Nicely done, I think as gas prices hike even more next year in the UK these heaters will become even more popular than ever even in modern well insulated homes like ours, our 32 Kw gas boiler is consuming £1.00 an hour in these freezing temps when the nights get down to minus 7 degrees C just to maintain around 17 degrees C indoors, our outside wall is at a constant 4 degrees C internally, even with cavity wall insulation, so I decided to install a diesel heater in a custom made box outside our home drawing internal air from our kitchen and blowing warm air into the living room. my calculations are that it is costing around 7 to 10 pence per hour to run, a massive improvement on runing a gas boiler, I wish we had done this years ago. gas currently is working out at £60 a week on prepay with no debt on the meter running a diesel heater £20 a week on diesel is a no brainer. I had to extend the cables a little bit and Im running the set up on a 75 amp battery. in case of power cuts that we have been promised in the UK in January and February, im also runing a 20 amp battery charger when the unit is running so when the power fails the battery can cope with the shutdown procedure as it is quite well known that if the power supply fails the heater fan cant go through the shut down cooling process and it can fry the electronics inside the heater. some have proved this wrong with one attempt at complete shutdown on the mains supply but I fear that if it happens once to often it will fry the electronics eventually and a reasonably priced 75 Amp battery isn't very expensive to replace from eBay.
Brilliant mate, sounds like you’ve got a good setup and saving you some money there. Yes I have central heating too on LPG and I get the 47kg bottles and they only last a week if I’m lucky in these temperatures and they are so expensive now. Yea there’s no need to have these heaters on high but work really well on low for keeping the temperature bearable and you can just boost it with other means like a coal burner just to be compatible when at home. 😁 cheers 👍👍
And, when having a battery in between , You can charge it with starter cables from the car ( petrol/diesel) or have 500 watt pure sine inverter on the car snd charge with the battery charger during cut outs..My dual battery system in my work car can run the diesel heater for 3 -4 days without starting my car..
you are the first person i have seen take air inlet from inside the house, instead of preheating cold air, been saying this for ages, i bet the metal cabinet acts like a heat store also. and its a dry heat.. these things could prevent so many damp problems many homes have had for years!, one benefit of pulling in outside air, is that it will put the house, in positive pressure, and therefore reducing draughts.. im sure a clever person could build a heat exchanger from the exhaust and pre heat inlet air.. al good stuff.
Yea your right mate it totally makes sense to recycle the air to increase the temperature even more and works well, yea the cabinet does soak a little heat and it’s a perfect little corner for the heater. I was looking into doing the mod that people do with an old EGR cooler on the exhaust to drive a little radiator in my kitchen but I may build an air to air box over the exhaust and use a fan to pump the hot air into my kitchen and that way I’d get the positive air pressure too 👍 yes I agree more houses should have them even just to stop the damp related issues. Cheers 👍👍
My heater is outside in a wooden cabinet I’ve built and so draws cold fresh air from outside. Since installing it a week ago I’ve noticed I get no condensation on any of my inside windows. Previously my kitchen and bathroom windows were always streaming with water. Alongside a temperature gauge I have is a moisture content reading which now reads around 40 to 50% whereas before it was usually around 70%.
@@en53kff yes if you don’t recycle the air and use fresh air this is better for damp houses but it takes more energy to heat the air, but it’s better for you 👍👍
@@CarJunkeez ..keep an eye on the heater for leaks in the exhaust. I saw another guy from your part of the world used copper pipe as an exhaust. Also buy a few spare fuel pumps, they fail often, they’re cheap though. Buy gaskets as well etc etc. Better off having the spare parts there ready
@@cdunne1620 cheers mate 🙏👍 yea i actually got 2 heaters (one for spares) because they was so cheap and expect there will be failing parts so easier getting another identical one just incase 👍👍 cheers
I fitted one two weeks ago after paying £125 for 47kg of LPG. My red is a £1/litre from the farm, its costing me £3 a day to run which is half the cost of LPG. Nice installation you have there, my air supply is from my big workshop, no sense in dragging in freezing air.
Cheers mate, yea my central heatings on 47kg bottles of LPG to and the prices are just ridiculous aren’t they 😂 yea we get red to on the farm but it’s a bit more expensive than our heating oil at the mo. Yea half the price is a good saving for you mate at today’s price’s. at least the air in your workshop isn’t as cold as outside. I think I may fit one of these in my workshop to 👍👍
@@CarJunkeez Ive just bought a standalone 5 kw unit for my 16ft by 8ft workshop but prices have increased in the past week on both ebay and amazon your looking at nearly £200 for a standalone unit and there arnt many kit sets available at 5kw they seem to be mostly 2kw now, however ours heating our front room mounted on the outside wall is a 2kw unit and its doing a brilliant job in a 16 ft by 11 ft living room.
Nice job dude I’m all for saving a quid where you can these energy prices are ridiculous we’re all getting shafted left right and centre so good on you 👍
looks like your dosing pump needs tilting up about 45 degrees and i'd be tempted to replace the green fuel line with something from your local motor factors, Nice job 👍
Cheers mate, the pump is actually at 45 degrees but it’s hard to tell on the video, yea I’ve heard people say the same thing about the green fuel line so I’m gonna change it just incase mate 👍 cheers
@@CarJunkeezDisaster waiting to happen with the tank installed like that. Bear in mind the cost of making good if your tank leaks or splits. A neighbour of mine just had a £100,000.00 + insurance job. Because how your tank is installed, insurance won't pay out.
@@ChristianBHough yes it’s not ideal but not as bad as it looks on the video as it’s a big open space. Also we can’t really get insured here where we live so we don’t have any insurance.
Heres a tip. Run a duel tank /duel valve setup. Start it with your kerosene then switch a valve over to filtered waste oil tank retrieved from your autos.. free is good. Thanks for the upload!
