Jb1rd
Explorer
Tru dat!!! Was planning on it, only have an iPhone but they will have to suffice
Pics or it didn't happen!
Pics or it didn't happen!
I have the Espar Airtronic D2 7,500 BTU Diesel heater...
...My van is an extended model with the 24" Voyager style hard top and it is fairly well insulated with QuietRide under the floor, on the sides and top but not in the doors...
...During the winter it is often in the 30s when camping in the desert and the Espar D2 seems like a perfect fit for the van. I normally leave it set about half way when in the 30s out and it will cycle on and off throughout the night keeping the van 65...
....Many of the Sportsmobiles have the D4 unit which puts out 13,650 btus. Some of the folks with this model have had issues with them clogging up from allegedly not being run hard enough. True or not I don't know but the D2 seems like a good fit for the temps I camp in…
.I had a Webasto Air Top 2000 in my old 2003 E350 RB Diesel with penthouse top....There were two things I didn't like about the system. One was that the fan never completely stopped when the unit was on. When the thermostat called for heat, the fan would rev up and blow heat, when the desired temp was met the burner would kick off and the fan would run a cooling cycle, the fan would then go into a slow air circulation mode until the next call for heat. I called Webasto tech support and was told that was how it was designed. The other thing I didn't like was that the Webasto diesel fuel pump made a fairly high pitched clicking sound when pumping fuel into the heater.
I had a suburban heater in my 95 SMB. It was pretty loud when it was on and would wake me up every time it turned on...
The Espar Airtronic D2 showed up. Wow wow wow! I might have to break guy code and read all the directions first here boys. There is quite a bit going on in this setup...
Heat. Finally. Thank God!...After throwing a little bit of a fit the heater finally pulled fuel from the tank and is roaring. Literally it is about 80% louder than I was expecting...I have no idea how work the 7 day timer and tell it to turn off yet...Hopefully the seat will muffle the clicking of the fuel pump....
... Sitting on the CPR seat I can't hear the pump anymore and the sound of the unit is greatly diminished...
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Now a few hindsite is 20-20 items:
Sit down over a beer and make your own simplified wiring diagram when installing the controller. The one provided...It makes a confusing mess of what is really 5 color coded wires...
...The weather this past weekend was a little on the cold side which gave us the opportunity to use the cabin heater. Strangely, I had a couple instances of the unit not lighting which was a new problem. The heater is ignited with a little transformer and a couple probes. I removed the probes, cleaned them up with 600g sandpaper and reinstalled. Everything seems to be working again but I'll be keeping my eye on it. The heater is an older 16k btu Suburban Propane monstrosity which takes up far more under-cabinet room than I like. Eventually we're going to be undertaking a complete interior renovation, at which time the heater will be swapped out for either a vented catalytic unit or, if I win the lottery, a Webasto Dual Top Evo...SG