r/dieselheater

Picked up a diesel heater and was testing it on my EcoFlow River 2 Pro. I was expecting a much bigger power draw, but I’m only seeing a max of about 94W.

Did I get lucky with an unusually low-wattage unit, or is this pretty normal for these heaters?

I know the glow plug/startup phase is usually the big draw, but even then it seems pretty reasonable. Curious what others are seeing on their units.

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Ok, I am seeing diesel coolant preheaters on the market. I have a 53 year old vintage RV built by a yacht company, and it has a hybrid electric/ engine coolant water heater. It still works great, but I'm curious why I couldn't use one of the coolant preheaters to put into the loop to heat the water for the RV side? I'd really like to separate the engine side from the RV side, it runs 20 feet of heater hose.

Ideas? Thanks!

Looking at getting a vevor diesel heater all in one unit. Can you smell diesel when the unit is off and stored? Does the lid leak? I want to get one for my truck camper, but it will need to be stored inside the camper during transport to and from the campsite. I don’t want to smell up my camper like diesel and just a little concerned about that aspect. I would be able to keep it strapped in upright.

I am looking for a diesel jug/pour spout that will minimize spills while refilling the diesel heater tank. I have heard that it sucks when diesel is spilled in the unit so I am trying to avoid that as much as possible with an efficient diesel can. Any help is much appreciated, thanks yall

i have a vevor 8kw heater that i am trying to install in the bathroom cabinet in my rv, its a way better solution for me to have the heater indoors with combustion air intake and exhaust through the floor, i would like to set it up so that it is drawing outside air and heating it rather than just heating the moist air inside the rv. the intake on mine has a threaded grill type piece. any ideas on how to attach ducting to that to draw outside air??

I want to install a diesel heater in my Renault master mk3 from 2016. After alot of searching i found out (from eberspacher) that this van has a fuel return line i need to tap into, BUT it needs a fpr valve. Because the return line has a small amount of pressure and the diesel heater and pump expect 0 pressure. Eberspacher sells a kit with everything included but it cost the same as the Diesel heater itself (€100). It feels weird paying that much just to hook it up to the van's tank. So now i am thinking about using an auxiliary tank. Just unsure about placement, underneath the van or inside a door or on the rear door (with a metal jerrycan). Just don't want a diesel tank inside the van in case of spillage or fumes. If any ideas (or pictures), i am al ears!