Thanks mate 👍 yea I’ve heard people doing that, I get quite a lot of old oil as we’ve got a lot of vehicles so I might start filtering it and get a second tank like you say 👍 cheers
Awesome mate, these heaters definitely improve when tweaked to the fuel being used, I’m gonna get my air to fuel ratio meter on mine to for a little fine tuning I think mate 😁 cheers 👍
good job mate! thats a sick setup, only thing i'd say is alot of people swap the green fuel line for better quality ive seen it in a few videos and i had to do it myself
Got mine set up on red diesel,using around 250ml just over 1 HR,...I too recirculating the hot air coming through,mine sits in the inside of the home against the wall with the exhaust just going through the wall(all sealed with exhaust paste) yes I use a carbon monoxide detector as well,also sitting on a car battery with a trickle charger so if the power went down I would get around 5days off battery(I know this cause I have already tested the battery).......I loved that tank buddy.....what's the building regs for the tank with local authorities????
most oil companies will deliver two 205 litre drums of red diesel these days and comparing it to the cost of gas its a lot cheaper, or you can travel to them and buy 20 litre carboys direct after filling out a disclaimer for the tax man stating that you are using it to heat your home
awesome mate 😁👍 sounds like a good setup. Not to are about regulations for my tank but it’s pretty relaxed here as we’re on a farm with no one around us 👍👍 cheers
@@CarJunkeez I used a 9kw erbespacher on mine but it's no where near powerful enough for my setup. Is did a video on it but 9kw just isn't enough for all my radiators. I'll be interested to see how you get on
Best D-Heat vid to date mate, I like it being outside as such with the indoor intake pipe coming through the wall from the inside, a cool move or maybe a hot one ;) Pop your pump to 45◦ for longevity; good on ya gr8 vid...
Well fitted and set up. I would suggest extending your exaust pipe by a foot or two so the fumes wont be drawn in by the combustion intake pipe. I would imagine you should get better economy than a litre per hour.
Thanks mate 🙏 yea I probably will extend exhaust just a little but it’s been ok for past couple of years. It does really well on fuel, I’m mostly just running on 1.5hz and I don’t even use a litre a day in winter, but I don’t keep it on all day, just a few hours at night. I’ve also fitted a 12v fuel cutoff solenoid as was seeping into the heater a little when not in use but that’s sorted it out nicely 👍 cheers
Nice setup but just wanted to point out, the air intake that comes from the bottom of the unit is supposed to be kept away from the exhaust, someone might correct me here but I think it’s the clean air intake for combustion & pulling exhaust fumes back threw the combustion intake will affect the units life span & performance, be best off pulling it back through the wall and leaving it inside under the unit👍
Thanks mate 👍 it’s not actually as bad as it looks on the video and has been fine for the past few months but I am going to change it as going to fit an EGR cooler and run a small gearbox cooler in my kitchen 👍 cheers
It’s was trial and error mate, I had one of the simple controllers and board before and it was using far to much fuel so swapped for this controller so I could tweak settings, I’ve got an air to fuel meter for a car that I’m gonna fine tune it with too but it’s working well at the mo. Just one thing to bare in mind though is these heaters are all different so my settings may not be right for yours to 👍 cheers
@@CarJunkeez Thanks for the fast response ... I have just plugged in your settings in my vevor heater as a trial but i have noticed it is now not getting the cast up to full temp (1 bar missing). I will keep playing with the settings but i do think my unit is now too lean. Cheers mate and have a good xmas and new year.
@@darrenhague6669 mine doesn’t quite to on the lowest setting of 1.2hz but it’s good for mine to air the house during the day as it’s really economical, just keep having a tweak mate and you’ll find what’s best for your heater. Cheers and happy Christmas to you too pal 👍
Done this in my shed, the only remark I have that if you have a grid failure or a power supply failure, you will burn up the ECU, I use a battery in parallel to prevent this.
Cheers mate 😁 not sure on oil but if you’ve got a meter then shoot for around 15:1 and see what temps your getting and tweak from there, and make sure it doesn’t sound like it’s trying to stall the flame when on low setting as that’s the trickiest to get right 👍👍
You need to watch David McLuckie's videos on RUclips about mounting the fuel pump vertical instead of horizontal, it makes a lot of sense. So much for the 10L tank. The ongoing question about recirculating the inside air...regular furnaces have been recirculating inside air for decades, why is this such an issue?
My pump is at 45 degrees at the mo but it’s hard to tell on the video but yes I agree it is best to mount them vertically, yea it makes sense to recycle the air as it gets reheated and it’s separate from the room that the heater is in so less chance of getting fumes. Thanks I’ll give him a watch mate cheers 😁👍👍
I used the 10 litre tank and didn't put in the supplied fuel nozzel at the bottom of the tank instead I installed the vehicle tank pipe included at the top of the tank a few mm above the bottom and used fuel proof epoxy adhesive to glue it in place after sanding all the surfaces to get a good bond. the tank is wall mounted and now needs to be in a UV protect6ive box to protect it from the sun. dont forget to drill the lid with a 1 mm hole to allow the tank to breathe you can glue a strip of rubber old cycle inner tube over the hole on three sides to keep the rain out of the tank.
Great job you did here, having a massive diesel tank is key. At the prices you mentioned it is a cozy and warm winter for less than having it heated on gas. In some respect you are basically on the Arctic, Survival is immenent. I would create a double (sealed room) door entrance so you can close one before opening the other. A thermostat to regulate the control of your diesel pump would be a nice ad-on. Is that even possible? Make sure you have a 12v battery ready (tricle charged) to run the heater if a power outage or some other disturbance is bothering you.
Thanks mate 😁 yea I just heat one room up in the evening and then open the doors when I go to bed and it’s so economical, I’m on solar so it always has battery backup but I think I may do a 12v sealed lead acid alarm battery too and set the power supply voltage accordingly so it wont over charge it just incase 👍 cheers
It would have been nice to have a look around the bungalow, to see the space you're heating and whether or not you got the entire place warm from your one inlet point.
Yea sorry pal, it basically heats up my front room 1 bedroom and my bathroom, although it will heat the other bedroom and kitchen to but have to have the heater on high 👍 cheers
Mate, have the fuel pump at 45 degrees... not a straight in line... better fuel delivery (less fuel used) and the pump will last longer before burnout or air-locks.
just ordered on although they're completely out of stock in the UK it seems and price has gone up (demand i guess) got one coming from abroad £110. not bad!
