Hey all,
After traveling around for the last 3 years on a motorcycle and then 4x4 Hilux, I am now in the planning phase of a 4x4 Sprinter buildoutt (kicking off in December), but still trying to figure out my water heating setup for kitchen and shower use. Can anyone help me out with exactly how to set this kind of system up? I don't have much experience with this kind of stuff but as with my bike, it was a great adventure on its own building it to my own spec
I'm looking at adding a huge 200L (50 gallon) water tank, as I want to spend days on end boondocking only filling up with water when required. I also want the ability to heat water when parked for a couple of days without the need of the engine running. However, as both the ideal diesel heaters (Truma D6 and Dual Top Evo) both have such small capacity for hot water, I want to circulate the heated water into a bigger 10-20L (4-6 gallon) calorifier, where it can heat enough water for 2 people to shower and also provide for the kitchen. I have never touched a calorifier so no idea how its exactly used.
I am guessing that water is pumped from the main water tank into the diesel heater via the cold water connection, as it warms it passes out of the hot water connection and into one of the cold water calorifier connections, it then flows out of one of the hot water calorifier connections, linking back up to the diesel heaters cold water connection? When a hot water faucet is opened, hot water comes out of the second hot water calorifier connection? This is a little confusing to me, I don't know if any additional pumps are required etc, any diagrams or something?
I have also heard that the calorifiers can also be hooked up to your engine through a heat exchanger or directly to the cooling system. When you drive it can heat up to near boiling, and then uses a mixing valve to mix with the cooler water direct into the hot water line to the shower/kitchen, thus only using a fraction of the really hot water. Can these systems be used all together, so that it's simply the diesel heater doing the work while parked for some days, and the engine waste heat doing the rest while driving? Any diagrams or anything?
Still not sure which of the Truma Combi D6E or the Webasto Dual Top Evo 8 diesel heater either, any advice? (I want the hot air from these also, hence these heaters)
Sorry if these were cringe-worthy questions, just seeking the advice of more experienced members
After traveling around for the last 3 years on a motorcycle and then 4x4 Hilux, I am now in the planning phase of a 4x4 Sprinter buildoutt (kicking off in December), but still trying to figure out my water heating setup for kitchen and shower use. Can anyone help me out with exactly how to set this kind of system up? I don't have much experience with this kind of stuff but as with my bike, it was a great adventure on its own building it to my own spec
I'm looking at adding a huge 200L (50 gallon) water tank, as I want to spend days on end boondocking only filling up with water when required. I also want the ability to heat water when parked for a couple of days without the need of the engine running. However, as both the ideal diesel heaters (Truma D6 and Dual Top Evo) both have such small capacity for hot water, I want to circulate the heated water into a bigger 10-20L (4-6 gallon) calorifier, where it can heat enough water for 2 people to shower and also provide for the kitchen. I have never touched a calorifier so no idea how its exactly used.
I am guessing that water is pumped from the main water tank into the diesel heater via the cold water connection, as it warms it passes out of the hot water connection and into one of the cold water calorifier connections, it then flows out of one of the hot water calorifier connections, linking back up to the diesel heaters cold water connection? When a hot water faucet is opened, hot water comes out of the second hot water calorifier connection? This is a little confusing to me, I don't know if any additional pumps are required etc, any diagrams or something?
I have also heard that the calorifiers can also be hooked up to your engine through a heat exchanger or directly to the cooling system. When you drive it can heat up to near boiling, and then uses a mixing valve to mix with the cooler water direct into the hot water line to the shower/kitchen, thus only using a fraction of the really hot water. Can these systems be used all together, so that it's simply the diesel heater doing the work while parked for some days, and the engine waste heat doing the rest while driving? Any diagrams or anything?
Still not sure which of the Truma Combi D6E or the Webasto Dual Top Evo 8 diesel heater either, any advice? (I want the hot air from these also, hence these heaters)
Sorry if these were cringe-worthy questions, just seeking the advice of more experienced members