Heating A House With 12V Diesel Heaters (Great Power Outage Protection) -30c
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- Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2022
- This is a quick video recapping how we managed to heat our house in Sweden using 12v diesel heaters (or parking heaters) designed for vehicles.
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I use one of these as my primary heater in my house, gas is just too expensive these days. I run mine on heating Kerosene at £1.39/litre (05-02-23) and it heats the downstairs of my 3 bedroom house no problem at all. 10 litres will last about 3 days with the heater on all day on H-2 setting.
Best £133 I have ever spent.
Just fitted one my studio flat. Have one in my camper van last several years.
What brand may I ask.cheers
Excellent Blog As Always Ash ❤Giving People A Back Up Plan,And Alternative In The Present Fuel Crisis 💯❤️👏👏
Thank you Michael 👍 the vast majority of people don't even realise there are alternatives to "the norm" so hopefully these videos can inspire a few 😊
Look at that workshop, my hubby is salivating 😂
I really like the idea of using one of these and see many people running them on waste oil too. One thought that crossed my mind was passing the exhaust through sand before it reaches the outside, perhaps a pipe within a pipe of sand or just a box. Then the sand would retain some of the heat like a thermal battery, if the heat was high enough you could even run a copper coil in the sand maybe and heat enough water for 1 radiator and install it in a bathroom or airing cupboard perhaps.. Great video, well explained and kudos to the one metre loft insulation :)
Using sand is a great idea.
That's a great idea with the sand. I have actually been looking at thermal batteries recently and think I'm going to have a play soon see what I can do. Definitely on the right track with recovering Hest from the exhaust though, that thing gets extremely hot and is just wasted energy 👍
@@ash.pollard Yeah, it will be good to see how you get on, good luck 👍
@@lukegifford5671 great idea
@ash.pollard You can harness that wasted exhaust heat and help heat the room by passing it through some form of heat exchanger. That will cool the gasses enough to avoid any excess heat getting near wall insulation. Maybe a small central heating radiator panel, or a turbo intercooler off a vehicle. You have to remember that stepping down the exhaust bore will give some back pressure that affects combustion and performance. Possibly need to split the exhaust with a Y piece and feed it through two heat exchange panels. Whatever you experiment with, the exhaust gasses will condense, so gas needs to enter it high, and exit low to avoid a condensation trap blockage. Exhaust gas also contains acids from combustion, that can corrode some metals. Check any components regularly to avoid potential Carbon Monoxide leaks.
Ash, you are brilliant, well impressed, stay warm.
Thanks Dave 👍
Thanks Ash for this clear explanation. I recieved a diesel heater the other day yet to be installed in my caravan. Looking forward to warmth and coziness as the winter outside roars.
You're welcome. We also have one in our caravan and it works fantastic 👌
Could you show us how you installed it in your caravan? Even a brief video?@@ash.pollard
Hi Ash. Just discovered your channel. My heater arrived yesterday, the kind that’s encased with the fuel tank, pump etc. Once my extra lengths of 75mm pipe arrive I’m locating it all against an outside wall with heater pipe going through the wall in two places via a Y piece. This will heat a small lounge and similar sized bedroom. It is a back-up as I have oil fired central heating but also for convenience if I don’t want to heat the whole bungalow. Thanks for sharing your set-up with us. 👍🏻
Sounds great! Welcome to the channel 😊 only thing I will suggest although you've probably thought of this already, if mounting the unit outside I would recommend also plumbing the blown air intake to draw from inside aswell. This means if you get any kind of leak from the exhaust or maybe lingering fumes it won't get drawn inside the house. Hope that made sense 👍
Just got a Chinese diesel heater as emergency back up if we have problems this winter....
Great video thanks never get bored of the Northern Lights.
By the way, about time we had another live stream with your better half on the Whisky!
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1:46 🐈🐁Sulky with her Mouse🤣
Great video Ash !
Very helpful straightforward information
Thank you!
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Doing their job I guess 😅 glad you found it useful!
Thanks for explaining the intake and exhaust. Several other RUclips videos never addressed this very important aspect of the diesel heater. It may seem obvious to some viewers. But the reason many of us watch RUclips videos is because things that should be obvious to us.... are not always obvious. Rookies need to have things explained to them. Thanks!
Excellent video and yes please on the insulation 👍
Cheers 👍 ok will make one
Thanks
That was cool explaining, house a area looks great.
Nice one go steady
A very useful content, thank you, Ash!
You're welcome 😊
Fascinating. Thanks for this.
I like the idea of the heat from the ceiling outlet 👍👍
Works surprisingly well actually. Normally quite hard to make heat go down 😅
Thanks for the info ,I am definitely going to consider this for my workshop project and yes please on the insulation video.