By the time u use last drop of fuel out that tank it will have gone off premium lol also i might add would be more practical to run it on a battery charged from your solar incase of power cuts, brilliant set up tho, ive had deisel heater in a van and have one doing nothing for 2 yrs stored i have cintemplated doing this in my home and finaly found a vid i like to take the plunge , rgds matey
I know yea the price as already dropped massively 😂 I shouldn’t of panic bought 😆 yea think I’m gonna have a lead acid battery and charger just incase as they burnout the PCB pretty quick on power cut. I tend to heat 2 rooms in cold winter then open the doors when I go bed and switch it off, but really chuffed on how well it does mate 👍 cheers
Can you provide a link for the heater you purchased there are so many different ones for sale and the wording is not always so great so it's hard to tell which is a good purchase not to mention the price you quoted is lower than most of what I'm finding
Hi, I got mine from vevor.com but they no longer have any in stock, these heaters have dramatically increased in price in the past few weeks and availability has decreased so they’re difficult to get at the mo. Mine is the 5kw and I changed the board and controller from another all in one unit so I can tweak it that I also got from vevor.com , I’ve actually got 5 heaters in total from vevor.com in the past few months. Cheers
Great set though just check you pump positioning as I’ve seen some stuff that it has to be positioned on an angle to get best performance on fuel economy etc but your set up may be different . Cheers for great video will invest in one for sure
Thanks mate appreciated 🙏😃 yea the pump is actually at a 45 degree angle but it’s tricky to see it is in the video, to be honest it would be best to fit the pump vertically upright as it’s just to make sure no air is trapped in it. I do find that the pump allows more Kerosene to flow than it does Diesel on each stroke because the Kerosene is thinner, that’s why I changed the settings. Thanks 👍👍
I built a small wooden plywood box for our externally mounted pump then I drilled 4 holes in the top and bottom of the box 2 at each end of the pump then suspended the pump on thin bungee cord available at B&Q it has completely silenced the clicking noise the pump makes and you can still suspend the pump at 45 degrees.
This for real 2000 ltr tank , exhaust comes out under tank , full of kerosene, (down graded jet fuel) All to run a cheap Chinese Air heater Which you use 1 ltr to run 10 hrs .
Hi, The exhaust is nearly 3 feet away from the tank and there’s plenty of open air to vent as it’s on the metal frame, it’s not even as bad as a car if you think about it with exhaust right next to fuel tanks 👍 cheers
Crazy to think that tank could stretch out to 2000 days. And you only use the heater in the colder months, not year round. What is the shelf life of kero in a tank like this?
Good set up but do not turn the power supply of wile its running as you will cook the hole unit and mite have a fire, let the unit go through its cool down cycle for safety.
@@CarJunkeez BTW what size core drill we looking at for the ducting ? Just about to figure out the weapons for a inlet and outlet through a single course of red brick .
Most sellers have nearly tripled the prices lately because of demand, they are probably the same but some have the more advanced controller so you can tweak them, but the seller doesn’t even know the difference between them anyway 😂
I got 2 off Vevor.com a couple of months ago for £85 each but they’re out of stock on all of them and everywhere’s charging mega prices for them now 😂 cheers
Happy days mate 🚗💨👍 just had a look on Vevor and they’re all sold out pal 😂 I got 2 a couple of months ago £85 each, then got an all in one for my dad a couple of weeks back for £100. Keep your eye on there site and they’ll probably get stock but looks like prices are rising, if you can’t get just the heater get an all in one because it’s same heater inside mate 👍👍
I messaged vevor the other day and they gave me a date of early February before they are back in stock. I managed to get one off OnBuy for £100 it's just been delivered today so will get it set up tomorrow.
@@KevinHoey1 yea apparently a lot have been held by customs due to bad instructions 😂 glad you got one pal and that’s a really good price at the mo too 👍👍👍
It was from vevor.com 2 months ago but they don’t have any stock now and seems that everywhere has increased the prices dramatically in the past 2 weeks 😂
Hi, sorry but the original one isn’t in stock but you can get one here for £14.99 at the mo www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185665920498?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=yganpdlqrma&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=TfbyrDzlTkm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
A couple of things would be a fire valve from your tank, plus it has to be at least 2m from the property to comply with building regs. Then exhausting under the tank is a worst case scenario. Tidy up the electrics maybe and everything else seems good tbh. I think I might buy one now.
Thanks mate, yea I’m definitely going with a fuel cut solenoid for the tank that only opens when in use and going to reroute the exhaust too, I’ll probably go through everything again now I know it works well 👍👍 cheers
Quite right mate, I’ve definitely got them, I always have 2 just incase as can never be too safe when it comes to carbon monoxide, also in my van to as that also has a diesel heater. 👍 cheers
If your temperatures outside go below freezing then kerosene is your best bet however a gallon of kerosene has 112,000 BTUs gallon fuel oil or what you call heating oil has 144,000 BTUs so you’re much better off to use fuel oil one it’s cheaper than kerosene and to the heat output is greater than kerosene. The only advantage to burning kerosene is that it won’t gel and fuel oil will begin to jail in about 28°❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🔥🔥🔥🔥
Cheers 😃👍 Here in the U.K. we have standard or premium(has an additive) heating oil(kerosene) or red diesel and these Chinese heaters do burn hottest with the diesel but has high sulphur content and can coke up the inside of the heaters. I run the standard heating oil as it cheeper and has a clean burn so won’t really coke up the heater. 👍 cheers
@@MightyPNE1if you are in the same boat as me and only want smaller quantities the price is a fair bit dearer. I hunted about online and the best I could do locally was at compass fuels penwortham. £1.50 per litre for red £1.29 per litre for kerosene Both prices are for collection of already made up 25L containers. I'm near Leyland myself.
Hi, no it doesn’t take much electricity at all, it just draws around 18 amps for the glow plug for a couple of minutes and then not much to run. The 8kw (5kw really) is meant to be the measurement of heat output. 👍
The fan and fuel pump combo take 18-44 watts depending on the speed. The startup draws about 120 total watts because it uses a ceramic glow plug to heat the oil to the point of combustion. If the heater is powered up then adjusted to the lowest setting and allowed to just tick away and never turn off, you're looking at about 20 watts.
I’ve just seen how much the price has shot up in the last couple of weeks 😂 I think your find at £125 on Amazon is the best your gonna get at the mo 👍👍
Yep totally fine on paraffin or kerosene, it actually prolongs the life of the heater as it runs a lot cleaner so doesn’t coke up as much, also don’t believe what people say about lack of pump lubrication too 👍
Your oil tank is not securely supported, it already looks distorted around that metal frame. A leak of 2000 litres of heating oil will not be a pleasant experience.
