1 use much larger exhaust adapter 2inch or larger into a car / truck surplus muffler paint it hi heat flat black then out through the wall using. A wood stove collar . The muffler can supply extra heat to the room and the larger tubing will give less back pressure to the heater make sure it away from walls and any thing combustible my kids are all grown but planning a metal mesh screen around the muffler to protect from burns
I think that you made this much more difficult than it needed to be. I am using a Chinese heater in my cabin. First I built a simple wood box to support the heater. Then I simply used the plate included with the heater on the side of the cabin. Using the steel plate as a template I cut a square hole through the wall, plastic insulation, sheathing and siding. Then mounted the plate allowing some space so that the exhaust pipe did not directly touch anything but the plate. I used aluminum duct tape to seal the opening. It's been running for three years.
Good idea using the B Vent. My father gave me a 6 inch section of B vent , Which I found out, that by using two 1.5 inch pipe flanges, Is the same diameter of the Bvent. So i am going to fill my B vent with cement with the inch and a half flanges on either end with 1.5 inch pipe inside and use this as my pass thru for my shed wall. And wrapping the exhaust pipe with heat wrap.
Very good tips and that would be very interesting for people looking for alternative heating. Personally i don’t use it anymore but i still keep it as a backup in case of a war lol but yeah i do heat with the woodstove most of the time
You should do a full "cabin tour" to explain how you designed it and what features you included. Would love to see more of it and how everything works together. It is beautiful!
Wow! jump cuts, very RU-vidish of you! Cool project glad you got it to work right. The heat tape and concrete was a good idea. I put an RV propane heater in my bedroom, it was also a pain to install but it does work great now and its very efficient.
Seriously thank you for showing this...I have been trying to consider all types of heat for my cabin and this really intrigues me as a heat source. I like that diesel will store for a long and I like that its forced air! I will be looking this up and researching it immediately. It looks like it runs off 12V...another huge advantage. Thank you!
They also make an additive that you pour into your diesel fuel that helps prevent it from freezing and jelling up which would hinder the fuel from reaching the heater. We had to use it with both our vehicle and our house oil supply especially when temperatures are in the teens and anything below zero.
@@meiraloraduncan8953 Here in Canada, diesel is usually sold with that additive already added. It's called winter diesel. Like you said, it prevents the fuel from freezing/gelling in cold temps.
Hi there, great video!! one thought/concern I have is the buildup of condensation in/on the outside of the walls from the exhaust pipe gases. In the video it looked like the gases went right at the walls. I wonder if it will not get inside and cause mold and wood damage. (I am not an expert nor I have done any research on this topic, just something that came to my mind at the end of the video). anyway, great job! love how you overcame all the complications and made it work!
Well iI think your a nice guy, explain things slowly and precisely, and your funny with it, very few on RU-vid are worth watching, you and Foresty forest are by far the best and you both Canadian I think which is amazing. I learnt a lot from this and will certainly look at fitting one of these in my small house in France. Thank u. Happy New year
Always enjoy your videos. And seeing what you are up too. Great idea using the diesel heater. I have considered using a RV heater. Yay it,s propane powered. But it runs off a 12volt system . And will start off a thermostat. My thoughts and concerns with you diesel system. 1/ fuel leakage and it being in the house. 2/ The way the exhaust is vented. I would have went up the wall . And ran it above the roof line. Again great video, some great thinking out side the box. Looking forward to the solar upgrades you have hinted about. Happy Newyear!!!
Very interesting and informative. You have a great cabin and looks like a terrific place to live. Just keep an eye on the exhaust out underneath the heater. You have a clamp but it looks flimsy. There are tougher clamps available. What size heater is yours please? Looks like a 5 kw. Nice video thank you.
I think its a 5k yes. I dont use that thing that much its in case of emergency or at night when ita very very cold outside. But there’s nothing better than the wood stove
@@Canadiancastaway agreed lol. I am a bit low on logs this year and have taken almost all that I can from my land, and the price of firewood is very high due to the 'you know what' conflict not far north of where we live. Diesel is about $1.71 per ltr just now, so either way, I must make some heat. Best wishes to you.
