Diesel Heater setup to heat the house.
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- 8kw Diesel heater supplied by a company called Vevor that I use to heat my three bedroom house. There was an 8" extractor fan in the kitchen I could temporarily remove to fit two 4" pipes through to the inside of the house, the heater itself is mounted on the outside which is under cover from a canopy we have at the back. Have it on setting number 4 most of time but sometimes as low as 2 with the fan speed increased.
Powered using a 12v car battery topped up regularly with a small car charger. It will run on battery for around 7-10 hours but it does use a fair few amps when the glow plug is lit on startup, after that it doesn't pull much at all...
Downstairs gets toasty in no time but takes about an hour or so before you can feel the heat upstairs. Came with 10ltr tank and having to use normal diesel but I do get about a week out of it for an average of 5-6 hours a night....
Usually pay £15-£18 to refill every week depending how much is left in the tank.
One quick thought, it is suggested that your exhaust should point downwards, or at least have a drain hole at its lowest point to drain away any condensation build-up that may sit in the pipe. 🤔
Yes your correct. Modifying it shortly.
@@TheTwistedStone hi how did you modify it? what did you do? i have same set up, my exhaust tip is upward about 10ft up, im planning to drill a tiny drain hole but smoke might come out from it
@@velocity800 No modifications to the heater just dropped the tip of the exhaust a foot so it's lower. Drain hole good idea and a tiny amount of exhaust smoke should be ok but make sure you have carbon monoxide detector in house. Even the way I have it as an enclosed system the gaps in the case may let some fumes into the flow of air.
if you want to put the exhaust on a higher position you should use a muffler at the lower position, usually the mufflers do have a hole to drain the (water)
@@costas20257 There's never been any water at all. Don't understand where it comes from or how much should there be ? Didn't use it for a few days so checked for any water in that lower loop on the exhaust and again nothing, dry as a bone.
I really like how your cold air intake and exhaust are far away from each other. Looks great!
Working great and keeping us toasty since October. Thank you.
My mrs would go bonkers with the battery on the kitchen side 😂
Took some convincing I'll tell ya... :)
The pump needs to be mounted at 45 ° angle in the right direction indicated by the arrow. Otherwise will not last long.
Any angle above 45 is correct, straight up probably best since it's to get rid of air bubbles.
Mine primes faster and is quieter straight up vertical
Clever boy ..... Just point exhaust down a notch. Great job inspiring thank you more vids please .mike Scotland
Question. Having the air intake next to the hot air outlet, aren't you sucking heated air into the unit so wasting some of it's potential?
Yeah I would be tempted to draw air from near the floor when it's cooler
I thought that too.
just like when you put "recirc" on in the car
gets unto temp quicker
@@Hammerjockeyrepair lol.... you being serious?
just think about that for a min
@@dannyboy8067he could probably run a duct down and through his countertop to get to colder air but this doesn’t seem all that practical.
Not sure my misses would be happy with a car battery on the kitchen worktop 🤣🤣
I took away the normally empty bread bin to make room for battery so I argued it was same space taken up and I won !
Great video mate. I've just fitted one in my office down the Garden and it's brilliant. That was a test bed before I tell the wife there is one going on the side of the house next lol.
Also accidentally ran out of Diesel as all the local pumps had none....but I did have a couple of litres of 2nd hand Veg oil that I had deep fried chicken in previously.....filtered through kitchen roll and straight in the tank.....worked perfectly :)
Apparently a 50/50 mix of chip shop old oil and diesel works well also a 20/80 mix of kerosene / chip shop oil works well too and is even cheaper. Oil filtered obs.
@@en53kff do you need filter the oil from chip shop first
@@CharlesPiston Yes. Don’t want bits of batter & crap in your fuel. Although I’ve not filtered my first batch yet, I’m told a 10 micron filter/sock is good. Google it to see options to buy.
