| |
1. Posted: 18 Jan 2024 12:30 - Off-Grid Living / Chinese Diesel Heater-Feedback Advice Needed
Hello, I have been exploring the possibility of using one of the cheap Chinese diesel heaters for supplemental heat at the cabin. I have seen a number of YouTube videos where people modify a cheap diesel ...
|
2. Posted: 6 Sep 2021 09:26 - Off Topic / Icelandic... nope can't read it!
... a Pleasure-Way class B campervan at home, this one we rented is mid sized, no high roof and no toilet... not quite our own van but comfortable enough. The Wabasto heater is sweet, way nicer than my Chinese diesel heater at home! We have already seen where we could make easy, simple changes to make this one more livable. The best thing...
|
3. Posted: 2 May 2021 19:59 - Off-Grid Living / Recommendation for 12V heaters.
None of the Chinese diesel heaters cycle on and completely off and then restarting again like we are used to with regular furnaces or propane wall heater...
|
4. Posted: 21 Apr 2021 15:05 - Off-Grid Living / Direct Vent Propane
Quoting: ICCThere is a guy in Land of Oz who has developed a controller than does many things..... Sorry, but I forget the name. It's called the Afterburner, and yes it will start and stop the Chinese (I don't think it will work on the European heaters) heater. It will make the heater work as any other on a thermostat. Plus...
|
5. Posted: 21 Apr 2021 11:17 - Off-Grid Living / Direct Vent Propane
.... But one should verify that. Sorry, but I forget the name. These are all copies of the Webasto and Espar or Eberspacher heaters from Europe. Espar and Eberspacher are the same unit. They are called Espar in the US as the German manufacturer figured the Americans could not wrap their tongue around Eberspacher.) The chinese heaters are advertised in sev...
|
6. Posted: 21 Apr 2021 10:12 - Off-Grid Living / Direct Vent Propane
I have used a Mr. Buddy on a livaboard sailboat for about ten years. They are rated for indoor spaces but create condensation in the heated space. Recently there has been Chinese imports ($150) of European diesel heaters ($2000). These heaters would heat your space and they are vented to the outsid...
|
7. Posted: 14 Mar 2021 21:25 - Member's Projects and Photos / Cabin and solar pics
...had so much fun I even started a side business, mostly pro-bono in North Pole Alaska - www.Efficient-Home.com If anyone wants to bounce solar/cabin automation ideas off me I am glad to help! Anyone else loving the chinese diesel heaters?
|
8. Posted: 5 Feb 2021 13:10 - Cabin Construction / Simple build-- input needed
... in the woods. Quoting: ICCThey have their place. They do seem to require more maintenance like de-coking, than heaters that burn propane. Propane heaters just work year after year. A friend has two Chinese diesel heaters in a skoolie conversion. He is happy enough but does gripe every so often. He had a power glitch a ...
|
9. Posted: 4 Feb 2021 22:46 - Cabin Construction / Simple build-- input needed
...e these diesel heaters huh They have their place. They do seem to require more maintenance like de-coking, than heaters that burn propane. Propane heaters just work year after year. A friend has two Chinese diesel heaters in a skoolie conversion. He is happy enough but does gripe every ...
|
10. Posted: 3 Feb 2021 20:46 - Cabin Construction / Simple build-- input needed
...ing on using electric bike batteries that will be recharged using a combination of a propane generator and just plugging in the batteries at the local bar. For heat I am going to be using one of the Chinese diesel heaters that have become very popular among the van conversion crowd. Based on feedback I got from a friend who built a 400 sqft cabin in col...
|
11. Posted: 29 Jan 2021 14:49 - Off-Grid Living / Mini wood stove for 100sqft bunkie
Another option for a small space are the Chinese diesel heaters. My shop is 10x12 and the 5kw diesel heater I had in there did a great job. They come in various c...
|
12. Posted: 13 Oct 2020 15:15 - Off-Grid Living / Portable woodstove for greenhouse?
...from a permaculture commercial grower in our area... he plants carrots around his tomatoes, says they loosen the ground and will suck up excess moisture. North.... yes and no on a thermostat. The Chinese diesel heaters have a thermostat of sorts in their LCD controllers, but, they are designed to be on continuously. When they hit your set temp they t...
|
|
