall. I had to move mine to my shed after his bitching about it.
@@SKKrafts think I will have to look into the settings of it. I dont seem to get a huge output of heat. I e seen videos where you enter a code and then play around with the settings to get it to run better
I don’t have that problem
Hot air rises, you should put the heater a foot off of the floor!
i totally agree with you but unfortunately i have no spare floor space where i could bring it in so that was second choice.
Cannot believe you did this over a year ago, the one in your link isnt available anymore.
Good job.
I was surprised too as I had someone message me yesterday asking if it’s still going ok. Made such a difference to the workshop.
Why did you pick a 360W transformer?
I cannot find anywhere on the listing where the heater states its requirement
I fitted a 30amp 12v supply because when heating the glow plug it takes 25amps. I found this out by watching a guy who test and fits them I. To lorry’s and camper-vans. He recommended that I use a 25amp minimum power supply.
@@SKKrafts makes sense.
Surely the glow plug ain’t on constantly!
No it isn’t but you need to allow for it on start up.
Great work Steve Nikki should be nice and warm now :-)
I got one of these nice bit of kit i also bought a carbon monoxide detector to be safe . Have you looked at red diesel or is Kerosene cheaper ?
Cheers Martin. I have a carbon monoxide detector in the shop just in case. Red diesel is more expensive than heating oil mate. I pay 43pence a litre for heating oil.
It is desirable to run any of the 12v diesel heaters via a battery with a charger rather than a power supply. The heaters need to run a shut down cycle to cool the unit before they finaly shut down. If the 12 vollts is supplied via a mains unit and there is a mains power failure the cooling and shutting down procedure will not be initiated which could cause an undesirable overheating of the case and unit.
This is true. I have had my machine running for over a year now and never had a power failure yet. It’s more cost effective to run from a power supply than a battery with a charger running all the time. Many many people run from a power source and don’t seem to have any problems.
Very interesting stuff, Thanks. 👍👍
Cheers bud.
Thank you Mate I never thought of running one of those in a building
They work really well and for the price of them I think they are good value.
any update regarding your diesel heater, seeing as its now been a year? im looking at doing the same.
No complaints mate still going strong and keeping the workshop nice and warm.
@@SKKrafts Have you done any upgrades or silencing of the clicking fuel pump?
@@paulhallissey676 the only thing I have done is make a filter housing for the intake.
Hi Steve, That looks ideal. My shop is only 10 by 8 so a smaller model, like the 2KW, would be better for me.
Having said that with my dust extractor going it heats my workshop to 80 F quite quickly and the walls are insulated so heat retention is quite good.
How much did all the extra bits and pieces cost.
Did you use the exhaust muffler?
It may still be something I will into after doing a cost exercise comparing what I have now to installing something like this.
Fantastic video Steve and I'm keeping it for future reference.
Take care mate.
Cheers, Huw
Thanks huw. For the power supply was around 20 quid I think and the fuel pipe and filter was under £10. The expensive part was the extended heating pipes as I had to have 3 x 2m lengths which where £20 each. But worth it I think.
@@SKKrafts Thanks Steve
you have the air inlet right next exhaust mate it will draw in fumes .i get yourself a carbon monoxide alarm
The air that is drawn into the burn chamber through that pipe is not the air that carry’s the heat. Perhaps you should do your research before you make these kind of comments, and yes I do have a carbon monoxide detector as anyone should have when using any fossil fuel heating system.
Thank you for the view and comment
@@SKKrafts done plenty of research buddy your exhaust is too close to air intake
It’s installed to the instructions,
@@SKKrafts the Chinese ones is it 🤔
Government should supply these to everyone for emergencies and shortage of petro
By “Government” you mean the taxpayer.
You and I.
So we all provide one for someone else?
Only get one if your illegal. Ready to vote globalist. What you don’t know. They plan on making it illegal. After they give you one. For fee. Lol. Shut down yur testla. Save the earth, get rushia to nuke. Problem solving think tanks. Create robot takeover.
Should the government stop ripping everybody off so everybody can afford it?
At the moment Diesel is £1.90 a ltr, so 3 ltrs a day would equal £5.70 a day, which seems very expensive to me. Nevertheless, a good content and well made video.
I pay £1.04 a litre I am using 15 litres ever 6-7 days. My heater runs 24 hours a day. It much cheaper than having a electric heater running.
190 is for road diesel you could use agricultural diesel
I use heating oil much cheaper.
@@SKKrafts ya I think i might go to that myself they say bad for pump but then I seen pumps are only 20 quid for new one, my heater came last week setting it up over Christmas
I have been running mine for over a year on heating oil have no problems with it.
Hope you don’t get mice in the workshop……if they chew on that fuel line you could arrive one morning to find 10 litres of diesel on the floor 😂
Won’t happen mate as I have bait boxes everywhere just in case.
@@SKKrafts Hope you’re right, going to redo mine in microbore copper possibly….it’s on the ‘to do’ list anyway……also known as the ‘it’ll never get done list’ 😛
Half vidio bout drill hols.? Who cares.?? Wheres half hour unboxing show. Lol we need things like put pump strait up and down. Air bibles better.,don’t you want to pre
Fill fuel line so you don’t burn up pumpsies
Thanks for watching, maybe you should do one to show us how it should be done. Glad you enjoyed.