@@en53kff Nice one Thank you
The exhaust needs to point at a downwards angle. It should also be kept at the standard length, or it may cause backpressure leaving your unit struggling to start. If the exhaust must be routed longer than recommended then the diameter of the exhaust must be increased to allow the gases to escape quicker.
Thankyou. Yes I agree and it will be changed soon.
I'm going to set up mine in the garage, but with the exhaust going into a long 10cm diameter pipe with fins welded onto it before I put it through the wall. Seems the exhaust can reach up to 240°C, I'm not going to let that heat go to waste. Guess it will help a lot warming up the garage.
I've seen people wrapping a thin copper tube around the exhaust in order to get warm water. Works good as well...
Well done I have done the same with 5kw heater, but mine is in a box To increase it's effficiency. Iv'e used it for about a week just into livingroom I leave 2 doors open one to kitchen other to hall and staircase for the heat to spread, I am happy with it, except for the other night when it was sub zero temps , I then needed to shut the doors in livingroom. to maintain 20c. That night it sure was cold in bed! I am trying kerosene with 10% derv for lube for the pump.nice clean hot burn. at moment.
What heat setting do you have it on ?
If you have it indoors, make sure the seal where the exhaust meets the heater body is airtight. Gases have been known to leak. A carbon monoxide monitor is advisable if you don’t have one.
@@en53kff Good point. Very cheap insurance.
Also the muffler is not airtight. Wrap it in ducting foil and fibreglass insulation with stainless steel zip ties
@@TheTwistedStone the lowest setting on temp 8c i think, but that does not relate true temp.
Great video. I’ve just bought a heater, the type that comes encased with the fuel tank. Once my 4” pipe extension and extended exhaust arrives I’m going to do a similar set-up. I can buy red diesel from my local petrol station which helps. I shall probably do a short video too for UA-cam . Well done, nice job. 👍🏻
So where in the country are you? You can’t buy RD in forcourts in Yorkshire.
I just ordered one this morning as well. Please do a video when you get it. I’ll try as well.
@@lioncrunch9098 Yes you can. Currently £1.52 ltr at local Gulf service station.
That’s great thanks for feedback..
Looking forward to the video. Thank you.
Nice, would agree the exhaust needs to be shorter and point down to allow vapors and condensation to escape and not clog up. This also allows less restricted flow of the gases and back pressure to build up in the combustion chamber. You can also find the small straight through exhaust baffles for these very cheaply that reduce the noise by a considerable amount..
Hiya. That's good to know. Do you have a link to that noise reducer please?
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It looks like his exhaust is fine the straight pipe of a larger diameter flows considerably more than the flex pipe with bends. It may actually help to draw out the exhaust from the unit.
You have the right idea. Outdoor but recycling air. Exhaust needs addressed, both in angle and heat recovery. Also note that the exhaust is too long. Shorter reduces air pressure meaning a better burn and or use a wider pipe :)
I thought that but exhaust has been perfect. I have a similar heaters in garage and camper, temps, noise and exhaust smoke is comparable between the three.
@@TheTwistedStone have a video planned. Let you know when done. Includes home made radiator for exhaust heat recovery.
@@TheTwistedStone Installing mine. Video on my channel. :)
Wouldnt it be more efficient if it was placed lower? Because warm air goes upward
You sound like Mick McCarthy.
My second heater as my first is fitted to my 42 ft sailing yacht which has been fantastic for 20 years now a knockoff fitted to the house almost... arrived last week in -7 deg C conditions ... SO ALL THE PARTS ARE HERE! but heater outside or inside the kitchen will the outside be more quite will the inside be more efficent? that is the question. I have a third from my camper van that is its heating and cooking stove in the van that one was an arm and a leg.
