Diesel air Heater

Not a good we enough connection to read whole thread.
But if all you need is a diesel fuelled garage space heater, why not get a
Clarke's (Machine Mart) purpose made unit, around £250?
 
Byronic said:
Not a good we enough connection to read whole thread.
But if all you need is a diesel fuelled garage space heater, why not get a
Clarke's (Machine Mart) purpose made unit, around £250?
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It's like sitting next to a vulcan bomber on take off....
 
mistericeman said:
It's like sitting next to a vulcan bomber on take off....
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Yes and 15kW is not enough heat output for me, I'd need 2 !

Actually I'm only giving a pointer I really can't imagine
there isn't a domestic garage size rated one available
somewhere.
 
Dowel said:
wildebus said:
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Interesting comment on the discussion via the previous link from robmac ... the heaters not destined for Europe originally wouldn't pass the tests that would allow them to be CE marked - so the eBay jobs suitability would be suspect. And when sold in UK by PlanarUK (think that is the company?) after suitable mods to gain CE approval, the price benefit is (IMO) severely erroded.

That is how I am reading it anyway. Looks like more money heading to PF Jones for a D2 Airtronic.
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Is that what the thread linked to by Robmac says?

I thought otherwise and can't find any mention of modifications to meet CE standards. It costs a lot of money to have such items tested and certificated so it is quite possible that the Chinese makers simply have not bothered to invest in that. On the whole I thought that link contained comments both for and against the cheap Chinese heaters and would not put me off.
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Just saw this reply ... this is a comment from the UK Distributor on that thread I referred to which was posted by robmac from which I based my comment ....
"The planar heaters I supply are CE marked and were tested and certificated by TUV Germany as long as you buy them from a european dealer and not from russian sellers on eBay as they are Russia only models that do not comply."
 
Byronic said:
Not a good we enough connection to read whole thread.
But if all you need is a diesel fuelled garage space heater, why not get a
Clarke's (Machine Mart) purpose made unit, around £250?
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I already have a gas space heater the worst part about them is the condensation they make, take up too much floor space and open flame.
 
I trust the numbers are incorrect you say 15 not enough you want 2 which is 13 less than15. Did you mistake for one point five.

Alf

Byronic said:
Yes and 15kW is not enough heat output for me, I'd need 2 !

Actually I'm only giving a pointer I really can't imagine
there isn't a domestic garage size rated one available
somewhere.
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Interestingly, I am going to go see someone next week to tweak their Ebersapcher D2 (amongst other things), and the chap told me that his mate - who is also a customer of mine - is getting a Planar installed by a guy who is coming up from Wales (so will be Owen from Planar Heaters UK I would imagine).
Both vehicles are VW Transporters, so will be able to get a direct comparision between the two different heaters. Should be enough time to see if the Planars are worth the saving :drive:
 
Fazerloz said:
I already have a gas space heater the worst part about them is the condensation they make, take up too much floor space and open flame.
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Good enough reasons not to have. And yes Alf I do like a very warm garage
although 2 x 15kW may be a bit over the top for my standard double car unit !!
 
Byronic said:
Good enough reasons not to have. And yes Alf I do like a very warm garage
although 2 x 15kW may be a bit over the top for my standard double car unit !!
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Got a nice drip feed oil burning stove for sale (will burn almost anything oil based and flammable)

;-)
 
mistericeman said:
Got a nice drip feed oil burning stove for sale (will burn almost anything oil based and flammable)

;-)
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I should say that heating the garage is a hypothetical situation
in my case. Why you might ask? Because I make sure I'm never
in the UK when I'm likely to need garage heating! Well at
least not more than a 2 bar infra red electric.
 
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wildebus said:
would you mind measuring the tank? width. height and depth. (I am wondering about a seperate tank and have a possible location in mind)
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18 x18 including the filler, tank part 16 x 16 . width 3.5 inch. Metric sizes are available if you look at your tape measure. :cheers::have fun:
 
I thought I may as well knock up a couple of brackets and get it in.
The only things other than tools I have use that were not in the kit are screws to replace the tek screws that came with the kit a pair of brackets, 4 off 6mm bolts, 1 off 6mm penny washer [body washer] used on the pump mounting and a nut to use as a spacer on the inlet pipe. I still need to drill a hole through the wall for the exhaust.
The tank has to have a 8mm hole drilled in it for the outlet fitting. It can be made to be either left or right hand fill.

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It is a very simple thing to put together and no one should have any problems with one. It is impossible to get the electrical wiring wrong as all the plugs and sockets are paired.
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Filled the tank with diesel and bled it through to the pump, connected to a battery as a power supply. Pressed on and away it went. It went though its purge sequence and ignited first time. I have run it for a couple of hours tuning it up and down and it responds fine. Turned it off and it goes through its shutdown cooling sequence and then turns off.

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As far as quality is concerned without doubt the worst part is the controller whilst perfectly functional just not as nicely made as the rest.
Early days yet but I am more than happy with it.
 
n brown said:
this is quite exciting - how's the heat and how's the noise ?
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The heat output is good. Exactly how much who knows. The heater itself seems very quiet but I will be able to tell better once I get exhaust outside next week.
I will stick my meter on it to see what its consuming electrically as well.

As said you were right about the pump. :cheers::cheers:
 
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