Would be amazing in a smallish workshop with decent insulation 👌 My workshop here is about the size of a UK double garage but with lower ceiling and it works very well.
Nice video! Hope the Swedish government keep their profile to do a good drop of diesel prices from 1 of January 2024. Cheers
Great work.
I run mine on Kerosene(28 sec heating oil) but add a few drops of lubricant to tank because it can damage the pump quite quickly. But costs very little and should burn a lot cleaner than diesel.
Nice 👌 we only use straight diesel because its what's available in the village but I'm sure there's plenty of options
Hi Ash Great Video Mate Keep Up The Great Work Dude
Cheers David 👍
Thanks ash brilliant video I've just ordered 4 of these I'm not going to pay extortionate price for gas anymore here in the UK
These wee diesel heaters are awesome....I heat my concrete garage / workshop with an 8kw version....its very comfortable inside when its -5 outside....thought about putting one in my van for those cold and frosty mornings ....Nice video thanks....🏴
They work bloody well in vans. I was in my camper the other night at -30 using only the diesel heater 😊👍
-30°C feck.
Brilliant video Ash. Fabulous bits of kit. Look after them and they will definitely look after you. You can still get Red in the UK but so many restrictions. But you can still use it with the heating. If not 50 50 old engine oil and diesel. Insulation video would be interesting. Although with the lifestyle out there all videos are interesting and brilliant to watch. All the very best both. Take care
Yea man that's it 👌 oh really? I thought they had binned it for some reason. Nice one
@@ash.pollard In The Netherlands it's illegal ,even for generators.
Belgium has exeptions , but not if the tank is connected to the driving engine. then it's illegal. (so not the tractor , but an implement being pulled with red diesel in the tank is allowed , as long as the fuel systems aren't connected to eachother)
Enlightening and educational as always. Fully agree with the “redundancy” approach, in most if not all things that can hurt me and my family.
I’ve just installed a 4m x 4m log cabin in the garden for my wife to use as a craft/sewing space, and have been considering one of these to provide its heating. I’ll definitely need a turret plate as the whole thing is wood!
Also good to see you’ve got your Wera Advent calendar on your workbench for the run up to Christmas.
A diesel heater would be excellent in a space that size! It was able to heat my big van overnight to a comfortable temperature on low in -30 no problem 👍 got to have the wera calendar haha
I plumbed a 5kw into an external shed and ran the pipe into the kitchen. It's been in for 2 years now and is amazing for instant heat until the log burner takes over. We have a 2 story stone and lime house and the livingroom and kitchen are open plan. I have mine set to 2.4 not the full 5.4 and it runs forever on a tank. I'm about to start experimenting with waste oil and mixing with diesel.
Fantastic👍 yea you can run them on the fixed pump speed setting as well and work great. I choose to use the thermostat control because last winter we had the workshop unit running for 5 months 24/7 so needs to be blasted on full periodically to make sure no soot builds up inside.
I love mine in my expedite van I've used in in Winnipeg Manitoba -25F kept me from freezing 🥶 now as for running waste motor oil that is a big no-no you will coke the inside of the burn chamber up really quick but you can run waste vegetable oil filtered really well mix it with 50/50 diesel or kerosene and that'll work perfectly fine it will burn just like diesel or you can add a little bit of gasoline to the veggie mix too which will help thin it out I've done that and never had a problem with it not burning
Ash great video, cheers. Just one point I picked up was the availability of red diesel in the UK. Yes you can still buy it from some garages or heating oil supplier and in general it's about £1.50 a litre.
Cheers Tom 👍 I hope its not £150 a litre 🤣 cool that you can still get it though I thought it had been cut for some reason.
He missed the dot on the original comment so it read £150 not £1.50 😄👍
I’ve just started using heating oil which runs at .94p as of December 2022i also add sae foam to help lubricate the fuel pump as heating oil runs cleaner but with less lubrication. Works great even set on high alt mode, so saves even more! Great video though. I liked a comment from someone else regarding the exhaust outlet and being able to somehow adapt it to use the heat it produces without the fumes of course. Ideas would be great.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but you should slice off that exhaust 'Cannon' at the bottom of the front edge, otherwise you will start catching rain and snow in there and it will drown your heater. Nice Vid, very interesting :)
That's funny actually, this was on my to do list in spring and I completely forgot! To be fair last winter nothing seemed to go down there and as for rain there's the drip hole at the lowest point which is actually there because these heaters produce quite a bit of water from the exhaust when they burn. We'll spotted though, will sort it this week (just in case) 😊
Really good video, thank you. You remind me of Tyson Fury!