Mount your heater inside and run the exhaust outside, How does your home furnace, woodstove or any other heating appliance work? Installed indoors and exhausted outside! Dont do what this guy did and mount it out in the weather, It will work so much harder to maintain a temperature and the outdoors will kill the unit
Run mine at 27°, fuel 2 and 1/2 litres per night ,havent checked if I'm saving money or not, perfect emergency backup.
just got my heater today now looking to build a box and best routing options for air. i see you have your heater pulling out the warm air from your house then pumping hotter air back in. have you tried it with out this? ( just using cold air from outside) if so did you notice much difference? thanks
They're designed to pull air from the room your heating. You pull in 4deg air in from outside to and heat upto say 50deg or you pull in 20deg air from inside and heat it 70deg+ there is around a 50deg increase and sucking cold air is only burning more fuel for less heat and making the heater work harder to keep up. This is about the best way to setup and still keep the unit outside, I have mine inside a cupboard with only the exhaust out the wall and yes it's noisier but efficient.
I saw a video a couple of hours ago that recommends that the pump should be at 45° angle, instead of vertical.
Seen a few too but working fine and less bubbles in pipe than similar setup I have in garage where pump is around 30-45° angle....
That's a bit of an eyesore you could do with boxing it in or something, also the battery won't last to long its better using a power pack and battery as backup.
I quite like it and some of the boxed setups I have seen have looked far worse...
Are these not just recommned as air blowers for workshops that dont have a gas supply. 5kw is not enough to heat a house, and when considering the price of diesel compared to gas, is it any cheaper than a normal combi boiler per kw per £. ? I dont the answer its a genuine question.
Depends on your situation and how much it costs to run your heater. If you live in a camper or something else that don't have these or Australia that don't have these then yeah it's cheaper. Mine runs about 2weeks on 20lt deisel and cost about 30 to 50c per hour to run and keep rather warm compared to my heat that cost upto 90c per hour and when you turn off its instant cold but the deisel heater is very dry hot heat like 70degC output and kept on low 1lt will last about 9hrs runtime.
Your right it doesn't heat the whole house but downstairs is toasty while upstairs coldish but way warmer than no heater at all. Coldest week over Christmas we spent around £25 on red diesel at £1.48 per ltr.
What's an educated guess as to how this cost compares to a reverse cycle aircon heater? Assuming 5.5hrs/day * 7 days * (0.4*8kw) ~ 123 kw/hr of heating per week supplies by 10 litres of diesel.
Assuming an aircon would use ~34kw/hr of electricity to provide the same amount of hot air to the space, which would be cheaper?
In other words, what's the cost of diesel per litre and what's the electricity cost per kw/hr?
I like the indoor air in and out being so close but not facing the same direction, brilliant :)
Will be interesting to see how long the battery lasts. Lead acid batteries last longer the more time they spend closer to fully charged.
You can get plug-pack sized chargers that keep it floated at 13.6v, which are also handy for cars that spend longer than a week or two not be driven.
With a bit of luck, that charger will have a float mode or similar for the sake of less maintenance.
Don’t know anything about reverse cycle aircon heaters Jimmy but I have seen a few videos on UA-cam where folk have put the heaters under test to find the fuel consumption on different settings, heat output and then calculate the kw/h.
The generic 8kw chinese diesel heater running red diesel > on low is using around 130-135ml/h - and high setting is around 280-300ml/h if you have a 15L tank of red diesel, it will take around 50 hours for that to be completely empty running on max setting at 300ml/h.
And its hard to calculate an exact price since every runs different kinds of fuel.
Kerosine mixes, Central heating oil, used engine oil, used cooking oil, etc
Best mix id say would be used engine oil 40-60 with red diesel. You can buy red diesel from any BP station at the pump and its allowed to be run in your diesel heater. (United Kingdom)
Say you ran this heater for 5 hours a day for an entire week at maximum setting it would use 10.5 litres of fuel for the entire week. Which buying 100% red diesel with no free oil or anything mixed would cost £9 for the entire week 5 hours a day. Now if you 40-60 mix with free stuff you can get from mechanics, food restraunts etc, then it becomes maybe 60% less.
@@welshe222 best answer ever. They're cheaper to run then elctric heat and produce much longer lasting dry heat unlike heat pump.
