Looks like a great set up! I’m in the process of doing something similar but want the heater to dry cloths and warm our conservator. I have been weighing up pros cons of mounting heater inside or outside. I think I will go for outdoors installation due to noise. I’m also going to use an ERG exhaust cooler to capture heat from the diesel heater exhaust to power a 600mm radiator inside the conservatory. The direct heater vent will come into a coal house attached to the conservatory which already houses our gas boiler for use as cloths dryer and remainder heat then piped into conservatory (13 foot square). Thanks for sharing your ideas, they have helped a lot 🎉
I’m glad it has helped. Let me know how the exhaust recovery goes, that sounds like a great addition as the exhaust gets very hot and does seem like a waste of energy.
Im doing a similar seup in an external passage. Ive got a compact diesel Heater which will be inside passage and mains powered with exhaust outlet. Its a long passage so will run a clothes line or two.
Im doing a similar setup, but keeping heater internal and exhaust external. How big is your conservatory and how long does it take to dry 1 load of clothes?
The conservatory is quite small, about 2.5m by 3m give or take. We keep the heat on a low setting to reduce the diesel consumption, so it takes a few hours to dry a load. If you crank it up to full and position the clothes right you can dry in less than an hour. It helps having the windows open to ventilate the humidity. We also use a dehumidifier to help reduce humidity and improve drying time. This runs off the house solar panels. When it’s not raining.
The muffler has a hole in the bottom, that drains anything flowing back down the pipe. It’s positioned close to the heater end. Assuming it’s installed the right way up. I imagine it’s full of rain after the recent storms we’ve had. We mostly use it during the winter now, so a little service in autumn to clear out the pipes, check the batteries etc and we’re good to go.
Looks like a great set up! I’m in the process of doing something similar but want the heater to dry cloths and warm our conservator. I have been weighing up pros cons of mounting heater inside or outside. I think I will go for outdoors installation due to noise. I’m also going to use an ERG exhaust cooler to capture heat from the diesel heater exhaust to power a 600mm radiator inside the conservatory. The direct heater vent will come into a coal house attached to the conservatory which already houses our gas boiler for use as cloths dryer and remainder heat then piped into conservatory (13 foot square). Thanks for sharing your ideas, they have helped a lot 🎉
I’m glad it has helped. Let me know how the exhaust recovery goes, that sounds like a great addition as the exhaust gets very hot and does seem like a waste of energy.
Im doing a similar seup in an external passage. Ive got a compact diesel Heater which will be inside passage and mains powered with exhaust outlet. Its a long passage so will run a clothes line or two.
Im doing a similar setup, but keeping heater internal and exhaust external. How big is your conservatory and how long does it take to dry 1 load of clothes?
The conservatory is quite small, about 2.5m by 3m give or take. We keep the heat on a low setting to reduce the diesel consumption, so it takes a few hours to dry a load. If you crank it up to full and position the clothes right you can dry in less than an hour. It helps having the windows open to ventilate the humidity. We also use a dehumidifier to help reduce humidity and improve drying time. This runs off the house solar panels. When it’s not raining.
How are you getting with your exhaust not running down hill , any condensation collecting in the exhaust problems ?
The muffler has a hole in the bottom, that drains anything flowing back down the pipe. It’s positioned close to the heater end. Assuming it’s installed the right way up. I imagine it’s full of rain after the recent storms we’ve had. We mostly use it during the winter now, so a little service in autumn to clear out the pipes, check the batteries etc and we’re good to go.
Ah nice, very tidy set up, I admire the ingenuity, and thanks for the reply 👍
Thanks for watching the video.