I am living off grid and have a 12 volt solar electric power system. Although I run my diesel heater on it's own 12 volt power supply. And I get my fuel from my local farm co-op, red diesel that is Tractor diesel aka farm diesel ⛽. No sense paying the hi way tax on fuel not used on the hi way.
Also, I love the video footage of the Aurora in the beginning! Thank you.
Red diesel is definitely the way to do it if you can. We don't have that option unfortunately
For watchers in the UK. you need to find a supplier of domestic heating oil [Kerosene] Usual minimum delivery of 500 litres but the price is only about 90p / litre These heaters will run cleanly and reliably on this fuel. I get mine from a neighbour and just take an empty oil drum down when he is getting a delivery and we split the bill.
Is that the view from your home???? Stunning.
It is indeed 😊it's a beautiful country
@@ash.pollard You're a lucky man... thank you for the video.
Excellent vid, like n sub
Oh wow i said this ages ago why can we not get a deisel heater in the house ha ha brilliant video, sorry late to watch my Mum is terminally ill so going back and forth
Sorry to hear about your mum. I think they are an excellent way to get some extra heat 👌 even with the price of diesel it's probably cheaper than running electric heaters now 😅
@@ash.pollard True, thankyou
I like it, as I make my own diesel from used cooking oil, I'll get one. It does get cold here in Australia in the winter.
Ahh wish we had a local supplier for cooking oil, I would absolutely be doing that 👍
@@ash.pollard Where are you Ash?
I am in Australia in the lower Hunter Valley, about 160 km north from Sydney. Plenty of deep fry kitchens in close proximity. x
I had one in my van, as you do and they are so good. On a cold morning, full blast the condensation was gone in no time.
Definitely an essential for a camper I would say. Given how much heat you get for how little investment
To open a video from u, is like open a cristmaspresent thats guaranteed not to dissapoint. 💝
Show us the insulation, please, and show how important it is to NOT compress it. The isulation have one purpose, to prevent the air from convecting. Nothing more, nothing less.
As a building engineer specialized in building low energy cost houses, thats the most common mistake I see done by diy,ers. 🥶
Cheers and thanks for your time and work Ash,, 🍻🍻🥰👍👍
Aww that's very kind 😊 haha yea holding the air is the whole point! Our 35cm wall could be squashed to 5cm but it wouldn't do very much then!
@@ash.pollard 💖💖
thanks
Thank you! Got one of those lying around wating for a purposeful install. I now have a 3x5m garage/work shed that is totally unisolated and rather open under the roof, but perhaps it will be usefull there anyway. There is an old fuel tank in the building next to it with a 3000 liter tank. Perhaps there will be some residual fuel oil in that :) And yes! Please show how you insulated the barn!
I think one would definitely help even without insulation but with some basic foam on the walls and roof it could be toasty 😊 OK I will show the insulation soon 👌
DAMNIT,mine came in without the fuel pump and I ordered the complete kit
Just fitted a bluetooth Maxpeedingrods one in our house for emergency backup use if the grid goes down, can't find red diesel any more but its seems quite happy running on 28 second heating oil which is about the same price as cherry.
Nice 👌 yea you can run them on quite a variety of things really. We only use pump diesel because its all we can get locally. Not ideal, but works.
You can buy "Red Diesel" (it is not always red) in many countries, it is normally without road taxes and mostly used for heating or in non road going machineries. I think that you can get it in Sweden as a "heating oil".
Kerosine is another option, in some countries it is cheaper, in other not.
I'll have to look into it more for Sweden. So far searches for heating oil haven't come up with anything. I know here they don't even have the "red" diesel option for machinery etc. People on farm have to use the same as everyone else
We do still have red diesel in the UK, but this year there were many more restrictions on what it can be used for. In the UK heating oil is still expensive compared to what it was, but when I bought some a few weeks ago it was £0.80/litre versus £1.85/litre or so for pump diesel
@@russ1046 wow not as much difference here in Canada between dyed and clear diesel. Clear is about $2.25/L and dyed $2.15/L so dyed here is about £1.32/L with the exchange rate
Red diesel is still legal for agriculture, marine and certain other industries in the UK, including heating and generation of electricity in non-commercial homes, churches and hospitals etc. The law changed in April 2022 and industries like construction and plant hire were no longer able to use it legally. All said, the price has shot up and it's about twice the price it was when I was last using it in 2016.
Thanks for the info Ash (I didn`t know this), yes your correct, as from April 2022, the UK government have effectively done away with red diesel, you now have to buy normal white diesel and pay full duty.😞
It's real shitty they did that. But then again a Jerry can of petrol used to be £4.50 "back in the day" 😅
Kerosene?
