An attempt and making sense of my very hectic and random interests: Be it tractors, fishing, allotment growing, polytunnel gardening, boating, building, converting, renovating, or just being! I always seem to be up to something. Having adhd is my superpower and gives me my passion, hyperfocus ,and drive. You can be sure that I will never quite finish any project!
The controller I have is different but I get no power to the diesel pump I thought it was the heater so I just a brand new one, along with a 600w power board and mains uk plug , and I get no start up on the fuel pump nothing , any ideas would help 😊
Hi you asked for any comments on your project well I'm not to strong so I wouldn't fancy lifting that cement I would have asked McDonald's for the used paper cups and filled them with the cement and make as many as I can then put the cement mouldings in the barrel I can use a full size barrel for that matter and can move it anywhere by my lonesome
Why don't I have the option to set the time? I didn't have it on my old CDH which I've just swapped out but the new one didn't give me that 0000 screen at the start either .... so frustrating. I also need to tune this new one - but can't find advance settings! 😢
I'm going to use some flexible dryer duct and put it around an extended exhaust (I already have both) and run a small DC fan at the bottom of the heater where the exhaust starts and split it off before it goes outside. I should be able to nearly double my heat output from 1 heater.
hi , great vid , just wondering have u ever heard of the controller settings access fail , ? i cannot get into the settings to adjust fuel/hrz rpm etc , maybe this is a cheap generic controller (comes with heater) that hasn't got that feature > thanks ( mine has a cog symbol not wrench) cheers
Hi everyone - mainly Grantsyard and Van Life UK - thanks to them to explain "advance " programming after entering password code "1234". P & t is manual heat control or thermostat control, 1 & 2 is selection between 12V or 24V, H & L is 5000W or 2000W, last number is 1 - 16ml, 2 - 22ml, 8 - 28ml dosing pump. Today I tested my 5KW heater with this "spanner" setting button controller model - all perfect, on P-01 heater 175*C, exhaust 220*C, only two LEDs, on P-05 heater 190*C, exhaust 340*C, four LEDs, on P-10 heater 206*C, exhaust 490*C, six LEDs. A lot of heat out of exhaust - my intention is to make muffler combine with heat exchanger to heat water for additional small hydronic heater and shower in my mobile home as next stage. I hope that software is and will controlling fan speed & fuel dosing to good combustion without "manual" programming fan & fuel ratio as on older controllers. Personally - I'll prefer option for "manual" for case need to do it - going to top on mountains - do not know yet how this controller will behaviour. Good luck everyone, Vas.
Hi Grant, can you please do a video where you can attach an inline on/off switch as the heater turns itself on if you don't unplug it. Looks like you don't reply to people's questions, oh well!
Looks fantastic! Love the methods you use for the beds and soil mixture! Our tunnel will be coming in next week, and I'm gonna definitely use some of your techniques! Up in the mountains of New York, we have just rocks and boulders, so it's impossible to plant in the ground, so raised beds are a must-have. I'm not sure if you have it yet, but I saw a lot of people install rain gutters on their polytunnel that deposit water right into their rain drum/barrel for maximum collection.
I used First Tunnels and built a 12 foot wide 32 foot long tunnel just recently.The tunnel is excellent and the service was second to none.I would recommend this firm 100% and I am already thinking of my next purchase.
When I turn the power on for my heater. I get nothing to set the clock just shows p12 which is voltage. If I press settings (top left and ok nothing happens. Which also means I can’t set the timer. Confusing to say the least.
@@cliffhawkins2285 think it’s the model. Which means you have to manually turn it on and off. If you leave it on it does reduce the fan speed to control the heat but I don’t know what the temp is set at. They are a bit of a pain to be honest.
I have a diesel heater that will not light. I've taken it apart three times it's been cleaned and was not dirty. The are hole next to the glow plug is also clean. Also installed new gaskets a new glow plug. Every time I try to start it it just smokes. I did notice when it starts now the fuel pump runs five times
I can't see from the video how hot does the plastic enclosure gets. I want to mount it under a seat where it will be close to the seat foam and mounted on a floor which is carpeted and I don't know how big of a cut I need to make in a carpet to fit it.
Very helpful video, so firstly thank you. I think my timer must be set, but didn't set it. I have only just installed the unit it's like yours in the video but I've had it for nearly 3 years. I never set the timer but I walked out to the van this morning and it was going but it wasn't warm, how do I turn it off the timer please mate, and why would it not be hot, does it need to be primed before start every time? Thank you
Very helpful, as you say not many clear instructions for the spanner type of controller. Your site description sounds very familiar. Off now to almost finish another project. 😊
you might could try a smaller barrel -less mass to heat might give you a higher temperature, I am going to start off trying a metal 5 gallon bucket with the exhaust coiled in the bucket and attached to the bucket inside with small pipe hangers so the exhaust pipe is toudhing the bucket. I am also considering stacking fire brick in the center of the coiled exhaust in the bucket. a small fan might help distribute the warmer air inside the building for a more uniform temperature
I used two transit egr coolers together and ran water with a small pump to cycle back to the workshop into a barrel , giving me warm to hot water for hand washing and a heat storage
Fantastic video as I have this one so useful 👍 Question When you turn it off and the control panel goes off not lite up is it still using power from the battery 👍👍😜cheers
Well better late than never I suppose... Great idea. That mass will give you a thermal flywheel to try and keep the temperature up for free in your work shop. If I ever get around to buying one of these heaters I plan on experimenting with a coaxial exhaust pipe. The idea is to put the smaller hot exhaust pipe inside a larger pipe supplying the cold combustion air. I think this would burn the fuel better since warmer intake air should vaporize the fuel better. The exhaust after that sent to your exhaust battery could improve things?
Loved finding this as I am about to embark on the same crazy journey over here in Australia. I am wondering if you finished it as I can't see any videos after the door at the back. Keen for some help so I hope so hahah!
The temperature does go up really high. The Clea function on shut down happens whenever the heater has been on long enough to reach a working temperature
