Which is the BEST Diesel Heater for a Campervan or van
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- Опубліковано 16 лис 2022
- Which is the Best Diesel Heater for a van or Campervan
Eberspacher, Webasto, Autoterm or even a Chinese Diesel Heater?
Winter Vanlife is here and the question is often raised, which is the best diesel heater on the market, which heater should you choose?
I have a look at the Eberspacher Airtronic S2 D2L, Webasto Air Top 2000 STC including Thermo Connect, Planar / Autoterm 2KW heater and also Chinese Diesel Heaters, such as Triclicks, Vevor, Maxpeedingrods diesel heaters.
Which should you buy?
Which heater have I bought?
Here are links to a few I look at:
Maxpeedingrods 5kw with Bluetooth app - amzn.to/3V6XcB0
Maxppedingrods 2kw - amzn.to/3hGeypY
Autoterm - planarheaters.co.uk/home
Webasto - www.webasto-comfort.com/int/p...
Eberspacher - amzn.to/3AsfQLR
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What are your thoughts on which diesel heater?
For the money Chinese and easy to fit no brainer 👍 just make sure you use nylon pipe not the green crappy stuff they sell 4mm outside diameter 1.5/2mm inside diameter. All will be fine 🙂
The very best is mine. It works everytime.
I fitted the new MaXpeedingrods Diesel Heater 5K with Bluetooth to my Motorhome and its been fantastic.
Another great informative video, thanks for putting it together.
Thank you for taking the time to thank me 😀
Ive had a Chinese diesel heater in my workshop for two years, absolutely brilliant, good on fuel, good heating. 8kw. Changed the fuel filter and fuel pipes and repositioned the fuel pump .
They are becoming increasingly popular for this kind of use 👍
Which one is it pls.?
which one do you recommend
Do you think it could run off of jetA fuel?
Hi, brilliant video, Im all agog now……. Did you get it? Was it good? Shall I buy one? When is the 2nd video coming? Keep it up, love the channel
New subscriber,
Love your channel
Thank you. Glad you like it. I enjoy making the videos and try my best, still learning 😃
Jim from Ohio 🇺🇸
This was a very good overview about what heater to purchase…
Thanks
Jim
Wall mart has the Hcalory diesel heaters on sale today 3/10/23, for 89.99 for the black one and the white one, I bought both, the black one is nicely made I disassembled it and it has a heat-resistant outer shell made of durable plastic the aluminum was poured and was quality built, the inner burner tube was made of stainless steel very nice, lots of heat and runs nicely. the white one has an aluminum outer shell that is made perfectly the heater is 95% the same the only difference is the burner tube is steel not stainless and works the same with a lot of heat.
Wow still 89.99 i bought 2 black ones 2 years ago. 👍
I only burn diesel and have never had an error code or smoke at all.
My conversion company recommended my Chinese heater. They have been fitting them for 4 years and not one complaint.
All in £525, half of which was fitting, I have only had it for 4 months, so I can not comment on reliability.
So far so good though.
They are a conversation that creates many arguments. I spoke to a few companies and they wouldn’t touch them. The people who have them swear by them.
Hope it goes well thinking of getting one next year just worried something happens fire etc paying out on insurance
There will be another video in a few weeks when it arrives. We will see what happens. I won’t be fitting if I’m not sure, it wouldn’t be worth the risk. Let’s see 🤷🏻♂️
Fantastic video - thank you. Do you fit them?
Sorry, no I’m afraid I don’t
Good review thank you. Quick question - If one was to install a diesel heater in one’s motorhome, would it normally be installed in such a manner that it will drive its heat through the existing heat duct system around the vehicle? The reason I ask is that our Hymer’s existing duct system directs heat also into the double floor to the water tanks etc for the purpose of winter living and prevent water from freezing etc. I would imagine that one would lose that crucial benefit, if the diesel heater wasn’t using the existing duct layout?
Diesel heaters generally use their own ducting system separate from the existing ducting. The air flow of the diesel heater will likely be far lower than the Motorhomes standard system and likely not enough to supply the whole system. There could also be potential safety issue with backflow. Personally I would keep the 2 separate
How did the diesel heater install go? have you a link to it?
The Chinese one has performed fine... I bought a second.
LOL my heater is the best one,,so true
I just finished installing and running a webasto 2000stc in my full time 28ft trailer,,works great, outlet heat from duct around 240 deg,
We have used webasto in our commercial trucks for years ,,they seem very reliable,,I think thats what your paying for.
Im curious on the chinese ones,im thinking of purchasing one
Webasto is a great heater, not cheap but do perform very well.
The Chinese ones do cause debate, many swear by them and others are totally against them. Got a video coming on this soon
I've got a 2023 mercedes vito and have been told I can't fit a diesel heater because of the add blue tank any ideas please.
Have you had it fitted yet mate ?
The best option and value is Lavaner, but virtually no one has heard of them. They are top quality Chinese manufacture using world sourced parts, and they have an "Alpine" version that auto corrects for elevation (Barometric pressure).