Kerasene ( heating Oil) but be sure to add something like sea foam or a good 2 stroke additive as without may shorten the life of the fuel pump.
Ive watched 27 videos and finally found yours that shows that i CAN mount it on its side without any problems. Another thing is that the intake and exhaust ports are not marked so ho's to know which is which, mine has 4 outlets for the heat which will make it more difficult to plum, but at least i know now that i can put it on its side.
Hahah amazing 😅 yes you absolutely can but only in the orientation with the glow plug at the top. If you mount it the other way you will have problems. As for the outlet all of these heaters are basically the same so I'm sure you could switch out the body plastic for a single outlet very easily if you wanted.
Also the exhaust is always on the hot side of the unit so opposite end to the fan 😊
Just bought 8kw £82. Comes with everything. Fired straight off, no smoke. Using it as domestic heater. I charge battery on overnight electric so gives totally redundancy if temp. power cut.
Safe so long you appreciate these are cab heaters, the unit inside the inlet exhaust outside, like mounting on a cab floor.
You can still get red diesel if you are local to a boat yard like myself 👍🏼👍🏼
Ideal 👌
From the looks of one of your heaters, it does not hurt to run them on their side.
All of mine in the house run on their side as they are passing through exterior walls. Run exactly the same as if installed vertically, just have to make sure the glow plug is at the top
Thanks@@ash.pollard
Have one in my travel trailer, motorhome, garage, jeep, and ice fishing shack….. they are handy but mount them properly for safety man….
already thinking about this 🤔
Mission success then 😊👍
I guess you'd have heard about using an egr cooler on the exhaust to try recoop some of the wasted heat energy? is it something you have planned for the future or do you already have an efficient way of heating all your water?
I have looked into this a bit yea! Something I plan on experimenting with in the future for sure. I'm going to try and build a closed radiator system off the new fire downstairs anyway so might be able to tap into that. Lots of heat wasted from the exhaust. We don't have hot water yet, in fact we don't have running water inside at all 😅 job for the spring
I could see it being permanent if used in the right conditions. such as a camper van or anything smaller than 500 square feet, such as bedrooms or a small shed for a tiny house, for which you could also use one of those big oil drums. the ones that are around 150 gallons. or if you own your own shop and are using the leftover waste oil I use these in my own two-bedroom apartment; however, they are only fired once or twice a year. I kinda have my weird setup kinda. I have a trickle charger connected to a car battery, which keeps the battery charged all year, and then I have the heater connected to the battery itself. Then I have a readout on the battery that tells me when it is full, half full, and so on. then I have a 0 gauge run from both batteries to the front of the house. Because the rooms are right on top of my septic and drain fields, I did this so that if we lose power for longer than the battery can hold a charge, I can simply connect the ground and hot wires with battery cables. and leave the car running, which would be like 10 dollars overnight, but again, you can't complain when it's negative outside and you're cold.
Yea you're right. Because of the price of straight diesel now they are not cost effective to run as a primary heat source. If using alternative fuels though they would be excellent. Especially if you lived near a chip shop and could process the old cooking oil! 😊
I could see them being used to provide heat to prevent pipe freezes during the coldest days, for if electricity goes out, or for long periods away were you can provide an ample supply of diesel before you leave.
I could also see these used in conjunction with heat pumps in a setup where the temps are too cold for the heat pumps to get any usable heat from outside, you could heat up the surrounding air enough to get it to work, which might still result in a net gain on costs.
I have and would buy the newer box silencers for exhaust and surprise the old tin plate silencer fit on the intake.
I've just changed my fuel line as it was that crap green pipe, I love my crappy Chinese diesel heater. I want a wood burner as well but I've no space for 1. I'm gonna buy land and put one of those big summer houses on it and it will have a log burner AND a diesel heater in it.
Yea good move ditching the silicone stuff, only a matter of time before you have issues. That sounds like a proper plan 😁👍
Great walk-through buddy! 👍🏽 Fan-heaters are cheaper than diesel-based heat in this heater - seriously??
You should look into cutting the diesel with waste oil would significantly decrease your costs
Great video Ash, would love to see one on your insulation. Just a quick question did you turn the heater on its side to get the exhaust through the wall or just take pipes down then out? Hope I've explained properly 😁 I know in camper vans they go down through the floor. Thanks in advance
Thanks! Yes you can run them on the side no problem but only with the glow pin at the top. So it can only go in two orientations basically.