Just buy a transformer they're dime a dozen online and no need for charging battery. They're cheaper and better heat then an heat pump it's output on full power is upto 90degrees c and avg is probably 60degc much dryer heat then a.c. and when turn off its not instantly cold like a heat pump. Just make sure to have a fan to circulate the heat or your ceiling ends up hot and floor still cold.
We're starting to live like travellers! 😂😂😂
Yes it helped. It wont have that contraption bolted to my property!!!
It won't be attached come summer. Six screws and it's in the garage until needed again. Yes it has helped tremendously, haven't used the gas central heating hardly at all apart from hot water and showers. Red diesel still allowed so pretty cheap to run.
@@TheTwistedStone when are you getting your caravan and starting your peg making 😂😂😂😂
@@gbwildlifeuk8269 I have a self build camper but no peg making skills yet....
@@TheTwistedStone never mind you can tell fortunes instead 😂😂
Just about to do this at my house that is electric only , was going to put it in a box outside and use a small transformer from 12v to 240 so can just plug in the controller , cheers
the pump should sit at an angle to get better lubrication. 👍
I get that but I have used a similar heater in my workshop for the last 3 years with the pump in exactly the same orientation and never had any problems.
hi they don't use as much fuel when on a angle
Good video I'm thinking about doing the same thing as cost of using electric heating is uneconomical. I was thinking about having the diesel heater outside in a box and and the air intake pipe coming indoors like you have done. Does having the heater outside affect its efficiency. I'm not too keen on the idea of having the heater indoors in case of co2 leak. Do you leave the battery charging all the time? You could probably use a solar panel to charge it up. 👍
There's a few that have put the in boxes and no the battery doesn't need charging all the time. The heater needs extra current to start up and shutdown because the glow plug is active, otherwise it draws next to nothing but I have now started using more than one battery. One commenter suggested it was a bad idea charging lead acid batteries indoors especially next to the toaster...! I now charge the batteries in the garage and there's always one topped up from the solar panel. Not sure on efficiency but like you I would rather have the unit outside.
I’m going to put mine outdoors incase of gases but also so I don’t hear the pump ticking. I bought a small car battery from Halfords and also a Ring waterproof smart 8 amp trickle charger from Argos for £45. It will be constantly on so I can just forget about it. I’m going to build a small waterproof wooden box type surround to house the heater unit, battery & charger. Having the heater outside will make it a little more ‘thirsty’ but only when it’s very cold out. Safety first though eh? I shall draw air from outside so that it is always fresh air entering the house, not re-circulated. A hole cut through the brickwork will have a plastic liner, slightly bigger circumference than the heat pipe. This is so I can remove it all, and put it in the garage in the summer months. The lining pipe in the brickwork capped off with a plastic cap. Hope this makes sense.
@@en53kff If the new lead acid battery karks it then consider getting a lifepo4 (easy to argue that'd be overkill mind you). I dare say you'll get at least a few years out of it if it's float charger stays on. Would be interesting to see what voltage it floats it at.
@@jimmybrad156 I did consider different ways of powering it. I wanted a battery, firstly incase of power outages. It will continue to run hopefully until the power returned to continue charging, but it also makes it useable anywhere. Also the new battery being under £50 makes it affordable. Some I know use an inverter but then if the electricity goes off you’re stumped, plus you’re unable to let the unit go through its cooling down cycle, which you then risk toasting the whole unit. 🥴 You may know this, however, others reading it may not. 👍🏻
@@en53kff I use 2x 7ah 12v sealed lead acid batteries in series for the 24v dc roller shutters around the house. I use a 600ma 12v float charger for each battery, always on. Some rechargers need manual restarting; an easy way to do this is just with a $5 24-hour 15-min increment wall timer. These are just cheap sealed lead acid batteries but because they're nearly always full, they've been hunky-dory since 2016.
Mt that is absolutely awesome 👌 thanks for sharing 👍...
Good installed ! 👍 What the country?
UK Yorkshire.