Hi, The only distortion in the tank is from when it was manufactured, you’d be surprised at how thick and strong this tank is and I’ve modified the metal frame to suit with 5mm thick angle welded under each rib 👍 but thanks for the heads up I’ll keep an eye on her 👍 cheers
@@CarJunkeez According to fuel storage regulations oil tanks over 1000 litres should either be internally bunded or surrounded by a concrete base and bund wall large enough to contain the max. capacity. In all cases they must be installed on a flat concrete pad larger than the base dimensions of the tank. I liked your video though, just be careful.
Why would I buy this off your review? What did you review? Did you have your place cold, then start up the machine to see if it would fit my needs. You know, my needs, as I assume you are doing a review for me, as well as others watching your channel. I cut it on, it works, throws out heat. Review done. Yep, tells me all I need to know. Reply
@@CarJunkeez used transmission fluid burns real clean its good to know if your in a pinch even new cooking oil burns good in them i love these things there so crazy lmao
@@raymondj8768 cheers man, I’ve put some ATF in too for lubricant as people say the pump needs it but I think it’s fine without but yea your right they can run on most oils these things 😆 👍👍cheers
Nicely done, I think as gas prices hike even more next year in the UK these heaters will become even more popular than ever even in modern well insulated homes like ours, our 32 Kw gas boiler is consuming £1.00 an hour in these freezing temps when the nights get down to minus 7 degrees C just to maintain around 17 degrees C indoors, our outside wall is at a constant 4 degrees C internally, even with cavity wall insulation, so I decided to install a diesel heater in a custom made box outside our home drawing internal air from our kitchen and blowing warm air into the living room.
my calculations are that it is costing around 7 to 10 pence per hour to run, a massive improvement on runing a gas boiler, I wish we had done this years ago. gas currently is working out at £60 a week on prepay with no debt on the meter running a diesel heater £20 a week on diesel is a no brainer. I had to extend the cables a little bit and Im running the set up on a 75 amp battery.
in case of power cuts that we have been promised in the UK in January and February, im also runing a 20 amp battery charger when the unit is running so when the power fails the battery can cope with the shutdown procedure as it is quite well known that if the power supply fails the heater fan cant go through the shut down cooling process and it can fry the electronics inside the heater. some have proved this wrong with one attempt at complete shutdown on the mains supply but I fear that if it happens once to often it will fry the electronics eventually and a reasonably priced 75 Amp battery isn't very expensive to replace from eBay.
Brilliant mate, sounds like you’ve got a good setup and saving you some money there. Yes I have central heating too on LPG and I get the 47kg bottles and they only last a week if I’m lucky in these temperatures and they are so expensive now. Yea there’s no need to have these heaters on high but work really well on low for keeping the temperature bearable and you can just boost it with other means like a coal burner just to be compatible when at home. 😁 cheers 👍👍
Wouldn't worry, new motherboard is cheap as chips.
And, when having a battery in between , You can charge it with starter cables from the car ( petrol/diesel) or have 500 watt pure sine inverter on the car snd charge with the battery charger during cut outs..My dual battery system in my work car can run the diesel heater for 3 -4 days without starting my car..
you are the first person i have seen take air inlet from inside the house, instead of preheating cold air, been saying this for ages, i bet the metal cabinet acts like a heat store also. and its a dry heat.. these things could prevent so many damp problems many homes have had for years!, one benefit of pulling in outside air, is that it will put the house, in positive pressure, and therefore reducing draughts.. im sure a clever person could build a heat exchanger from the exhaust and pre heat inlet air.. al good stuff.
Yea your right mate it totally makes sense to recycle the air to increase the temperature even more and works well, yea the cabinet does soak a little heat and it’s a perfect little corner for the heater.
I was looking into doing the mod that people do with an old EGR cooler on the exhaust to drive a little radiator in my kitchen but I may build an air to air box over the exhaust and use a fan to pump the hot air into my kitchen and that way I’d get the positive air pressure too 👍 yes I agree more houses should have them even just to stop the damp related issues. Cheers 👍👍
My heater is outside in a wooden cabinet I’ve built and so draws cold fresh air from outside. Since installing it a week ago I’ve noticed I get no condensation on any of my inside windows. Previously my kitchen and bathroom windows were always streaming with water. Alongside a temperature gauge I have is a moisture content reading which now reads around 40 to 50% whereas before it was usually around 70%.
@@en53kff yes if you don’t recycle the air and use fresh air this is better for damp houses but it takes more energy to heat the air, but it’s better for you 👍👍
@@CarJunkeez
..keep an eye on the heater for leaks in the exhaust. I saw another guy from your part of the world used copper pipe as an exhaust. Also buy a few spare fuel pumps, they fail often, they’re cheap though. Buy gaskets as well etc etc. Better off having the spare parts there ready
@@cdunne1620 cheers mate 🙏👍 yea i actually got 2 heaters (one for spares) because they was so cheap and expect there will be failing parts so easier getting another identical one just incase 👍👍 cheers
I fitted one two weeks ago after paying £125 for 47kg of LPG. My red is a £1/litre from the farm, its costing me £3 a day to run which is half the cost of LPG. Nice installation you have there, my air supply is from my big workshop, no sense in dragging in freezing air.
Cheers mate, yea my central heatings on 47kg bottles of LPG to and the prices are just ridiculous aren’t they 😂 yea we get red to on the farm but it’s a bit more expensive than our heating oil at the mo. Yea half the price is a good saving for you mate at today’s price’s. at least the air in your workshop isn’t as cold as outside. I think I may fit one of these in my workshop to 👍👍
@@CarJunkeez Ive just bought a standalone 5 kw unit for my 16ft by 8ft workshop but prices have increased in the past week on both ebay and amazon your looking at nearly £200 for a standalone unit and there arnt many kit sets available at 5kw they seem to be mostly 2kw now, however ours heating our front room mounted on the outside wall is a 2kw unit and its doing a brilliant job in a 16 ft by 11 ft living room.
@@oojimmyflip great job mate 😃👍 they’re brilliant little heaters aren’t they. Yea I’ve noticed the prices have nearly tripled lately 😂 cheers
10 years ago lpg was £1/Kg.