The Alpine is 5kw and too big for a small van
@@StaycationLifestyle Lavaner makes a 2KW model, but it is not altitude adjusting. Having said that, I initially believed that 5KW would overheat my camper too. Mine is a truck camper with about 200 Cu Ft of interior volume. That is much less than a typical van. My experience has been that the 5KW is perfect. In warmer weather it simply runs very low and quiet. In very cold weather (and I do travel in very cold weather), having the 5KW allows the camper tp stay warm without overworking the heater. Again, just my experience. Two examples of the quality of the Lavaner are: #1: the ECU is completely epoxy encapsulated. There is no open circuitry like you find in typical CDH. #2: The glow plugs used in the heater are Japanese, made by Kyocera, not Chinese. The bearings in the fan appear to be better too. Lots of upgraded parts. Even the housing components are more robust. The Alpine version costs in the $500 range the last time I looked. Anyway, I have no ties to Lavaner. I just like their products, and thought I would mention it. I wish they had a better distribution in the US. Their Canadian distributer is really good, but the US distributer kind of sucks. It's better to contact the Chinese rep directly. Sorry to interrupt the conversation.
I've run these for years and the problem is people buy heater that's to big for there van and then run very low temperature and they coke up , buy 2kw and run them flat out often and they decoke themselves no issues even eberspacher have problems eberspacher are having heaters built-in China do the matches you can run china heater for 4/5 yes no problems. It cost you £140 for a service on eberspacher make's no sense these big companies charge what they do. I welcome the Chinese doing the knock off heater for £80 a time big companies will realize that aren't putting up with them taking the piss 😡 I could rant all day short story is I've had no issues at all 😅 make sure it's the nylon pipe not the crappy stuff they send 4mm o/side diameter 1.5/2 inside diameter be fine 🙂
Your last sentence is what many have a problem with. They say the internals are equally as poor. It’s a subject that really does divide opinion 🤷🏻♂️
How about Lavaner
2kw, the 5-8kw is noisy for a van. 6 years ago bought for my van 2kw was £130. Just bought 8kw £80.
Hopefully not 8kw for a small van 🤣 That would be way to big
@@StaycationLifestyle Tried for domestic use, too noisy so fitted at work where it can be isolated.
I bought a Chinese diesel heater and had it fitted to my T5.1 work OK for about a month half then driven to cornwall could smell burning from wear the wiring loom was pulled over turned power off burnt loom Humm
Oh dear, sounds like that could have been catastrophic and you were lucky it was just the loom. What did you replace it with?
I replaced the hole lot with Eberspacher because the wiring cable gauge was to small for the amps that's why it court fire
@@philld2576 The 10A current is on for less than 1 minute. AsLong as you do not get significant volt drop enough to bring 12V to below 10.5V, you are fine.
it,s not how much it cost, or who made it, it is how it is used that counts, most people do not know how to use them properly,
Did you fit it ? what,s your thoughts on it thus far?
No and I won’t be. Will do a follow up video soon.
the actual burner design on the chinese heater is superior to expensive makes as you will not find any complaints of burner clogging up and needing replacement ......
Don’t fit a Chinese diesel heater under your van as the electrics are not sealed, should be ok inside the van. Some of the fitting kits supplied can be very cheaply made especially the fuel pipe and exhaust pipe is only single skinned so get very hot, a potential problem if camping in log dry grass, mufflers tend not to be seem welded so leak gasses. If I were fitting a Chinese heater I’d seriously think about buying better fittings.
Will look for your fitting video 👍🏻. I bit the (expensive) bullet and had an Eberspacher professionally fitted in our T5 which has performed great for just over a year now, no regrets.
So how did the test go?
probably blew up
Why not use 5kW and turn it bit down on temp and buy instead 2kW heater?
5kw is way too much for a small van. They shouldn’t be run only on the lowest setting, it doesn’t do them any good
@@markholdsworth1396 Science does. Do a calculation for the area you are trying to heat in your van.
@@markholdsworth1396
Any diesel engine , even a small heater , needs to run hot to work efficiently.
A diesel car/van wouldn't run efficiently if constantly used for short trips .
A 5 kw heater of any kind will easily heat a large 3 bedroom home . It's miles too big for a small space , car/van etc & would have to be turned right down which quickly clogs them up .
They need to run hot
Why risk a non UKCA properly tested heater, cheap is cheap for a reason
Don't buy one then
german or chinese you work it out@@peterherrington3300
If your "purse strings" are "tight", don't buy dangerous cheap crap!
You seem to be ignoring the moral dimension of deciding which heater to purchase.
Planar production may have been relocated, but the profits still flow in to Russia - that's the pariah state currently committing war crimes in Crimea. As for the Chinese knock-offs - all those "brands" benefit from IP theft from western companies that have invested in R&D, design and marketing.
EDIT: Sorry, that should read Ukraine, not Crimea.
The brothers that own autoterm are Ukrainian, which is why production was moved from Russia this summer
@paul d - Moral Dimension? Thank you for parroting the main stream & Government narrative - and ignoring the history of this region for the 8 years previous to 2022.
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Wall mart has the Hcalory diesel heaters on sale today 3/10/23, for 89.99 for the black one and the white one, I bought both, the black one is nicely made I disassembled it and it has a heat-resistant outer shell made of durable plastic the aluminum was poured and was quality built, the inner burner tube was made of stainless steel very nice, lots of heat and runs nicely. the white one has an aluminum outer shell that is made perfectly the heater is 95% the same the only difference is the burner tube is steel not stainless and works the same with a lot of heat.