$200 5KW Portable Diesel Air Heater

[Utah KJ]

Currently testing with the Meanwell power supply and the 3” semi-rigid duct. It’s been maintaining 70F with no problems. The duct is much better than dryer hose.
The mount is spur of the moment. It’s supposed to drop down to the mid 30’s tonight.

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[aaen]

eBay is better

How is ebay better? They come packed out if the factory and get shipped to a warehouse who then re ships it.

If been scammed on ebay a lot. Won’t shop there.




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[john61ct]

eBay and PayPal's guarantee is better.

Direct from Amazon is fine, but I have had bad results trying to get refunds from third parties using their "market".

 

[aaen]

Ah gotcha! Yeah third party, I had to go directly to amazon to get them
Involved in the refund process due to how much **************** i had to deal with. My credit card company is on notice as well and wverything is documented so they will reimburse me if this company doesnt and go after them. .

 

[oldskewlsk8ter]

The remote displays Chinese and if anyone can provide input to change to English.....

If you haven’t figured it out yet, I believe you hold down the “ok” button on the remote until it changes to English. I’m pretty sure that’s what I did.

 

[zerodrift]

Once it synced up, it changed to English after a few cycles. Thanks for the heads up. So we've used the heater a few nights so far and is been great. It goes thru more fuel than I initially thought, but that is certainly acceptable in exchange for the comfort.

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[Utah KJ]

The Meanwell power supply did an excellent job keeping the heater going throughout the weekend.
The first time I used the heater, I had it placed on the ground by my front tire, and I extended the intake hose to my tent as well. The intake noise was pretty loud over my head. This time, I didn’t extend the intake hose, but the heater was sitting 4’ outside my window. There we no intake noise, but the tick tick of the pump was maddening. I think I will line the toolbox with a sound deadening material.
I saw no performance advantage to extending the intake into the tent vs letting it suck in cold air.


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[Ramrock]

I've been working on a portable Chinese diesel heater project. It's not 100% complete yet. It was supposed to be a 2kw, but turned out to be a 5kw. I haven't got to fire it up yet ,though I'm getting closer to finishing.

 

[Ramrock]

I hooked up the power supply tonight, and mounted an AC outlet. I ran kerosene through it at 35c for 20mins; worked perfectly. I added a short pigtail with insulated disconnects, this way, I can quickly connect to AC power or DC power from my side battery.

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What model is your power supply? Size?

 

[Utah KJ]

What model is your power supply? Size?

We have a few cases of these incorrectly ordered for a project, so I used it. It’s more horsepower than needed, but on the flip side, it runs very cool in the enclosed space.

https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/MEAN-WELL/LRS-200-12?qs=ah3jBNVE1PR/LPwtt0OaRg==


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[Ramrock]

We have a few cases of these incorrectly ordered for a project, so I used it. It’s more horsepower than needed, but on the flip side, it runs very cool in the enclosed space.

https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/MEAN-WELL/LRS-200-12?qs=ah3jBNVE1PR/LPwtt0OaRg==


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Thanks! That power supply is a great idea.

 

[hogasm]

For those with the digital controller what pulse width do you set the fuel pump for.....at least that is what mine calls it
It came set at 4.6kh

 

[Utah KJ]

For those with the digital controller what pulse width do you set the fuel pump for.....at least that is what mine calls it
It came set at 4.6kh

I never set it to anything. Whatever it was, it is.

 

[zerodrift]

The higher the hertz, the more frequently fuel is injected. Thus, more heat. Adjust up or down as needed. Make sure to occasionally ramp up temperatures to clear out the combustion chamber- I'm planning to do this prior to storage or after 5 gallons of fuel or so.

Used my setup for 5 cold evenings and it worked like a charm. The cereal box was used as a template.

 

[Utah KJ]

I’ve stayed down into the 20’s in a tent with the whatever the default setting is.


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