@ ASH POLLARD Hi I just came across your channel whilst researching information about these diesel heaters in order to learn more about them before purchasing one. I noticed some constructive comments about trying to recover heat from the exhaust so that it didn't go to waste, but had you thought about fitting a diverter valve to the air intake so you could either choose to draw in fresh cold air from outside or recirculate existing inside air in order to achieve a faster warm up time. If you were to make up a stainless tube exhaust in order to recover extra radiant heat from the exhaust do you have any idea please how long this could be before the extra back pressure might affect the performance of the heater please ?
I'm liking the heat recovery ideas for sure, will be experimenting in the future 👍 as for the exhaust, the longest run I have done is on the middle room heater with the "cannon" that is about 1.5m until is opens up to the drain pipe section and I've never had an issue with it. I've heard one meter is the limit before you need to increase the diameter so maybe best to go with that.
I've been thinking of buying one of these for some time, and now the prices have come down a lot I think I will take the plunge. I'm hoping it will be a lot cheaper than running the boiler as the boiler is over 30KW compared to these heaters at 5KW. From what you are describing, I think one of these will be enough to take the chill off the air in the lounge and bedroom of my little bungalow. It doesn't seem to be very noisy, which is something I was worrying about, not wanting to pee off the neighbours. I can get kerosene locally. I didn't know about the red diesel being stopped. I wonder what the farmers use now. Thanks for another useful video. I would be interested in the insulation you use, just out of curiosity 🙂
Well worth the money in my opinion 😊 as for noise you can actually double up yhe silencers if you want which does cut the noise quite a bit. I'm seeing a few people say red diesel is still available so I must have been given bad info haha. Obviously don't live in the UK anymore so can't check for myself!
@@ash.pollard I'm thinking of pointing the exhaust straight upwards if I can. I'll need to wrap something around it to prevent anyone touching it from burning themselves. I'll work it out 🙂 Thanks 🙂
Dyed diesel is for anything which doesn’t go on the road (road tax). I’m a farmer and burn dyed diesel but if you have a boat or a home tractor or something you are well within your right to burn “farm fuel”
@@gordon6029 Thank you for clearing that up 🙂
Hi I have a question...
Would the heater be more efficient if the air intake was on the inside of the room sucking warmer air?
Great video very informative. Thanks
Just found the exact question further down the comments just ignore me lol. Cheers
Hahah thanks for asking though 😊 glad you enjoyed the video
Hi Ash, just a question.can you put the air intake in the room you are heating rather than outside like the exhaust as i think it would use less fuel to run as the air entering the burn chamber would be much warmer than the - 30 degrees and so make it work far more efficiently what are your thoughts. ?
I actually tried this originally to find out just that and honestly it makes no difference in terms of efficiency. I think actually the fresher oxygenated air from outside will make it burn better. Also I had a problem with one and it over fueled which resulted in smoke pissing out of the air intake into the workshop 😅
Thanks Ash i was considering putting mine internally in my camper van but the thought of the diesel smell that may one day fill my nostrils has put me off that idea 😉
No it is the opposite, cold air has more oxygen per volume and it make the diesel burn better. That is the same logic for putting an intercooler on an engine, cool down the air to get more oxygen per volume.
Where's the link to Chamonix 👍. When vans freeze to the tarmac ... Turn the diesel heater on Marie 😆♥
Hahaha yea, good times! Saved our ass there in -20 as well 😅
As far as having to clean out the heater box on occasion, I wonder if the use of an additive such as Seafoam would make the unit run clean with very little residuals, almost indefinitely not building up sludge... I had the idea from some others that add used motor oil to the diesel, and have significantly increased BTUs, but of course, more buildup and sooner cleanout of the chamber...I mean like a clean out every few weeks to a month....Now an additive may actually lower BTUs on initial present continually even fuel flow, but if I could get the diesel to burn so clean that it rarely needed maintenance, I figure the efficiency would be cleaner burning and a long term net increase in BTUs because of efficiency of burn....Be nice to only have to clean the unit once in the spring...After a hard winter.....I guess what I am asking is that I think it is possible to get "The Awesome Mix...." Or "mixes"...Depending on whether you go straight diesel, or adjust for oil or other additives......That perfect , clean burning, mass BTU fuel ratio that may never have to be cleaned out, before the unit finally breaks down after 20 years when the fan bearings go out....I think it could be done and charted.... I mean, you could make a business out of making custom fuel for each application....Make it burn so clean that there are no environmental issues.....I have watched your channel lots....I think you are straight up good guy....Any ideas about fuel efficiency? I am interested in your take on this.... Have you done any research on this? I think this winter it may be important...I'm PNW/USA...Puget Sound....Not as brutal cold as you...But we have that sink in to the bone chilliness with moisture and arthritis pain, and mildew stuff here....Love ya Bro....I hope you respond. I respect your opinion.... I think it is possible....I grew up in a house that had a "Quaker" stove....fuel oil stove...But It wasn't very efficient for our small house. We "huddled" around it a lot.....I want to do better. But I think diesel is a great, high BTU fuel that is easily made, and can even be replaced with similar waste, or plant oils....And still provide heat...A survivor heat system....Free waste oil is available from restaurants and delis and others.... I'm going to be sad, and cry if a lot of Europeans freeze to their death this winter...Americans too! Especially if it is from lack of knowledge....Uh! Maybe we can help.....Thanks...Sorry I had to write a whole book......I am concerned...This may even be urgent...I don't want to cry.....But reliance on the modern system can kill ya. Even if you die....They still want your money.....They will just sue your progeny, or take your property....I think not....