Yeah. But i felt that the plain tubing were really really hot and retained the heat way more longer than the cheap tube they give with so i decided to just get the longer one instead and wrap it
If you insulate the pipe you will shorten the life of the pipe, the metal will get much hotter. This is seen on wrapped headers of race cars etc. So leave the pipe unwrapped than a decent air gap to a radiant shield (could be the inside of a tube diameter). Then you can have high temp non combustible insulation on the outside of the radiant heat shield to protect the house. FOr sealing drafts you can make a metallic disc/flange to seal the end of the large "pass through" tube to the small exhaust pipe. don't do this on both ends though I would do it only on the inside end.
Would be cool if you could use the exhaust heat to heat some water. That way you use all the energy/keep more of it around. Like a circulating radiant fluid.
@@Canadiancastaway They do the same in the U.S. in the winter but it still only protects down to -20 or so. Not sure of your location but unless you're in southern BC it might make sense to have some anti-gel on hand to treat the fuel.
Seems like its because. If you have a problem with the muffler at least you’ll not put co2 non stop in the cabin. You’ll continu to bring fresh air from outside. Thats what the company recommend also so for safety they must have other reason too (that i dont really know) i followed the installation process for a van
I'm not sure if it is a problem for his application but every trucker learns to add fuel conditioner to the tanks in winter to prevent the fuel oil from freezing. Some will learn that lesson the hard way.
Thanks! I bet if i was living in a very cold place like really much more up north that could be a problem. But where we are they already change the « recipe » to adapt the diesel to our winter. I saw that the other day in the an article.
You shouldn't have any white smoke coming out of the exhaust, if you are up in the mountains you need to change your settings for high Altitude Check out the Chinese Diesel Heater Facebook groups to help you, what will happen is you will get carbon build up in the burn chamber and one day it will stop working and then you will need to clean it
Yes thanks. Now it’s fine. When i installed it i just prime too much the pump so they was an exceed of fuel to burn. Im not that hight in altitude also compared to sea level
@@Canadiancastaway ok cool, have you checked out the Chinese Diesel Heaters Facebook groups , I learn new stuff all the time from them, there's maybe 15 to 20 of them. Liked how you used cement to seal the exhaust pipe, I had to buy a longer pipe also. Also learned to have some spear parts like glow pin, heat sensor. This summer I am buying another one for a back up just in case for the price its worth it
Yes i was on one of them but they kicked me out. They posted a picture of a heater making so much smoked ahah i just #bobmarley and then next thing i knew i was out of the group so it endup like this but whatever. I got the long pipe as well. And yeah this summer im extending my watershed (municipality want me to have more square footage to be totally legal) so i’ll put an other 8x8 to the wster shed and im planning to install one in there. You’re right. For the price 🤘🏻
@@Canadiancastaway they couldn't take the joke, yeah a couple of the groups are well you know what I want to say lol, this group is the first one I joined and they are layed back and most will crack jokes maybe try this one its about the only one I keep going to facebook.com/groups/146837062640024/ It's great that you are living the off grid life, we been wanting to do it but ran into a block every time, so we been going slow about it and doing a little at a time. That is one of the reasons we want to get out of the city is all the rules and codes, life was OK 100 years ago without all these rules and codes
Even here there’s rule and codes. Two days ago municipal inspector pass and i have to add 24sq/ft to the building to be fine.. 🤷🏼♂️ so i’ll add that into the water shed. Gonna be a small work shop at the same time. But yeah laws are everywhere. Offgrid doesnt mean disconnected from the society. I pay taxes and all that shit so its part of the deal. Offgrid mean only you’re not hooked up to the city services. Water/sewer/electricity
@@Canadiancastaway LOL I gotcha, I was just wondering as I am learning about the diesel heater and your video helps alot. But the rockwool and hot exhaust...no I dont want that smell. Nice cabin and great video.👍
Thank you that you installed the pipe, and all that without actually showing, how to put together the machine first. What tubes goes where, what bolts I use where specific, all I see is your blogging about this machine, it gave me absolute no clue how to put machine together specific… I don’t need your blogging, I need explanation, first and second steps also also also… you get the point. I give dislike…
For that information you can look at probably 5000 other videos that exist on RU-vid that explain exactly how to hook up each little part, this video was specifically made to show the difficulty in installing in a cabin. And he has some good ideas. Try not to be a Dick all your life!!