Nice job dude I’m all for saving a quid where you can these energy prices are ridiculous we’re all getting shafted left right and centre so good on you 👍
Cheers mate 😃👍 yea we’re getting bent over backwards for everything in this country at the mo, absolutely ridiculous isn’t it mate 😂😂
looks like your dosing pump needs tilting up about 45 degrees and i'd be tempted to replace the green fuel line with something from your local motor factors, Nice job 👍
Cheers mate, the pump is actually at 45 degrees but it’s hard to tell on the video, yea I’ve heard people say the same thing about the green fuel line so I’m gonna change it just incase mate 👍 cheers
Good video, and I must comment on your go big or go home fuel supply, very impressive.
Cheers mate 👍 ha ha yea deffo go big or go home on the fuel for sure 😂 👍👍
@@CarJunkeez where did you buy it from at 70p a litre?
@@kirkwhittle5740 I got it from Crown oil mate. 2000 litres for 72p a litre 👍👍
@@CarJunkeezDisaster waiting to happen with the tank installed like that.
Bear in mind the cost of making good if your tank leaks or splits. A neighbour of mine just had a £100,000.00 + insurance job.
Because how your tank is installed, insurance won't pay out.
@@ChristianBHough yes it’s not ideal but not as bad as it looks on the video as it’s a big open space. Also we can’t really get insured here where we live so we don’t have any insurance.
Heres a tip. Run a duel tank /duel valve setup. Start it with your kerosene then switch a valve over to filtered waste oil tank retrieved from your autos.. free is good.
Thanks for the upload!
Thanks mate 👍 yea I’ve heard people doing that, I get quite a lot of old oil as we’ve got a lot of vehicles so I might start filtering it and get a second tank like you say 👍 cheers
do a 50/50 mix @@CarJunkeez
@@craigr306 yea suppose I could do mate, just don’t want to clog it up 😂
Just tweaked the pump pulse settings on mine for old engine oil , 0.8hz min 4.0hz max runs 18.5:1 afr now no soot 👍🔥🔥🔥
Awesome mate, these heaters definitely improve when tweaked to the fuel being used, I’m gonna get my air to fuel ratio meter on mine to for a little fine tuning I think mate 😁 cheers 👍
good job mate! thats a sick setup, only thing i'd say is alot of people swap the green fuel line for better quality ive seen it in a few videos and i had to do it myself
Thanks mate 👍 yea I’ve heard about the green fuel line so I’ll replace it cheers 👍
Got mine set up on red diesel,using around 250ml just over 1 HR,...I too recirculating the hot air coming through,mine sits in the inside of the home against the wall with the exhaust just going through the wall(all sealed with exhaust paste) yes I use a carbon monoxide detector as well,also sitting on a car battery with a trickle charger so if the power went down I would get around 5days off battery(I know this cause I have already tested the battery).......I loved that tank buddy.....what's the building regs for the tank with local authorities????
most oil companies will deliver two 205 litre drums of red diesel these days and comparing it to the cost of gas its a lot cheaper, or you can travel to them and buy 20 litre carboys direct after filling out a disclaimer for the tax man stating that you are using it to heat your home
awesome mate 😁👍 sounds like a good setup. Not to are about regulations for my tank but it’s pretty relaxed here as we’re on a farm with no one around us 👍👍 cheers
Put some 2 stroke oil in kerosene or pump Will cease up ,I learned the hard way bud ,no probs since
Yea already done that cheers mate 👍👍👍😃
Nice one - I did exactly the same on my gaff with the hydronic version round my radiators.
Cheers, I’m thinking of fitting the air and water version myself, does it work good on water mate.
@@CarJunkeez I used a 9kw erbespacher on mine but it's no where near powerful enough for my setup. Is did a video on it but 9kw just isn't enough for all my radiators. I'll be interested to see how you get on
@@ajinfrance yea I was thinking the radiators would use a lot more energy so was going to try a 9kw myself but may go a bit bigger then 👍 cheers mate
Best D-Heat vid to date mate, I like it being outside as such with the indoor intake pipe coming through the wall from the inside, a cool move or maybe a hot one ;) Pop your pump to 45◦ for longevity; good on ya gr8 vid...
Thanks mate 🙏appreciate that 😃 the pump is actually at 45 degree’s but it’s hard to tell on the video. Cheers 👍
Well fitted and set up. I would suggest extending your exaust pipe by a foot or two so the fumes wont be drawn in by the combustion intake pipe.
I would imagine you should get better economy than a litre per hour.
Thanks mate 🙏 yea I probably will extend exhaust just a little but it’s been ok for past couple of years. It does really well on fuel, I’m mostly just running on 1.5hz and I don’t even use a litre a day in winter, but I don’t keep it on all day, just a few hours at night. I’ve also fitted a 12v fuel cutoff solenoid as was seeping into the heater a little when not in use but that’s sorted it out nicely 👍 cheers
I heat my house with 2 of these. They work great.
Brilliant little things aren’t they 👍
Nice setup but just wanted to point out, the air intake that comes from the bottom of the unit is supposed to be kept away from the exhaust, someone might correct me here but I think it’s the clean air intake for combustion & pulling exhaust fumes back threw the combustion intake will affect the units life span & performance, be best off pulling it back through the wall and leaving it inside under the unit👍
Thanks mate 👍 it’s not actually as bad as it looks on the video and has been fine for the past few months but I am going to change it as going to fit an EGR cooler and run a small gearbox cooler in my kitchen 👍 cheers
Can i ask where or how did you come by the settings for using the heating oil ? as that is the oil i am using. Great video and many thanks.
It’s was trial and error mate, I had one of the simple controllers and board before and it was using far to much fuel so swapped for this controller so I could tweak settings, I’ve got an air to fuel meter for a car that I’m gonna fine tune it with too but it’s working well at the mo. Just one thing to bare in mind though is these heaters are all different so my settings may not be right for yours to 👍 cheers
@@CarJunkeez Thanks for the fast response ... I have just plugged in your settings in my vevor heater as a trial but i have noticed it is now not getting the cast up to full temp (1 bar missing). I will keep playing with the settings but i do think my unit is now too lean. Cheers mate and have a good xmas and new year.