I think your definitely on the right track investigating different fuels that can be used and additives. To be honest I would love if I could get a natural fuel for this that works as efficiently as diesel. I know there's companies making bio oil from trees so that could be an option. As for cleaning out, as long as the heater is running correctly then you could get away with cleaning once a year. Even then there probably won't be much build up if not run on low setting 24/7. If something is off with the system and the air/fuel mixture is out you can expect it to clog up in about a week, maybe less. Diesel definitely burns well but I don't like that I have to rely on someone or a "system" to access it.
I agree with your concern for people not running their heating because of costs. That why I'm trying to put these videos out to show them there's alternatives.
I don't even live near an ocean. How am I going to come up with a hundred squid.
That's good, 2 points for you 😅
I like these heaters, but how would I power it in case of a power outage? I need 12V and more than a batterie would provide for a longer periode of time!
Our whole house runs on 12v batteries alone haha
can i extend the positive and negative cable on a diesel heater loom
You can indeed just make sure you up the thickness if going over a long distance or it won't be able to handle the current
over say a 24 hour period of them on high, how many Ah or Wh do they use?
Hi can you tell me can you extend the exhaust hose will this cause problems
You can indeed! In the clip of the garage heater the exhaust is around 3m long. The longer you go though the wider the pipe needs to be because of backpressure. I think the original size pipe can be about 1m long if I remember correctly.
The word is wood
Hi I'm from the UK where did you used to live I'm in Wakefield west Yorkshire thx great videos
Grew up in South Leicestershire 😊👍
100 quid, who’s got dat much money sittin around?? I’d rather by me pints of Guinness and just pass out drunk! 🎉
Apparently people in the UK who are spending £400 a month on the utility bill 🙃
I've installed one in my campervan build and it's great.
I'm now investigating installing one in my girlfriend's flat which only has electricity. She gave in and turned on the heating and it cost her £24 overnight to heat up her storage heaters, and that is supposed to be the cheap rate. That is not sustainable on her salary.
My biggest concern is the amount of noise it will generate because of the neighbours.
Any tips for making the exhaust quieter?
Wow that's crazy money! I've experimented using two of the small silencers and that makes quite a bitnof difference. The most effective I've done is that scooter silencer in the video, that made a massive difference and was almost silent when on low. Downside of that though as it has wadding inside I must have soaked it at some point with diesel and it makes a lot of smoke now so took it off. Used it on my old van for a couple years though and was great. Worth playing with, cost about 6 quid from ebay
@@ash.pollard great, thanks.
does the exhurst have to be at the bottom when setting it up. as i was think to put the exhurst on the side.
just seen how u got your one and you say it seem to run ok, do u clean them if so how bad is it inside
No problem using the heater on it side as long as the glow pin is located at the top. In other words it can only sit in one direction. As for cleaning as long as the unit is running correctly and you're burning clean fuel it will last a long time. The one in my van still works and I haven't touched it since install which was over 4 years.
is it running off a thermostat, and what do you think the price is per kW is swedish krones? 🙂
These ones do run on thermostat but they don't actually switch off. Once up to the set temperature they throttle down to a very low speed and hardly use any fuel. Cant comment on price because I've never worked it out haha
Hello mate. I also live in Sweden about 4 hrs north of Stockholm. I am planning to buy and install a diesel heater at my cabin. We are not off grid but I do like the idea of redundancy. One question. How do you supply the power to the unit? Thanks in advance.
Nice! We are off grid so our place is powered with batteries and the heaters run directly from them. If you want to power from mains though you can get a 12v power supply that converts mains AC to 12v DC. Just have to make sure it has enough power as the heaters can pull around 10 amps on startup. 20 amp supply would be plenty 👍
@@ash.pollard Competely off grid in the North of Sweden is pretty ballsy mate. Proper winters up there.