Thx,good video!!🤝🇩🇰👍👏
nice..... how much it cost you a day, week, month etc for how many hours heat x
Average 5 hours a day £20 in Red diesel for the week.
Can you use tax free/AG diesel?
Not too sure about the car battery on charge on your worktop, and my guess is that your insurance company would agree with me. Some years ago I had a Land Rover battery on charge in my garage and I picked up an angle grinder to cut some mild steel (brain in neutral). The battery exploded with one hell of a bang, sending pieces of battery flying like shrapnel and covering me with diluted sulphuric acid. Fortunately I had my back to the battery. The next day, the clothes I had been wearing at the time fell to pieces. Lead acid batteries should always be charged in a well ventilated area.
Along with every other part of the installation! I really cannot believe what he has done, a house fire just waiting to start, simply unbelievable and frankly an utterly appalling disregard for any notion of good practice or safety!!!!!! Very glad I don't live next door to him but I pity the poor devil(s) who does!
@@dontuno absolutely nothing wrong apart from charging a battery on his kitchen bench but at a trickle charge rates it's hardly boiling the acid and it looks like sla or AGM anyway. People sleep with these under there bed or boat everyday and they are fine. All fire is contained amd exhausted outside and even with a fuel leak all your going to get is alot of smoke and unit shut down.
@@DanielSan-ch7dr Sorry but I can professionally tell you the whole installation is a house fire waiting to start. The battery location next to a toaster is but one of a litany of errors! When I watched this video I seriously wondered whether it was a joke but then I read some comments and realised the complete lack of awareness shown not only by the poster but also his viewers.
@@dontuno You are joking, it's been perfectly fine since October and working well within normal parameters. People fit these things as night heaters in Lorries while they sleep and have been doing for years....!
@@TheTwistedStone It's a combustible unit with fuel, electricity, motors, batteries and all fixed with wooden burny stuff, at least get some Aqua Panel or Cement board and make a fireproof box for it to sit in.
I've seen quite a few of these installed this way, outside the house and ducted in. That does not seem very efficient when it would be cold outside. Are they not supposed to be installed inside in combustion air and exhaust ducted outside?
The air inlet is pulling from inside the house. The combustion inlet is outside.
Does this work with Red diesel?
Yes. Local Gulf and BP stations still sell under name of 'Gas Oil'.
Great job
I read somewhere that the fuel pump needs to be set diagonally ?
I never considered setting everything up outside.. that's food for thought
It has been fantastic. Love it and no trouble at all.
from what i have been told, you shouldnt charge a battery indoors as they can give off fumes. im seeing a lot of videos about these with very mixed prices per hours they cost to run. the worst one i saw was a 1L per two hours to run it.
Yes, an old style charger which puts iut 8 amps will cause the battery to gas as it approaches full charge......but not so much the case with a trickle ( i.e modern) charger. As I understand it, fully charge the battery before bringing it inside and then hook up the trickle charger. These units draw 8-10 amps while the unit is starting up but when the unit can maintain flame unaided by the glow plug the draw drops to about 1-1.5 amps. The cleverer ones can detect a falling battery voltage and initiate an auto shutdown as it is of VITAL importance that the unit goes through a full shutdown procedure to cool properly otherwise residual heat can cook the control circuit board.....this is a bad thing, as I'm sure everyone knows by now. Hope this helps everyone out there.
Every car battery I have ever had has a facility to vent down a pipe!. There are 2 plugs that are blocked on shipping and you are told to remove them. Just stick a pipe in it! Cars where the battery is inside the vehicle do the same thing!
Get it right ! Cabin
It looks like you made every error that is possible to make 😉
Exhaust needs to be pointed down. The fuel-pump needs to be on a 45° angle. It looks like you suck the hot air up again through the fresh air intake...
Loved the video, though!
That's know as a health Robinson design the exhaust needs to drain vapour and heat should enter at the lowest point in a room
So is it red diesel? How is that cheaper than gas?
