Military Diesel Heaters

[JackConrad]

David,
   OEM heating system used a pretty healthy motor to drive the dual squirrel cage blowers to circulate the heat. Does this unit have a comparable blower?  Jack

[DavidInWilmNC]

David and Dave,

Interested in information on these heaters.  Have one with only a pronged plug, no real way of knowing what to connect to it.

Would appreciate getting/buying information which would make this unit operable.

Please email me.

TomNPat

If you'll post a pic of the connector, I'll see if it's comparable to mine.  I'm heading out of town and won't have 'net access, but I'll look at it when I get back.

David

[DavidInWilmNC]

David,
   OEM heating system used a pretty healthy motor to drive the dual squirrel cage blowers to circulate the heat. Does this unit have a comparable blower?  Jack

Jack,

It's nowhere as powerful as the OEM blowers, which I still use.  (As you know) The original system was sort of a high pressure system with lots of resistance due to forcing the air through that 1/4" space between the wall and the interior panels.  In fact, they run too fast without a somewhat restrictive load on them... sorta like most home furnace blowers.  This unit is more like one of those torpedo construction heaters but with a dedicated air inlet and an exhaust outlet.  It wouldn't surprise me if I didn't have to add some sort of booster fan / blower to assist in distriubtion, but it is designed for ductwork of some sort.  It seems to be at least as powerful as LP furnaces in campers and RV's.

David