Hello mate. How do you ensure the heater doesn´t get cut off from the power supply? I know you are using batteries but how do you keep batteries charged if the unit is running for long periods. I am planning to use my unit for at least 9 hrs a day, basically when we are sleeping and not burning wood. Thanks in advance.
Hi bud, 50/50 waste engine oil/diesel works and has a high btu output.
Thats the one 👏 still haven't tried it yet but it's on the list 😅
@@ash.pollard it might tend to bung them up from what I've read
I've heard that too. I guess it's just a case of trial and error finding the right mix
@@ash.pollard I dropped you a link on main page might save you some time though I'm sure you'll enjoy the experimentation.
What is your location with minus 36? Liked and subscribed.
Northern Sweden 👍 welcome!
I've been seriously considering these things, can it be powered by a 12 v power cable to the plug hole or has it got to be a 12v battery
Absolutely! As long as your 12v power supply can handle the 10 amps or so draw when it first fires up (glow pin) which lasts for a couple of minutes then it calms right down. I would recommend a battery as a backup though so you can use it if you lose mains power 👍
@@ash.pollard thanks Ash, there's not much info on youtube about powering it other than a 12v battery with a trickle charge from a battery charger. You can still get red diesel in the uk but it's not much cheaper than the normal diesel now, I'll be looking at a different source of fuel. I've seen them being run on old hydraulic oil, old engine oil, in fact anything oil based will work.
this guy is well worth a watch if you have the time. ruclips.net/video/JGVZVCU8FGE/видео.html
Mine runs on a 18 amp max 12v LED power feed. Was 19 euros online. Works perfect.
@@Timson1976
I am heating my house's first floor to 65 degrees daily
As I see it, the only issue might be insurance policies. I don’t think these heaters are certified for indoor use - outside, blowing warm air into the house is likely perfectly OK - but not with the heater inside the dwelling. I would check with your household insurers…. Just in case ….
We don't have any kind of insurance but it's a fair point for others 👍 a lot of people do make an enclosure for it to sit outside when I think is a better idea. Here though that would make maintenance a nightmare when it's cold.
ash good vid on the channel how heat you home with a heat keep up the good vid on the channel thanks lee
Cheers matey 👍 could set one up in your loft 😄
Im confused about the house though, like it had no fireplace and no electricity and no lng/oil tank??
It used to be a barn so had nothing inside 😊
@@ash.pollard Yeah, i watched a couple of your other videos and figured that out :D
I was just really confused why someone would sell a house with literally no heating in a really cold climate so i couldnt stop myself from commenting at the time😅
i dont have a carbattery, can it work on 220v
You can but would have to be through a 12v power supply or it will last about 1 second 😄
@@ash.pollard i got 12 v aadaptors, but i dont think they are''strong'' enough.
im still learning electronica :)
I'm also in Sweden and looking into this myself, what about using red diesel or eldningsolje? I'm sure it's cheaper.
I had a look at eldningsolje as I'd never heard it before but the prices don't look to be much less to be honest. I'm sure there are alternatives though but we don't plan to use these as a main heat source going forward, only as extra.
@Ash Pollard thanks for sharing, I will also only be using it as a supplement not main source of heat. I guess diesel will be used. They don't use alot once warmed up.
@@cliveneilands1449 yea that's it, when on low speed they are very economical. We have a diesel pump in the village so makes sense for us to use that rather than travel out to get other fuels 😊
@@cliveneilands1449 wrong account, same person 🤣
@Lost In Europe just wondering what you used to insulate the hot pipe that goes through the wall? Or is this needed? I'm in a wooden house too.
Hi Ash , does the fan have a brushless motor ? Thanks
I'm not 100% sure on that to be honest
Seems extremely unlikely to me. In general brushless is a bit more expensive and these are certainly built with production cost foremost in mind.
Hello Sid, hope Ash doesn't mind me offering this link to a complete disassembly, clean and replacement of bearings after 2000+ hours run time, which I found to be very clear and informative. The motor in the example discused has carbon brushes. Hope it may be useful to you and others.
ruclips.net/video/pdFhz6w9Op4/видео.html
Can confirm its brushed as I dismantled one for the first time last week to change bearings 😊
@@ash.pollard 👍✅
You heats all your house with 2 heaters? How much m2 have your house?
We did at first yes, now we use two fires. The house is 15x6m two floors
Every house should have a carbon monoxide detector and fire alarm just to be safe, I would make it law that you had one, My dad was a fireman and the things he told us i cant get out of my head even now, He said if they just had an alarm they may be alive today.
I agree for sure 👍
Do you keep you heater battery on charge with a maintenance charger while in use .
No it's just running from the batteries. We dont have mains electricity here so charge up the system twice a week in winter with a generator
They work better if you have the air intake in the same area you are heating.
