happybuy diesel air heater

[dtcerrato]

Besides our vintage 6G pilot light LP water heater we have a 19G 120V one mostly for wifey... 10-4 on long hot showers.

[BusNit]

I've got two new fuel tanks for the CDH available. I since sold my other project that I had tapped into the main diesel tank and didn't need these. (Mesa AZ area) Just found them while cleaning out the garage. Actually, they fell on top of me as I pulled the Christmas decorations out of the garage cabinet.

[luvrbus]

I see people are installing 4 or 5 of the air heaters in buses since they are so cheap ,the MCI I saw had 5 with the tanks that looks like a hassel filling 5 tiny tanks,5 heaters in one bay and the guy lives in AZ makes no sense 

[windtrader]

"makes no sense "
Sure it does Clifford. I read you can buy ten of them for the cost of one Webasto. So buy five of the Chinese and you still saving 50%. Not new math - busnut math OL

[chessie4905]

several reports of that style tank leaking at seam. You can plumb these into Coach fuel tank or extra tank. Specific specs on how far the pump can be from tank and how far the pump can be from burner. Also, pump must be angled like 30° or so.
Several have been successful running on red fuel.

[luvrbus]

"makes no sense "
Sure it does Clifford. I read you can buy ten of them for the cost of one Webasto. So buy five of the Chinese and you still saving 50%. Not new math - busnut math OL

Good math Don

[luvrbus]

several reports of that style tank leaking at seam. You can plumb these into Coach fuel tank or extra tank. Specific specs on how far the pump can be from tank and how far the pump can be from burner. Also, pump must be angled like 30° or so.
Several have been successful running on red fuel.

It is kinda of scary to see people in travel trailers running those things using gasoline

[Dave5Cs]

With 5 you get EGGROLL...........

[richard5933]

"makes no sense "
Sure it does Clifford. I read you can buy ten of them for the cost of one Webasto. So buy five of the Chinese and you still saving 50%. Not new math - busnut math OL

Except then you have five diesel heaters to maintain.

The single Webasto on my 4106 was able to heat the entire bus and pre-warm both the generator and bus engine. Annual maintenance was not expensive if kept up with, and the thing had been in place doing its thing for decades.

It's all a balancing act - low entry cost vs. longevity, reliability, & efficiency.

[buswarrior]

Or the love of gawd, put a motorboat priming bulb into the line from the main tank, and save a lot of pain getting the fuel to them, everytime you have to open something up, gulp goes the air...

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[chessie4905]

They use a 2mm id line. .0787 or little over 1/16"

[Jim Blackwood]

Except then you have five diesel heaters to maintain.

The single Webasto on my 4106 was able to heat the entire bus and pre-warm both the generator and bus engine. Annual maintenance was not expensive if kept up with, and the thing had been in place doing its thing for decades.

It's all a balancing act - low entry cost vs. longevity, reliability, & efficiency.

Or in the case of a lot of the newer buses, it came as a bonus when you bought the bus. In that case a little re-plumbing is in order to be able to isolate it from the engine and use it to heat the coach and possibly water. That can be as easy or complicated as you want to make it. Either way the burner is the same, is very likely to be in serviceable condition, and has a long life expectancy.

Jim

[Iceni John]

several reports of that style tank leaking at seam. You can plumb these into Coach fuel tank or extra tank. Specific specs on how far the pump can be from tank and how far the pump can be from burner. Also, pump must be angled like 30° or so.
Several have been successful running on red fuel.

The FB folk think that split day tanks are actually very rare.   My two tanks seem to be decent quality, but to be safe I made a drip tray under the one in use now, so if the tank leaks I won't have diesel smell in the bus:  the drip tray is a $3.99 plastic tray from The Container Store with a drain tube down to the ground.   Another way to reduce the chance of leaks is to have the outlet in the top, not underneath.

To move fuel from the bus's main tank to the day tanks I use two gear pumps intended for scavenging oil on dry-sump race engines, and each pump can fill its 10-liter day tank in less than a minute.   Easy!

So far, so good.
John

[dtcerrato]

The last two CDH purchases have 15L tanks - nice upgrade. But had green fuel line we changed to small dia. plastic line. Not too far off from firing up our 2nd installed heater. It has the four 42mm heat ducts for heating two large bottom compartments and the two others will be routed to cool areas in the cabin. These heaters are excellent for giving us a choice to heat with LP or diesel.

[s2mikon]

My 10 liter day tank cracked at the seam too. I originally did not install the plastic tank because it looked mickey mouse so instead I bought a 5 gal. race car aluminum fuel cell with fuel sender for each heater. Later I decided to install the day tank that it came with and with switch valves to fill with kerosene to do post season burn outs and first fire up. Filled it with 2 gallons of 1k and didn't leak so all looked good. 4 days later I go out to get the mail and it is dripping kerosene out the bottom bays. No big deal my tool bags needed to be soaked in kerosene anyway. :-) Other than that both heaters have been trouble free. I bought the 4 outlet versions and bought a few 42mm tee adapters. The one in the back keeps the bedroom and bath very cozy. I have one duct that goes to the throne. Wife likes the warm seat. The front one has a lot more work to do. The windshield is a large area to heat. If I keep the insulation panels up it is fine, but if I remove them to look out it is just not enough. I may install another one under the dash some day.