@@darrenhague6669 mine doesn’t quite to on the lowest setting of 1.2hz but it’s good for mine to air the house during the day as it’s really economical, just keep having a tweak mate and you’ll find what’s best for your heater. Cheers and happy Christmas to you too pal 👍
just quick bit of advice need to have the pump at a better angle 35-45 degree so they say or it wont last long
Cheers mate, it’s actually at 45 degrees but it’s hard to tell on the video but thanks anyways mate 👍👍
I got one of these two days ago, heats my two car garage very well. gonna get one to heat kitchen and living room.
They’re amazing little things for the money aren’t they mate 👍
What temperature will it heat your garage to on a cold day?
I have had it up to 71F while it was in the low 40s outside, that was runniing wide open. I kept it at 68 and it would cycle and maintain it nicely.
Done this in my shed, the only remark I have that if you have a grid failure or a power supply failure, you will burn up the ECU, I use a battery in parallel to prevent this.
Yea got you mate cheers, I’m fitting solar here with battery backup so should have that covered soon 👍👍 cheers
Looks superb, do you mind me asking where you got your heater from at that price?
Thanks 🙏 I got it from vevor.com for £85 a couple of months ago but unfortunately they don’t have any stock now. Thanks
Nice install ,what settings would you have for fan and pump running old engine oil ? I can check afr with my wideband to get in spot on
Cheers mate 😁 not sure on oil but if you’ve got a meter then shoot for around 15:1 and see what temps your getting and tweak from there, and make sure it doesn’t sound like it’s trying to stall the flame when on low setting as that’s the trickiest to get right 👍👍
You need to watch David McLuckie's videos on RUclips about mounting the fuel pump vertical instead of horizontal, it makes a lot of sense. So much for the 10L tank. The ongoing question about recirculating the inside air...regular furnaces have been recirculating inside air for decades, why is this such an issue?
My pump is at 45 degrees at the mo but it’s hard to tell on the video but yes I agree it is best to mount them vertically, yea it makes sense to recycle the air as it gets reheated and it’s separate from the room that the heater is in so less chance of getting fumes. Thanks I’ll give him a watch mate cheers 😁👍👍
I used the 10 litre tank and didn't put in the supplied fuel nozzel at the bottom of the tank instead I installed the vehicle tank pipe included at the top of the tank a few mm above the bottom and used fuel proof epoxy adhesive to glue it in place after sanding all the surfaces to get a good bond. the tank is wall mounted and now needs to be in a UV protect6ive box to protect it from the sun. dont forget to drill the lid with a 1 mm hole to allow the tank to breathe you can glue a strip of rubber old cycle inner tube over the hole on three sides to keep the rain out of the tank.
Great job you did here, having a massive diesel tank is key. At the prices you mentioned it is a cozy and warm winter for less than having it heated on gas. In some respect you are basically on the Arctic, Survival is immenent. I would create a double (sealed room) door entrance so you can close one before opening the other. A thermostat to regulate the control of your diesel pump would be a nice ad-on. Is that even possible? Make sure you have a 12v battery ready (tricle charged) to run the heater if a power outage or some other disturbance is bothering you.
Thanks mate 😁 yea I just heat one room up in the evening and then open the doors when I go to bed and it’s so economical, I’m on solar so it always has battery backup but I think I may do a 12v sealed lead acid alarm battery too and set the power supply voltage accordingly so it wont over charge it just incase 👍 cheers
Excellent straightforward video.
Thanks 🙏
It would have been nice to have a look around the bungalow, to see the space you're heating and whether or not you got the entire place warm from your one inlet point.
Yea sorry pal, it basically heats up my front room 1 bedroom and my bathroom, although it will heat the other bedroom and kitchen to but have to have the heater on high 👍 cheers
@@CarJunkeez still, it sounds like a large area, covering the three main rooms.
The kitchen can keep itself warm, thanks for getting back to me 🥶
Mate, have the fuel pump at 45 degrees... not a straight in line... better fuel delivery (less fuel used) and the pump will last longer before burnout or air-locks.
Cheers mate, it’s actually at 45 degrees but it’s hard to tell on the video but thanks anyways mate 👍👍
just ordered on although they're completely out of stock in the UK it seems and price has gone up (demand i guess) got one coming from abroad £110. not bad!
Yea I’ve noticed they’ve gone up massively in the past couple of weeks 😂 that’s a good price then that pal 👍 nice one
You’re lucky I got mine for nearly £200 and that’s from China so have to wait few weeks for it to arrive
By the time u use last drop of fuel out that tank it will have gone off premium lol also i might add would be more practical to run it on a battery charged from your solar incase of power cuts, brilliant set up tho, ive had deisel heater in a van and have one doing nothing for 2 yrs stored i have cintemplated doing this in my home and finaly found a vid i like to take the plunge , rgds matey
I know yea the price as already dropped massively 😂 I shouldn’t of panic bought 😆 yea think I’m gonna have a lead acid battery and charger just incase as they burnout the PCB pretty quick on power cut. I tend to heat 2 rooms in cold winter then open the doors when I go bed and switch it off, but really chuffed on how well it does mate 👍 cheers
Can you provide a link for the heater you purchased there are so many different ones for sale and the wording is not always so great so it's hard to tell which is a good purchase not to mention the price you quoted is lower than most of what I'm finding
Hi, I got mine from vevor.com but they no longer have any in stock, these heaters have dramatically increased in price in the past few weeks and availability has decreased so they’re difficult to get at the mo. Mine is the 5kw and I changed the board and controller from another all in one unit so I can tweak it that I also got from vevor.com , I’ve actually got 5 heaters in total from vevor.com in the past few months. Cheers
Your pump should be mounted on an angle as per instructions. It can't expell air bubbles that cause cavitation, stopping flow.
Hi, it’s actually at 45 degrees but just difficult to see that in the video, thanks 👍
Great set though just check you pump positioning as I’ve seen some stuff that it has to be positioned on an angle to get best performance on fuel economy etc but your set up may be different .
