DIESEL HEATER POWER SUPPLY BATTERY IS A WASTE OF TIME! and I prove it! 

Yes you can and I really think you should,,,, however, I like living on the edge 🤣🤣🤣🤟🏻

@@STTC really to do that Steve living on the edge are you out camping tonight

@@tinkeringtaylor3053 definitely not, but I will camp if it snows

ber ber

@@STTC i prefer to go do some donuts in the car when it snows 🤣

Cheers for the comment, no idea what you mean by adjusting voltage? it’s a 12v machine and that doesn’t change. You also can’t change that, really confused. It’s definitely not misinformation either, the book calls it a cooling down phase. Great comment though, you definitely don’t need a battery, waste of time, my heater has failed a few times abruptly over 10 years and it’s fine. That’s all the proof I need. take it easy, cheers for subscribing

Cheers Ian, I work on the theory that I would be in the shed if there was a powercut so I would act promptly, interesting point though

@@STTC How long is the longest you have gone before returning power to the heater?

@@MrDozer120 Probably 20 minutes

You nailed it , it will burn the circuit board if not let cool down -- that's why you need a battery connection as well . Remember two connections battery and main power --- if one fails the other takes over .

The plastic housing will definitely not melt. But you are right the thermal stress might reduce the life expectancy. There is a good reason for the cool down phase.

Your understanding has been massively exaggerated, my heater has stopped multiple times for short and long periods with zero damage Robert

@@STTC I've had it happen several times because of crap batteries and the end result is it cooks the bearings. After the second time I noticed more of a power draw because the bearings were failing. Long story short - put new bearings in and a lifepo4 batteries solved the problem.

Yeah, I agree although you will never satisfy the so called experts Colin, they will just add more and more parameters, I think this was fair and proved my point that they aren’t as fragile as people make out. There was no catastrophic meltdown

That's what we all wanted to see.

Cheers brother, every opinion counts on this channel, thanks for your support 👍🏻

The power is for the glow plug essentially buddy

That’s the theory agreed upon but I have seen zero evidence of anyone’s circuitry being lost in a power cut or unexpected power loss. These heaters are far more robust than people think, it’s mostly myth. I prove it. 10 years experience and many many abrupt shut downs later, no lost circuit board. Cheers for the comment Larry

natural convection also plays a part, mount heater with a small tilt of 'hot end up' and the hot air around the burn chamber will convect out of the unit. not ideal in a perfect world but still a working theory

Very true Alan

Already did, cheers for watching

Cheers buddy

I could, however it’s not needed, just use a power supply, no hassle, switch it on when you need it

I have three truck batteries and four big solar panels but even then battery power can dip to 11v or less if the sun is poor or heater runj overnight. Much better to have a low voltage sensing switch that will push it over to a backup power supply if batteries in danger of being ruined.

Absolutely Stefan, use a battery

Nah, no point

whys that? @@STTC

@@yinglyca1 The video explains

Absolutely brother, alot of people talking nonsense about these heaters but I’ve owned them for 10years, very robust machines

Lol,,,,Yeah ads are on brother. I’ve given up on the titles game to be honest,,,,, it is what it is

@@STTC only make tour key word a big letter like. Diesel Heater Battary is a Waste of Time. Its realy works. And heave a nice day 😇. Greatings from the netherlands

@@RealfishingNL ok,,, doing it now

Definitely

@@STTC Steve, does this mean you have changed your mind on this? I’m glad you left my post (in the pinned comment) even though I was perhaps a bit forceful with some of my comments. After designing experiments/tests/evaluations over a working lifetime - in both production engineering and education - it was really difficult to make experiments provide the data required, without interference by other uncontrolled factors. Even designing fair tests for school science experiments is far from straightforward. I remember one very expensive fiasco, where my initial laboratory test results, of a new product on the market, prompted the company MD to immediately order a full scale works trial - which went disastrously wrong - simply because the quarry supplied clay from a different stockpile. That was back in 1975ish. I warned against rushing into any large scale trial, but was obviously over-ruled by the Boss. At least the cost of the subsequent mess was clearly down to him.

@@oliver90owner No, not all Richard but I do advise a battery back up in both videos. I just choose to go with solely a power supply because power cuts are extremely rare in my area and as I said I am in the shed when it’s on. I enjoyed reading your comments and value your input and of course allow others to read everyones opinion unless it’s rude, which yours was definitely not.

Cheers John, we are the diesel heater power off gang 🤣🤣🤣 this could be huge, lol, cheers for the comment

That smell was unburnt fuel backing up through the combustion chamber air intake that you would have smelt.

Definitely gunna look into that

100% T-Bone

Cheers for commenting but have you ever seen this happen? ever? any actual experience or is this the stuff of legend? I think it’s complete nonsense to be honest, nobody has shown me any evidence that this has ever happened and i can’t remember the last time we had a power cut. forget about batteries brother, waste of money, a new heater is far cheaper than a battery decent enough to last a few winters.

@@STTC You can treat a car like crap and thrash it around and yea, components will fail "prematurely". Just because the heater did not fail outright does not mean that electronics were not unnecessarily heat cycled above recommended temps and thus become more prone to premature component failure. Hey, Russian roulette is a good analogy and eventually you will have a loaded chamber.

