its not a good tip he is leading you down a road that will only make it worst for your heater. without using a gas analyzer you are taking a stab in the dark and could make it worst for your heater in the long run. Also just going back and forth like he says isnt going to put the heater in the same spot. DO NOT DO what this guy says.
I have not been able to find any documentation or anyone that has been able to do it with the digital thermostat dial. My understanding is you have to have the old rheostat basic dial to adjust the high altitude setting and then you plug your other one back in to run it.
I did this adjustment this morning before I watched your video. Is it supposed to stop blinking before you remove the wire? Mine did not. I waited about 6 or 7 minutes before I pulled the wire. I’m confused as to weather or not it worked.
It does not stop blinking. You just pull the wire out, if it was blinking then you know that it was in program mode. if you get in high altitude and it runs for a couple minutes and then shuts off then you know that you need to redo it. I just bring the piece of wire with the clips in my little toolbox in the back just in case if I ever have to reset it for some reason.
@@vacayalldayeveryday Awesome thanks. Going to Hot Sulfur springs this weekend in Grandby. It’s around 8,000 feet, we’ll test it out! Although we live at around 5,200 feet so we may know sooner if it didn’t work.
@@ccbean1980 I live outside Salt Lake which is about 4500 to 5,000 ft and mine worked perfectly until I got to Vail and then it wasn't working properly and then we did the upgrade or change to high altitude and then it worked perfectly. Also every now and then you might notice after you turn it off when it starts shutting down it makes kind of like a little pop/backfire sound that's okay they say.
There is NO SUCH thing as high altitude adjustment on a Webasto Air Top 2000 ST or STC. you are adjusting the air fuel mixture and should ONLY be done with an exhaust gas analyzer. Without that you are taking a stab in the dark and could cause bigger issues for your heater. Also just going back and forth from 12 to 9 and 9 to 12 is a horrible thing to do. thats like throwing a dart at a dart board with a blindfold on. you might hit it and you might hit someone in the eye.
He claims to have talked to a webasto tech that said that lol. For those who have installed dozens of these, we somehow get different feedback from webasto.
Sorry, this is wrong and you're misleading folks. If you follow these instructions you are making a blind adjustment. This is supposed to be done with a CO2 meter. If you don't use a meter, now do you know what you adjusted? You are blindly making the heater run lean (overheats the burner) or rich (loads up with carbon).
@@vacayalldayeveryday Nope. Call them again. They'll tell you that you need a CO2 meter. The service manual for the heater lists a CO2 testing device as a required tool. The procedure in the manual clearly spells out the need for a meter. No Webasto tech support will tell you to do what this video says. There's a video from a van builder that interviews a Webasto tech. He clearly says you need a CO2 meter.
@@1QKGLH Thanks for the info and input! I've installied a half and a dozen of these I never once got a manual in the box. Did get the thumb drive one time but it was unreadable. Haha I did call their tech support and told him that I was trying to put one in high altitude mode and had seen a video about turning the dial to 1:00 till the light flashed after connecting the brown wire to the negative and turning it back to 9:00 leaving it there for 5 minutes did that sound correct it was told yes. They never mentioned the CO2 meter but if you have one make a video and tag me on it I'd love to share that info.
@@vacayalldayeveryday Maybe I will make a video, the problem is, I don't live at high altitude, so the reading from the CO2 meter wouldn't be representative. Search for Vanlife Outfitters. they speak with a Webasto tech. It's pretty clear.
@@1QKGLH Even though the meter won't show the difference at least it will show people the process of how to use the meter and what they should look for etc.
such a good tip! We had so many altitude problems with our diesel heater this would have been great!
Thanks for following. I'm going to have a bunch more videos coming out here soon as just finished two more Ford Transits at the end of this week.
its not a good tip he is leading you down a road that will only make it worst for your heater. without using a gas analyzer you are taking a stab in the dark and could make it worst for your heater in the long run. Also just going back and forth like he says isnt going to put the heater in the same spot. DO NOT DO what this guy says.
I know you don't like the HD dial but can it be done on the that dial or only the simpler turn dial like you have?? Thanks.
I have not been able to find any documentation or anyone that has been able to do it with the digital thermostat dial. My understanding is you have to have the old rheostat basic dial to adjust the high altitude setting and then you plug your other one back in to run it.
I did this adjustment this morning before I watched your video. Is it supposed to stop blinking before you remove the wire? Mine did not. I waited about 6 or 7 minutes before I pulled the wire. I’m confused as to weather or not it worked.
It does not stop blinking. You just pull the wire out, if it was blinking then you know that it was in program mode. if you get in high altitude and it runs for a couple minutes and then shuts off then you know that you need to redo it. I just bring the piece of wire with the clips in my little toolbox in the back just in case if I ever have to reset it for some reason.
@@vacayalldayeveryday Awesome thanks. Going to Hot Sulfur springs this weekend in Grandby. It’s around 8,000 feet, we’ll test it out! Although we live at around 5,200 feet so we may know sooner if it didn’t work.
@@ccbean1980 I live outside Salt Lake which is about 4500 to 5,000 ft and mine worked perfectly until I got to Vail and then it wasn't working properly and then we did the upgrade or change to high altitude and then it worked perfectly. Also every now and then you might notice after you turn it off when it starts shutting down it makes kind of like a little pop/backfire sound that's okay they say.
There is NO SUCH thing as high altitude adjustment on a Webasto Air Top 2000 ST or STC. you are adjusting the air fuel mixture and should ONLY be done with an exhaust gas analyzer. Without that you are taking a stab in the dark and could cause bigger issues for your heater. Also just going back and forth from 12 to 9 and 9 to 12 is a horrible thing to do. thats like throwing a dart at a dart board with a blindfold on. you might hit it and you might hit someone in the eye.
Tell Webasto that. Those are their instructions on how to set it.
He claims to have talked to a webasto tech that said that lol. For those who have installed dozens of these, we somehow get different feedback from webasto.
This is NOT simple lol
Sorry, this is wrong and you're misleading folks. If you follow these instructions you are making a blind adjustment. This is supposed to be done with a CO2 meter. If you don't use a meter, now do you know what you adjusted? You are blindly making the heater run lean (overheats the burner) or rich (loads up with carbon).
Got this info from other builders and confirmed with Webasto tech support.
@@vacayalldayeveryday Nope. Call them again. They'll tell you that you need a CO2 meter.
The service manual for the heater lists a CO2 testing device as a required tool. The procedure in the manual clearly spells out the need for a meter. No Webasto tech support will tell you to do what this video says. There's a video from a van builder that interviews a Webasto tech. He clearly says you need a CO2 meter.
@@1QKGLH Thanks for the info and input! I've installied a half and a dozen of these I never once got a manual in the box. Did get the thumb drive one time but it was unreadable. Haha I did call their tech support and told him that I was trying to put one in high altitude mode and had seen a video about turning the dial to 1:00 till the light flashed after connecting the brown wire to the negative and turning it back to 9:00 leaving it there for 5 minutes did that sound correct it was told yes. They never mentioned the CO2 meter but if you have one make a video and tag me on it I'd love to share that info.
@@vacayalldayeveryday Maybe I will make a video, the problem is, I don't live at high altitude, so the reading from the CO2 meter wouldn't be representative. Search for Vanlife Outfitters. they speak with a Webasto tech. It's pretty clear.
@@1QKGLH Even though the meter won't show the difference at least it will show people the process of how to use the meter and what they should look for etc.