Cheers for great video will invest in one for sure
Thanks mate appreciated 🙏😃 yea the pump is actually at a 45 degree angle but it’s tricky to see it is in the video, to be honest it would be best to fit the pump vertically upright as it’s just to make sure no air is trapped in it. I do find that the pump allows more Kerosene to flow than it does Diesel on each stroke because the Kerosene is thinner, that’s why I changed the settings. Thanks 👍👍
I built a small wooden plywood box for our externally mounted pump then I drilled 4 holes in the top and bottom of the box 2 at each end of the pump then suspended the pump on thin bungee cord available at B&Q it has completely silenced the clicking noise the pump makes and you can still suspend the pump at 45 degrees.
@@oojimmyflip awesome mate 👍 yea the pumps are the noisiest thing about them but luckily I can’t here mine through the wall 😃👍
How’s this setup working now still mate
I’ve got it on as we speak and is still working really well, I’m very pleased with how efficient it is to 👍 cheers
This for real 2000 ltr tank , exhaust comes out under tank , full of kerosene, (down graded jet fuel)
All to run a cheap Chinese Air heater
Which you use 1 ltr to run 10 hrs .
Hi, The exhaust is nearly 3 feet away from the tank and there’s plenty of open air to vent as it’s on the metal frame, it’s not even as bad as a car if you think about it with exhaust right next to fuel tanks 👍 cheers
Crazy to think that tank could stretch out to 2000 days. And you only use the heater in the colder months, not year round. What is the shelf life of kero in a tank like this?
AwesomeNn where did you get your kerosene from?
Thanks 🙏 I got it from Crownoil.co.uk 👍
Good set up but do not turn the power supply of wile its running as you will cook the hole unit and mite have a fire, let the unit go through its cool down cycle for safety.
Cheers 👍 yea I always do the full shut down procedure, I’ll only turn the power supply off in summer when I won’t be using the heater. Cheers 👍
Thumbs up here for those that smiled at the fuel tank!! Some boy !!
Think it’s just about big enough 😂 😆 👍👍
@@CarJunkeez the reveal was top drawer 🤣🤣 🏅
@@CarJunkeez BTW what size core drill we looking at for the ducting ? Just about to figure out the weapons for a inlet and outlet through a single course of red brick .
Found the heater on ebay for £85 & on amazon for £156. Wonder what the difference is???
Most sellers have nearly tripled the prices lately because of demand, they are probably the same but some have the more advanced controller so you can tweak them, but the seller doesn’t even know the difference between them anyway 😂
I also noticed that non of them come with your wall control box, but it can be bought separately for another £35 😕
@@mikelacross I swapped my controller and board from another all in one heater that I also got from vevor.com 2 weeks ago £100 delivered to U.K.
Where did you get the heater for £85 they're min £160 on Amazon? Cheers.
try aliexpress, just one for 110 delivered before xmas
I got 2 off Vevor.com a couple of months ago for £85 each but they’re out of stock on all of them and everywhere’s charging mega prices for them now 😂 cheers
@@CarJunkeez yes once a good things get out the prices rocket
@@lukestagg2138 nice shout cheers
@@alanjackson2540 yea think your right mate, and because it’s been cold here to everyone wants one 😂
Why don't you use it at night? I'm looking to heat a garden room but this would be the only heat source.
I do sometimes now, I just get a bit paranoid but it’s been absolutely fine since I installed it and have been using it a lot lately 👍 cheers
Hi my ecu is fantastic thanks, you got a link for the vevor for £85 I can only find dearer ones at £200
Happy days mate 🚗💨👍 just had a look on Vevor and they’re all sold out pal 😂 I got 2 a couple of months ago £85 each, then got an all in one for my dad a couple of weeks back for £100. Keep your eye on there site and they’ll probably get stock but looks like prices are rising, if you can’t get just the heater get an all in one because it’s same heater inside mate 👍👍
I messaged vevor the other day and they gave me a date of early February before they are back in stock. I managed to get one off OnBuy for £100 it's just been delivered today so will get it set up tomorrow.
@@KevinHoey1 yea apparently a lot have been held by customs due to bad instructions 😂 glad you got one pal and that’s a really good price at the mo too 👍👍👍
They gone up to 200 now
I know yea I had a look last night, can’t believe they’ve over doubled in price 😮
Do you have a link to the power supply you used
Hi, they’ve gone up in price since I purchased but this is the one I got - www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B088834L3Z?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
@CarJunkeez cheers buddy, live in a glorified garage similar to yourself, freezing in winter, hope this does the trick 👍
@@Shakingstevesallotment it should do the job mate 👍👍 cheers
Great set up btw.
Cheers bro 😎 appreciated 😃👍👍
Have you got a link to where you bought the 5kw heater for £85 please? I can only see 8kw ones on their website which are all sold out
It was from vevor.com 2 months ago but they don’t have any stock now and seems that everywhere has increased the prices dramatically in the past 2 weeks 😂
Where did you buy heater..?
Hi, I got it from Vevor.com but since I purchased it they’re not in stock and prices have increased dramatically. Thanks
Hows the td5 project?
Everyone keeps asking the same question 😂 I promise I’ll pull my finger out next year pal 😆 👍
Have you a link to where you bought this unit, thanks
I got it from Vevor.com but they don’t have any stock now and prices have increased over the past few weeks
@@CarJunkeez I noticed the price increase, thanks for the reply
You exhaust and intake are too close?
It looks close in the video but it’s actually ok and not been a problem at all 👍 cheers
Can you tell me where you got your switch mode power supply from thanks
I would like to know this too thanks
Hi, sorry but the original one isn’t in stock but you can get one here for £14.99 at the mo www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185665920498?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=yganpdlqrma&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=TfbyrDzlTkm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Do you power the thing with 220v?
240v here yes 👍
A couple of things would be a fire valve from your tank, plus it has to be at least 2m from the property to comply with building regs. Then exhausting under the tank is a worst case scenario. Tidy up the electrics maybe and everything else seems good tbh. I think I might buy one now.
Thanks mate, yea I’m definitely going with a fuel cut solenoid for the tank that only opens when in use and going to reroute the exhaust too, I’ll probably go through everything again now I know it works well 👍👍 cheers
Wow, brilliant. 70 odd pence a litre
Even though that’s a good price at the mo it’s still far more than we should be paying really 😂 cheers
Nice one mate, like n sub, Merry Xmas.
Thanks mate 🙏😃👍 merry Christmas 🎄 🎅
The only thing you didn’t mention you had fitted was carbon monoxide alarms especially as you have a wood burner!