Well done and thank you for the video
Extend The indoor Air Intake Up Closer To Your Ceiling! You Want The System To Capture That Hot Air Rising Up To Ceiling To Recycle & Thus Make Your System More Efficient!!
Hi /what sort of battery charger are you using ?
Use a 12v power pack, the ones used for CB ext, better than a battery
Nice mate, can You tell me how many amp your DC for CB have
I use a 10 amp power supply, but you can get bigger ones, have a look on market place,
@@garysetterfield9578 Just found a few, most with 30A which are near me.
Cheers mate.
@@CharlesPiston saves having a battery in the house, if that was were you was going to have one, the only problem with doing it this way, is if you get a power cut, the heaters carnt go through the cooling cycle, hope this helps
Thanks for share you video.
it's a bit of an eyesore?
I learned to live with it but come summer and six screws later it will be removed and the original fan installed.
They are noisy , have your neighbours complained yet ?
It's comparable to the gas boiler and we usually run it on level 4 which is half the speed in video.
Why does it seem counter intuitive to me to have the actual heater OUTSIDE the house?
I've just purchased one of the all in one units myself. I do wonder what the neighbours think of the noise?
No worse then a heat pump. At a distance they're jist a dull droney noise. A heat pump is about 67db I think and these are less then that.
Quieter than outlet on standard combi boiler.
The heater should be mounted indoors and simply pipe the exhaust outside through the wall. You are going to ruin that unit in a short time having it outside, 1 its going to work its butt off to fight the cold and 2 the temperature swings are going to create a crap ton of moisture in the unit
It is covered by a roof. With the heater on the moisture will cook off. The exhaust doesn’t seal all that great to the unit so you run the risk of it leaking into your living space.
Is the heater waterproof? Can it withstand being outside in rain?
Not a great idea. Best shelter it with a box construction or canopy.
Its under a corrugated plastic canopy, you can see the reflection off the window
One of the fastest selling items on the internet, some companies have heavily increased there prices........shame on you cashing in
I paid £96 on Ebay last week. You have to really shop around. Yes, many people looking for cheaper heating.
@@en53kff just ordered everything I need ....all in around £160...heater,battery,charger,10L Pet Can
Sounds good. When do you intend to do the installation?
@@en53kff as soon as poss
Use a 12v power pack instead of the battery, the kind they use for CB radio ext
Find a local supplier of red diesel. Some companies deliver 20 litre tubs. Much much cheaper. Oh and some places advertise is as other names so try searching online for heavy oil.
Iv got a local petrol station that has it at the pump for just over £1 a litre last time I looked.
Really? Tell me where. I'll go fill my car up lol.
@@TheRCBiker Sadly I remember moaning about normal diesel getting close to £1 a litre. In fact if I think back to when I used to fill up my first mini, at 17 years old, petrol was under 40 pence a litre and Diesel was 36p a litre, So back then £6 would fill my fuel tank on my mini.
You pump needs to be at a 45 degrees it will make it more efficient, also change fuel line to rigid nylon not use the soft green this also stops air bubbles forming
35?
@@jbradbury2 anything from 15 to 45
Nice setup butt the pump needs to be hanged on 45 degrees.then it works better and less noise.and a longer lifetime
can I just say I love you, how did it work out?
To know how the pulse pump works: "Chinese Diesel Air Heaters Part 7 Metering/Dosing pump", "John McK 47" and also "Chinese Diesel Heater Fuel Pump Angle - The Best Angle For Your Pumps".
The fuel pump should be at a 30-45° angle, it's to prevent it from getting hydrolocked.
Working fine so far but I will let you know when it fails.
Great but I can’t get anyone to fit it , because I would love one .
Depending on where you are, a narrow boat (canal type barge thingy!) owner could probably point you in the direction of a fitter. Whereabouts are you generally?
They work more efficiently and use less diesel if the air intake is in the room area you are heating.
It is.
Unless you mean burner air intake ?
I guess if you don't have a modern gas boiler these are a good idea, maybe but most newer gas boilers will be much cheaper to run than these. I notice people with these are mostly heating their rooms to not much more than 20 degrees, heat a single room to the same temperature with your central heating boiler and it will be way cheaper.