I tried that, not a great idea. Doesn't change the running but if you have a fault and it suddenly shuts down smoke will come bellowing out the air intake into your room. Been there 😅
@@ash.pollard Interesting!... I have never had that problem the combustion chamber is supposed to be sealed so you shouldn't be getting any combustion gas in your air outlet at all ...I have had condensation steam that looked like smoke though.
When you said air intake you mean the combustion ait intake right? Not the blown air intake, that one definitely should be in the same room 😅 but yea, the combustion side is sealed from the heater blower side as long as the Intake and exhaust are outside the room. If the internal fan stops the diesel keeps burning for a minute and makes a load of smoke which finds its way backwards and out the air intake. Had it happen twice now before I moved the intake outside. Not pleasant
@@ash.pollard Apologies...Wasn't paying attention i thought you had the heating intake coming in from the outside.
Pretty sure you are not supposed to mount those on their side. Exhaust needs to be down Incase it floods so it can leak out. I have 5 of these and all are mounted exhaust down.
They are great for the money aren't they! You absolutely can mount them sideways but only one way. The glow pin has to be facing upwards. Even if they flood in a sideways orientation the diesel can still burn off and clear itself but to be honest if you mount your fuel tank below the level of the heater you will rarely have an issue with it flooding. Normally happens when the fuel gravity feeds slowly down the system if you have the tank above the unit. 👍
Still would rather mount it properly even
If it can work on its side. If it flooded it would
Leak where the exhaust joins instead of running out the exhaust…. I have never flooded any of mine so I’m sure it doesn’t happen much but still…. I just go
Thru the work to
Mount it with the exhaust down.
I was thinking about heaters but I am unsure if I want a sticky slimy diesel tank anywhere about the hous !
You could easily mount the fuel tank outside if it bothers you. I mean, they are only slimy if you've got a crap aim and spill it 😅
I wouldn't want the tank to spring a leak for some reason. I would put a steel tub of some sort under the tank that can hold the total volume of the tank as containment in case of a leak
Neglect and abuse…yes, but torture? Didn’t sound like torture to me. Regardless, thank God the boy was rescued. Isn’t it weird how similar the “couples looks to each other?
David Mcluckie on YT has done loads of different tests using these heaters, check him out.
Great channel, lots of useful info there 👍
Please show insulation thanks
Will do 👍
@@ash.pollard thanks for replying, I didn't think I'd get one.. Respect 🙏🙏🙏
I try to reply as much as I can 😊 no point posting videos on here otherwise! 👍
@@ash.pollard thanks just i can't afford to pay to everyones patrons and like to see everyone's lifestyle..
Thank you to both of you for sharing your lifestyle atb Daz
Red diesel is still available in the UK Agriculture uses it its around £1.30 a litre at the moment.
Cheers Nick, wasn't sure. I remember hearing it was taken away but sounds like duff info then haha. I'd definitely be running that if I was there 👍
@@ash.pollard Or used motor oil which is free.
Yeah it's kind of spoilt things a bit the erm slight fuel increase. Dono what is like getting kerosene there I was reading a comment below about mixing waste oil from what I understand it works but may clog it up quite quickly, if you had access to waste oil though ruclips.net/video/c5Q_5XKDXK4/видео.html that channel will likely give you some ideas how to use it in other applications ie waste oil burners.. he does a lot with rocket stoves and gasification which might interest you getting the most out of your burn with wood stoves, hell you can even make your own fuel like methanol but that's a bit more complicated and ruclips.net/video/mUsM5bcZpD4/видео.html that channel seems to have done most things with diesel heaters you can imagine. Is a shame that such an cheap effective little heater has just started becoming used in wider applications and the price shoots up... Still nothing to do with 2*30 lol.
Definitely a bit more difficult at £2+ per litre 😅 still though, they are pretty damn fuel efficient when just ticking over. Right now I'm using about 20l per month in the workshop as I'm not running it 24/7. Cheers for the links, will check them out.
@@ash.pollard £1.10 ltr hear now in uk red diesel near me like you say get things as backup also whats you thoughts on storing diesel all i keep getting is 10/12 months then others say years :-)
Can u tell where exactly ? Need buy for my self .
@@krytek79 Hi There Where about in uk are you ?
@@1must723 leicester
Not even seen this yet, and the price of heating at the moment in the UK….I might get one and extract it out of my window 😂
Hahah yea it's just insanity isn't it. I think having multiple options is never a bad idea 👍
@@ash.pollard Absolute Insanity. It’s £50 PM for my Gas and I’m on my own…and it’s a small one bed flat!