Quite right mate, I’ve definitely got them, I always have 2 just incase as can never be too safe when it comes to carbon monoxide, also in my van to as that also has a diesel heater. 👍 cheers
Is the exhaust too close to the air intake ???
It looks it but it’s actually ok as they both point in opposite direction and at different levels with good airflow 👍👍
That heaters £182 on Amazon, where did you get yours? Cheers
I got it from Vevor.com a couple of months ago but they don’t have any stock now and I see prices have nearly tripled since 😂 cheers 👍
If your temperatures outside go below freezing then kerosene is your best bet however a gallon of kerosene has 112,000 BTUs gallon fuel oil or what you call heating oil has 144,000 BTUs so you’re much better off to use fuel oil one it’s cheaper than kerosene and to the heat output is greater than kerosene. The only advantage to burning kerosene is that it won’t gel and fuel oil will begin to jail in about 28°❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🔥🔥🔥🔥
Cheers 😃👍 Here in the U.K. we have standard or premium(has an additive) heating oil(kerosene) or red diesel and these Chinese heaters do burn hottest with the diesel but has high sulphur content and can coke up the inside of the heaters. I run the standard heating oil as it cheeper and has a clean burn so won’t really coke up the heater. 👍 cheers
Great set up.
Cheers bro 😎 👍👍
Well in Shane 👍👍
Cheers bro 😎😁👍👍👍👍
How much you paying for hating oil a litre please
I got this 2000 litres for 72p a litre from Crown oil mate 👍👍
How’s the quality?
The quality is really good to be honest and not much difference from the German expensive ones 😃👍👍
@@CarJunkeez thanks for your reply👍it seems that the quality of Chinese products has improved a lot
@@yukisuzuki9468 yea I’m amazed at how they can do it for a fraction of the price too
Subbed your channel
Cheers mate 👍👍👍😃
Hi, do you have a link for the kerosene please
I got mine from Crown Oil mate. If you can’t get it from Crown Oil in your area then try Boilerjuice.com 👍
MightyPNE1 where are you based?
@@KevinHoey1 hi, Preston Lancashire.
@@MightyPNE1if you are in the same boat as me and only want smaller quantities the price is a fair bit dearer.
I hunted about online and the best I could do locally was at compass fuels penwortham.
£1.50 per litre for red
£1.29 per litre for kerosene
Both prices are for collection of already made up 25L containers.
I'm near Leyland myself.
@@KevinHoey1 incredible, this is perfect. Been looking all over. Cheers buddy. 👍
It doesnt use 8kw of electricity does it?
Hi, no it doesn’t take much electricity at all, it just draws around 18 amps for the glow plug for a couple of minutes and then not much to run. The 8kw (5kw really) is meant to be the measurement of heat output. 👍
The fan and fuel pump combo take 18-44 watts depending on the speed. The startup draws about 120 total watts because it uses a ceramic glow plug to heat the oil to the point of combustion. If the heater is powered up then adjusted to the lowest setting and allowed to just tick away and never turn off, you're looking at about 20 watts.
@@CarJunkeez ty!
@@KenjiFox ty!
Where did you buy it for £85 please mate. as i cant seem to find where you paid £85 for it haha there coming up from like £150 onwards Thanks
I got it off vevor.com a couple of months ago but they don’t have any now and everywhere has over double the price lately mate 😂
@@CarJunkeez oh damn that's a shame haha thanks brother. 🙏🏽👍🏽
Combustion air inlet right next to exhaust😮
It’s not as bad as it looks mate 😂 been fine for past couple of months 👍👍
@@CarJunkeez good to hear as I dont have much space to get them apart from each other
Great move 👌
Thanks mate 🙏👍
£125 on Amazon
I’ve just seen how much the price has shot up in the last couple of weeks 😂 I think your find at £125 on Amazon is the best your gonna get at the mo 👍👍
hot exh under a big fuel tank. ok.
Most cars have an exhaust pipe less than 6 inches away from a fuel tank 🤷♂️
So you telling me you can run this on paraffin???😮
Yep totally fine on paraffin or kerosene, it actually prolongs the life of the heater as it runs a lot cleaner so doesn’t coke up as much, also don’t believe what people say about lack of pump lubrication too 👍
Your oil tank is not securely supported, it already looks distorted around that metal frame. A leak of 2000 litres of heating oil will not be a pleasant experience.
Hi, The only distortion in the tank is from when it was manufactured, you’d be surprised at how thick and strong this tank is and I’ve modified the metal frame to suit with 5mm thick angle welded under each rib 👍 but thanks for the heads up I’ll keep an eye on her 👍 cheers
@@CarJunkeez According to fuel storage regulations oil tanks over 1000 litres should either be internally bunded or surrounded by a concrete base and bund wall large enough to contain the max. capacity. In all cases they must be installed on a flat concrete pad larger than the base dimensions of the tank. I liked your video though, just be careful.
Why would I buy this off your review? What did you review? Did you have your place cold, then start up the machine to see if it would fit my needs. You know, my needs, as I assume you are doing a review for me, as well as others watching your channel. I cut it on, it works, throws out heat. Review done. Yep, tells me all I need to know.
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It’s not a review, just thought I’d show my little simple setup that works well for me. Thanks 👍
dude u can mix used oil with the kerosene also bdont go more then 50/50
Cheers 👍 yea I know but just want to keep the heater internals clean so sticking with kero for now 👍
@@CarJunkeez used transmission fluid burns real clean its good to know if your in a pinch even new cooking oil burns good in them i love these things there so crazy lmao
@@raymondj8768 cheers man, I’ve put some ATF in too for lubricant as people say the pump needs it but I think it’s fine without but yea your right they can run on most oils these things 😆 👍👍cheers
And the award for your most annoying channel intro goes to...
😂 😆 sorry about that mate 😆
You shouldn’t be sorry my friend. I didn’t find you annoying whatsoever. I know the sort of folk that are annoying though. 😉
@CarJunkeez As a headphone user I found the chicken rather loud! 😳🐤🐣🐔🍗🐓
@@robertbarbour7017 ha ha thanks mate 😃 appreciate the kind feedback 👍👍
@@lewiskelly14 oh yea true it’s a bit loud isn’t it 😂 I just drag random samples in when I’m editing 😆