Diesel heater in a four wheel camper?
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Alaska Floor Mounted Diesel Heater - Dickinson Marine
The Alaska Floor Mounted Heater is ideal for boats 30ft-35ft. Small, compact, attractive, economical burning fireplace that produces a cozy, comfortable dry heat. Requires 3” diameter chimney parts. Minimum 4ft or maximum 8ft of chimney is required, a 6ft straight run with no elbows work best...
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Antarctic Floor Mounted Diesel Heater - Dickinson Marine
The Antarctic Floor Mounted Heater is ideal for boats 35ft – 40ft. Size of this heater produces greater heat output than the smaller heaters although fuel consumption is the same. This model is round in design and has a large viewing window. Requires 3” diameter chimney parts. Minimum 4ft or...
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Lofoten Floor Mounted Diesel Heater - Dickinson Marine
The Lofoten Floor Mounted Diesel Heater is ideal for boats 35ft-40ft. Similar to the Antarctic in performance but with a larger top area, rectangular shape, and a cast-iron lid providing a top cooking surface. Requires 4” diameter chimney parts. Minimum 4ft or maximum 8ft of chimney is required...
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Alaska Floor Mounted Diesel Heater - Dickinson Marine
The Alaska Floor Mounted Heater is ideal for boats 30ft-35ft. Small, compact, attractive, economical burning fireplace that produces a cozy, comfortable dry heat. Requires 3” diameter chimney parts. Minimum 4ft or maximum 8ft of chimney is required, a 6ft straight run with no elbows work best...
Antarctic Floor Mounted Diesel Heater - Dickinson Marine
The Antarctic Floor Mounted Heater is ideal for boats 35ft – 40ft. Size of this heater produces greater heat output than the smaller heaters although fuel consumption is the same. This model is round in design and has a large viewing window. Requires 3” diameter chimney parts. Minimum 4ft or...
Lofoten Floor Mounted Diesel Heater - Dickinson Marine
The Lofoten Floor Mounted Diesel Heater is ideal for boats 35ft-40ft. Similar to the Antarctic in performance but with a larger top area, rectangular shape, and a cast-iron lid providing a top cooking surface. Requires 4” diameter chimney parts. Minimum 4ft or maximum 8ft of chimney is required...
i like the dickenson fireplace heaters but hoping to not spend $1200 bucks lol
Maybe for a propane fireplace?
Newport P9000 Propane Fireplace - Dickinson Marine
The combustion process is completely isolated from the inside of the boat by the unique, direct vent design. A built-in blower provides good heat circulation. The heater is sold with all accessories needed including a stainless steel backing plate, 28 inches of flexible double stainless chimney...
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Much lower cost Dickinson solid fuel heater:
Solid Fuel Heater Archives - Dickinson Marine
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There is also the Dickinson "Cozy Cabin Propane Heater":
Cozy Cabin Propane Heater - Dickinson Marine
The Dickinson, formally Sig Marine Cozy Cabin Heater is a lovely appliance for heating. The open flame design gives it a fireplace effect and is ideal for small boats. The open flame design uses cabin air so a fresh air source is needed but the heater is equipped with an oxygen depletion sensor...
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I suggest checking prices at places that carry Dickinson rather than buying directly from them. For example, see:
Dickinson Marine Newport Solid Fuel Heater - 00-NEWSF
The Newport Solid Fuel Heater is a small stainless steel solid fuel heater designed for casual use ideal for boats 20-25ft. This heater burns one to two 1" thick wood or presto log, a handful of charcoal briquettes or coal. Removable ash drawer and damper
ramblinChet
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I think the marine heaters are really cool but one major problem is our FWCs have roofs that move up and down and these heaters require a double walled straight pipe to go up through the roof. Another reason they are not the best choice is because they take a long time to heat up and you are not able to just shut them off and walk away. And although they are very efficient on fuel they still require feeding are certain intervals.
I will be installing a diesel or maybe a gas heater in my shell. They put out an appropriate amount of heat and literally sip fuel. Once I purchase mine I will read the manufacturers installation instructions and install accordingly.
I will be installing a diesel or maybe a gas heater in my shell. They put out an appropriate amount of heat and literally sip fuel. Once I purchase mine I will read the manufacturers installation instructions and install accordingly.
yes I will be installing a chines diesel heater in mine also. I was just hoping to get some ideas on how people ran the fresh air intake and exhaust out. Im also planning on leaving the fuel tank and fuel pump on the outside for ease of fill up for the diesel and no fumes on the inside. The fuel pump outside also for noise.
ramblinChet
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Mickey Bitsko
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Is your truck a diesel? If not you'll need to carry heating fuel,
Seems like a pita.. not to mention the stink of diesel fuel.
Seems like a pita.. not to mention the stink of diesel fuel.
What is the motivation for using diesel? Unless your truck is also diesel or you plan on using diesel for cooking (and hot water) it seems like added complexity for little benefit. Even the fancy diesel heaters (Webasto etc) tend to be less reliable than quality propane heaters, due to soot and increased complexity.
clydeps
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Not really. I put a heater in my slide-on - it's a Chinese Eberspacher clone that came with a 10 litre tank which I mounted at the rear. That lasts quite a long time. It puts out a massive amount of heat at full bore, when it throttles down to minimum it's barely audible so I'm pretty happy.
I'm sure a genuine Eberspacher would be better quality, but this was 1/10th the price and there are thousands of them in use in Australia with very few complaints that I could find.
clydeps
Member
My reasons were price, size (did not have much room to fit it) and the fact I could DIY. At least here in Oz any gas install needs to be done by a licensed gasfitter to be legal.
Nice that’s what I’m looking to do. Same reason cost and diy at $150 bucks if it works well you can’t beat it. I would be mounting the tank and fuel pump outside no smell and hopefully little noise from the fuel pump. Also easier to fill up than propane
ramblinChet
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They have gasoline versions available also which is what I might install.