Chinese diesel heater Don't make this big mistake!

after installing a chinese diesel heater i made a couple of installation mistake. don't fall in to the same trap as i did !.
please watch and hopefill learn,so hopefully you won't do the same.

[tonycamplin]

The main reason for using so much fuel is that you've got the unit outside and so drawing in freezing cold air into the heating unit. Put the heater inside and just have the exhaust outlet outside. These units are designed to be used inside.

[steveclark..]

Not many people admit or show their mistakes, hat's off to you.

[davidsteele]

The guru for Chinese heaters is John McK 47. His videos are a must watch if you have problems. He says you can have the pump vertical but not upside down. Flat out you'll use 360ml per hour.

[tricks]

Recirculate the air from inside . Fit another vent so it can draw air from the room back through the heater . Warming warm air then 👍

[gizmo]

i luckily managed to buy a Chinese diesel heater off a guy that had lived in china, he worked there as a English teacher, and he bought a heater while over there, the one i got was specifically made for the Chinese market . seems to be better made, and strangely it has 8 heat settings on it . which makes it very fuel efficient . even the fuel lines where the solid, harder lines that most people had to upgrade to . it, s worked perfectly since i, ve had it, that,s about 18 months now . on the lowest setting it, s so quiet . here, s a tip for you, i know this will sound strange, but get a small fan and run it on low , and put it somewhere where the heat from the heater main heat pipe points to. , then angle the fan to a space where heat does, nt reach and it will blow the hot air even further into the space . i found it speeds up the heating of an area .weird i know, but it works .

[drfoster]

Bought one of these things 2 years ago,
Not rocket science to set up,
Worked well, heated my small shed very well.
Then i moved it go another part of the shed,
ironically because the exhaust was near the door, and i thought I might gas myself.
Long story short,
Because I'd already set it up and ran it, I just undid the exhaust pipe, ,
and fed it through the wall from the outside,
Then I connected it to the heater,
and went away to finish the job the next day,
Totally forgot to tighten the clamp on the pipe and started running the heater.
Over the next few days
I started getting very tired, then I started getting dizzy and forgetful, ,
Then about 3 weeks after I first fitted the heater
I went to bed one night, and woke up in A and E, after having a massive fit in my sleep.
I've since been told im epileptic,
Just a simple mistake, my fault totally, not blaming anyone but myself,
Nearly cost me my life.
Take care .

[hacksbuilding]

Great video sir. I'm currently assembling mine and I'm glad to have this info before I decide to run it for the first time

[juliogonzo]

That press was a little under powered for that bracket. I recommend at least a 50t press for that.

[daveadams]

It best to mount fuel pump on a rubber a.v mount to cut down the sound and more importantly the vibration. The air intake needs to be piped from the inside, this will improve efficiency by 50%

[TheArtisticGardener]

You’ve got the exhaust pumping out carbon monoxide in the same space as the cold air intake thus pumping it into the heated space. Seems extremely risky not to mention inefficient. I believe the unit is designed to be placed inside the heated space while the exhaust is piped to the outside.

[neilblake]

the big problem I had was the exhaust leaking on the joints solved it by using an exhaust sealer on the joints. any car part shop will have it for around £3 a tub .started to get a head ak after 1 hour of running the heater. put a co2 in workshop and was read high

[chrismutlow]

Possibly the funniest video ever. I got to get a press to bend my 2.5 mm brackets. I wonder how you were goina do it lol. I always use a hammer and a block of wood. Funny as

[cptcosmo]

I'm using one of these heaters to heat my 600 square foot condo. I run the exhaust pipe out a window, seal the gaps (I use fireproof rockwool batt to surround the exhaust pipe). Last winter I used about 5 gallons US #2 Diesel per week to heat my home... far less expensive than heating with electric heat, which used to be my only source of heat. One thing I have noticed, these little heaters tend to coke up the combustion chamber if run at the low settings for long periods.

[alexlee]

I concur, have your air intake coming from inside your garage. Also make sure your combustion air intake is well away from the exhaust pipe and use the muffler, have the exhaust sloping downwards to allow any condensation to come out. The other thing is the fuel pump runs best at 35degrees. Where did you get those rubber connectors for your white fuel line? That leak at the fuel line going into the heater should be tight as well as all others or you will eventually run into an E8 error.

[zenzen]

Personally I would move the unit inside the heated area with just the exhaust pipe coming through the wall to the outside. This would then have warmer air coming into unit and not freezing cold air from outside making it more efficient.

[Bryan-Hensley]

If you have any more issues with the fuel flow, those pumps aren't good at sucking, you might need to lift the tank up closer to the pump or the pump closer to the tank. I agree with the others, you need the cold air intake plumbed inside too. It's easier to heat the room air vs outside air. You could also pull in the exhaust fumes since they are close, the way it is now..

[oojimmyflip]

I hope youve clamped the exhaust onto the exhsust port with some exhsust paste and routed the exhaust outside, if not run a carbon monoxide alarm in the room. For your own saftey and those around you.

[DirectCurrentu]

I think the 50 ton Press to bend a sheet metal bracket was the fatal mistake! But it was very entertaining. ⚡👍

[craigchamberlain]

The fuel pump can be vertical as long as it’s the right way up. In fact it’s better vertical than at 45 degrees as air can get out even easier. The big no-no is to have it horizontal or at a shallower angle than 45 degrees.

As others have said already, you’ll get a huge efficiency improvement if you recirculate warm air rather than heating outside air all the time. Keep combustion intake and exhaust outside but have circulation intake and exhaust inside. It’s even better if you have the whole unit inside with the combustion exhaust and intake going outside because you also capture the radiated heat from the heater, but it would be noisier.

[Dieseldog]

freezing cold intake do so you recirculate the warmed room air and take out the risk of exhaust gas in the room, insulate intake and output, the heater is designed to be inside the area being heated...