My central heating uses £10 in a day the deisel heater uses about £2
@@davidfletcher1156 to heat one room yes. £2 a day will not get you a house heated the same as £10 in gas in your boiler unless you have a very inefficient boiler. Get TRVs on your rads and heat one room to the same heat as the diesel heater and come back and let me know how much it cost.
@st200ol it warms most of it pretty well as it's blown hot air and pretty much instant, mines in the kitchen , I just open the doors and it'd fine 🙂
@@davidfletcher1156 Thanks for the reply sounds good but can we please have temperature measurements across the whole house. I was seriously considering getting one of these to heat the downstairs but I won't bother unless it can achieve at least 21 degrees across the whole of my ground floor (3 bed semi with 100mm foam insulation BTW)
@st200ol hi I am just waiting for my temperature gun , and I'll do a little video
There is no 8Kw Diesel Heater made, it's a 5Kw Heater that these Chinese companies are fooling you with. So much info is out there about this on UA-cam and Facebook groups.
You really shouldn't have the car battery in your living area and your exhaust should be pointed down so the moisture from burning Diesel drains out and not build up in the bend
I now rotate batteries and charge one at a time in garage until a new main battery battery arrives. Also considering taking the power cables directly from the garage leaving only the display inside the house.
Looks disasterous, Build a box for it!
Roof above it and run it since October with no problems at all.
A bit cod, does the job. Need to fit silencer on exhaust save annoying the neighbours.
The pump will be more efficient at 45 degrees
Remember the old days when they use to hide heating systems, I can’t believe your lady lets you have that set up, a car battery on the work top when she’s doing her baking, fuck me
Great way to heat your house up than giving your hard end money to those robbing energy company bsterds
Pump should be set at 45 degree
The pump need to be installed at 45 degrees and NOT IN VERTICAL !
To prolong the life of the pump it needs to be at a 35 degree angle
I've read that anywhere between 35° and vertical is ok this is to stop air bubbles accumulating int pump and causing cavitation
@@peterkelsey1299 everything I’ve seen and read says that between 15 and 35 degrees as this will reduce the risk of bubbles but keeps the pump lubricated as the fuel dwells in the pump a little more. That said the pumps are relatively cheap
Hi Andy here's a link ua-cam.com/video/51jm1YQ8b7Q/v-deo.html
@@peterkelsey1299 and the manufacturers of the pumps and heaters recommend about 35 degrees, I’d be inclined to follow their advice than “Fred” on UA-cam…. These guys are not professionals and as such their advice, such that it is, is apocryphal.
Fuel pump shuld point 45 degreds
Works fine so far but when it fails I'll let you know...
Use red diesel it's alot cheaper.
Yep sorted, local Gulf stations sell it as 'gas oil'.
You've got the heater outlet duct high up, heat rises 🤷♂️ you've also got the exhaust routed higher than the heater 🤷♂️ and the fuel pump angle is wrong 🤷♂️
Ohne Schalldämpfer viel zu laut 🙉😅
Angle your pump,
Be careful... when a battery is charging it emits hydrogen gas.
To many problems with this setup.
Name them considering it's not been altered in any way and has worked seamlessly since October ?
This is very inefficient, and you'll be facing unpredictable prices. Honestly quite selfish as well unfortunately.
£15 per week to heat the house over Christmas, I'm happy with that.
How is it selfish?
Jesus 🤣 what a mess
Noisy.....
Nahh, camera was too close. Sounds about the same as vent from combi boiler.
😯 Good grief!
You might as well cancel your house insurance they won’t pay out with that strapped to the wall
You need a transformer in stead of the battery
Nope, if power cut the heater won't run cool down cycle and could be nasty.....
An hilarious false economy 🤣
is it ? £15 per week to heat the house over Christmas wasn't bad, I'm happy with that.
Obviously work for an energy company
𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘮 👉