Watch this before Powering your Diesel Heater with a Battery! 

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Thanks for information. Just what I needed to know.

Informative video sir! Exactly the answers I was searching for, subscribed.

You know your stuff)) Thanks.

I am using the same heater and it works very well, so far. I have it wired to a 240AH lithium iron-phosphate battery (2nd life unit). That battery is charged by solar and will never run out, even if I connected a 50-gallon diesel tank to the heater. The LFP battery I'm using has 2 thermostatically-controlled heating pads under it, so no worries about the cells ever getting below freezing. One of the great things about LFP batteries is they have a flat discharge curve, so voltage sag isn't a concern.

I use my ecoflow river max,works great

I use a old type charger, a 4amp one, it has a needle on it, best charger going, if you can get your hands on one,

👍👍👍.Thanks

I use my 20/60 volt DeWalt tool battery to power mine using a step down converter for a golf cart, works great and they don't weigh much. One 5ah battery will last 4-5 hours depending on the settings. For camping its great not having to haul around a 60 pound battery. A small folding solar panel to charge batteries through the day and your golden for a camping adventure.

Good video, I found this out myself by running a trickle charger that was too weak to my battery. Just using a lawn mower battery so it's small, it cannot supply enough amperage to start the glow plug even if the battery falls to 12.4 volts, which it did because my trickle charger was only 0.5A/H. Looks like I need a 1AH or higher, which I assumed so I got a 2AH charger/trickler, a cheap low tech one so it continued to float instead of shutting off like the fancy modern ones like to do (that also cost 3x as much). Yeah I realize I shouldn't be using a 30 dollar lawn mower battery, but as long as it can start the machine and let the machine power off in loss of power safely I'm ok with using it for this purpose, ain't mowing anyway. Cheers.

1 100 watt solar panel works perfect. Got mine at harbor freight. You can get a cheap battery monitor about 8 bucks that will keep you informed

Thanks for this. For tent camping (with access to a vehicle), do you have a recommendation on how you’d top up/recharge the battery using a vehicle?

Ran my heater last winter with two old starting batteries and a 6 amp battery charger. The batteries are acting as capacitors . This year I changed to an inexpensive 30 amp power supply I still have the batteries as a cushion for start up draw .

Great vid though my electrician chops are lacking. Looking to get one of these similar to yours for ice fishing. Been a warm year so not looking to bring truck or quad into ice so looking to bring lightest battery I can haul onto ice with me on a sled. Have any recommendations for type of battery that might do the trick to get me a few hours until I get it home to charge? One of these deep cycle jobs?

Thank you for the video, If i had your diesel heater and just a regular battery out of a car, would it have enough power to start the heater and run it on high. What would be your guess as for how long it would run ?

Good job! Lead acid battery? How many amps? I've got a desiel heater by vevor and am looking forward to hooking it up. Just want to do it once, and do it right the first time. Thanks!

Me over here using my , ecoflow river max for mine

i ran my diesel heater, solely on battery.. Just to test run time.... On a 60Ah car battery, Fully charged before hand.... Running the heater constantly at 2.2hz heat setting (Low to keep temperature constantly and comortable in my workshop), I ran out of fuel, In my 10L wall mounted tank, Before the battery even went dead..... I emptied the tank and performed the cool-down cycle..... and the battery still wasn't depleted.... Just to give you some idea..... I do what you have done though.. I keep my battery on a 4A trickle charger constantly... So if i experience a power loss.. the heater can continue running on the battery alone.. and loads of time for me to let it cool down, if needed.... Its simple to work out..... Say the heater draws 1A (just theoretical).... and you have a 100ah battery.... It should in theory, Run for 100 hours on battery... Obviously give or take... As amps fluctuate slightly..... Battery health etc etc... But a ballpark figure...

Id suggest changing your connectors to a more solid connection, clips could easily be bumped off

From the way that battery voltage sagged under the load presented, I'd say it was on the way out, going west, or has a poor connection. A battery that size should hold up a lot better than that! It is probably worth giving it a really good charge up to 100%, then try it.

easy peasy math. your battery I think said 100 amp hours. So if the heater draws say about 2 amps at 2.1 hrz, thats 50 hours till the battery is exhausted. But as you know that depends on heat, wear on the battery, etc. Thanks for the video! I plan on doing something very similar with my heater as we do have power outages.

How can i run diesel heater of a mains power supply unit thst reduces to 12v and a battery as a backup how can i wire this idea safely plz reply

Maybe put the 2 meters side by side so that the readings are visible simultaneously.

i tested my batteries a few years ago, with no incoming power my diesel heater runs about 5 weeks give or take.

Why does my 20amp fuse blow everytime when connecting the heater wires to a battery?

Without paying detailed attention my 90ah bat with 2 starts fell to 12 v burning almost 2 gallon in approximately 20-24 hours.

With 400 AH of lithium IP it will run a lot longer than I can pack enough diesel for and also a lot longer than I want to be out camping in the winter with the van.

Why not just ditch the battery and use a ac to dc power supply?

What was that knocking noise? It would get on my wick that tapping, like Chinese water torture :(

Is this diesel heater thermostat controlled ?