@@arthurfoyt6727 Cheers for the comments Arthur

Yeah that’s cool, I’ve not had a battery connection to mine for 8 months now, no regrets and no power cuts. I have simulated multiple power cuts as I am too lazy sometimes to wait for the shut down to finish,,, starts fine

🤔 It shouldn’t ever give off fumes in your van buddy? that’s seriously dangerous,,,as for battery, I agree, they suck it out at around 1.5 amps per hr,,,,,

🤣🤣🤣 winner 🏆

Superb

It’s my wifes money and the mortgage company own the house, thanks for watching AH AH,

Now that’s interesting, I can definitely understand how this would happen too, it’s good when the comments add something instead of the usual nonsense people type. I would advise air intake and exhaust are out side though. Thanks for the comment brother, we can take alot from this one 👍🏻

Cheers Joe

I don’t know what you’re asking here

Is there a video?

Not yet my friend

No it won’t

Exceedingly rare and nearly always anecdotal but components generally have a -20 to +20 operational threshold so wise to ensure the heater can cycle down.

Not if you’re gangster brother, I don’t

@@STTC 2 is 1 , 1 is none :)

@@ShinyStickEC and 1 is fun

Yeah, didn’t work for me though, battery still died by under use

Yeah got ya ,,, once they drop bellow 50% a few times they never come back 100%

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Cool, get the 5k one, much better

🤣🤣🤣🤣 great comment Beun

🤣🤣🤣 He loves it, brilliant

Living on the edge then 🤣🤣🤟🏻

Hi I just fitted one on a full glass cab gator, for heat and also to stop the windows from fogging it’s a nightmare, I wired it straight to the battery and fused, but will this kill the battery ? I was thinking on wiring it to an ignition feed but it needs 12 v for the cool down period do this won’t work , if it’s wired to the battery will it drain overnight as the display doesn’t seem to go off when the unit is powered off, any info is greatly appreciated

Cool, sounds like you don’t have power where it’s located, so you have no other option really

@@STTC It is connected to electricity, in the garage, as a backup, thru the inverter, but if that was my main source of energy, the heater could get damaged, from overheating without the cool down sequence.

@@thesurvivalist. Nah, all myth that

Glad you like it

Great comment Peter, there’s alot of people who think they are experts on these little gems, at the end of the day they are really simple, cheap and fun to play with, and if it melted into a blob of molten metal, just get another. Cheers for the comment brother, very refreshing

@@STTC yes. I think that this is that may happen . The only thing we don't want is a fire. And so far nobody is talking about that. So I'm cool. One of THE things I'm learning about this is how super efficient "direct heating" like this is and how inefficient but convenient a typical central heating is in our homes.... personally I'm gobsmacked...

@@PeterJavea me too brother, i’m definitely aiming for a house diesel heater but next year now

So if you have a battery, and cool down phase in a power cut, how come you have lost 2 boards to heat? makes no sense Marta

@@STTC that was without a battery is when it happened. Makes good sense

@@martehoudesheldt5885 fair enough, now that makes sense. Yeah, always use a battery, that’s my advice

Great point william, a trickle charger just crocodile clips to the battery, really simple. In all honesty this is definitely the way to set it up, battery back up

@@STTC I’m just confuddled. Does the battery pos, charger pos, and psu pos all go together??

Yep,,, they certainly do William

🤣🤣🤣 beef,,,,,yeah but I will be in the shed when it’s running, probably when it bursts into flames 🔥

@@STTC its diana ross in our house with the heating on 3 degrees lol

Glad to help Henrys

Yeah similar to my previous set up, but theres no sun in the winter in the UK, hopeless! you will need a trickle charger too

@@STTC oh yeah i've heard that. luckily we usually get a good amount of sun here. but its not unusual to go 2 to 4 days of cloud cover

@@Tater4200 Wiring batteries in parallel, is always a second choice. Most marine deep discharge batteries are made up with separate cells in series. 0ne single solar cell is also a poor choice - go for a decent sized solar array, feeding a grid tied inverter, and use some of that generation to power the heater and the rest for reducing the household electricity bill. There is often loads of solar energy when you don’t need the heater in operation and very little when you need the heater running.🙂

All explained in video’s

@@STTC You do you, I would use battery what is on charger all the time.

If it’s connected to a battery it will automatically continue when there’s a power cut

Excellent John, cheers for watching

and how you play it !!!

Awesome 🤟🏻

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100%

@@STTC 0% actually. See my comments on your claim.

@@oliver90owner Don’t be bitter Richard, this is a demonstration in real time, the proof is in the video

@@STTC Not bitter at all. My comment under the ‘pinned’ list is my accurate and honest appraisal of your claim.

It’s not smart, you’re right.

@@STTC Learning by doing..... pulled the fuse by mistake

@@nonetasker4551 But it still works fine? which is the whole point really,,,, it’s myth,,, these heaters don’t self destruct in a power failure

@@STTC It works. But I took of the lid to take a look. The smell was really bad...and the power was off for max 30 sec. 1 min without cooling and maybe fire...dunno

@@STTC I really dunno. Maybe this can be the subject for a video? Full blast 10 min and then power cut?

Thanks Brother

Nobody knows what any of that says or means my friend