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[DuckwoodDave]

You should build an underground concrete bunker with good ventilation. Cool in the Summer…… and would be real easy to heat in the Winter. We would all have fun watching that get built. Hire a backhoe and to dig a hole… get a concrete truck to pour the concrete bunker and then cover it up with dirt. You would be the coolest guy in the desert! 🌵

[TomBedlammusic]

I run a Chinese diesel heater. Absolutely the best money I spent on my van. It's now cosy and warm all winter long and has dramatically changed my life. Recommend them to anyone. Cheap to run too. This will be my third winter with no problem so far and if it breaks, it's like £120 to replace.

[dta]

This is exactly what I needed. I'm getting ready to build an off grid truck bed camper and was leaning towards diesel heat. Propane heat really is too wet and expensive. Thank you for sharing this. It just makes my decision that much easier. My truck has dual 20 gallon tanks and I could easily fill one of them with diesel to run the heat and the other with gasoline to run the truck engine. Be safe out there.

[InappropriateShorts]

crazy that these heaters need electricity to run and people just gloss over that when it’s LITERALLY the most important thing

[anotherhunnygoddessproduction]

8 months on the Homestead and this AZ high desert cold 🥶 is no joke. Right now, using propane...the wood burning stove I purchased isn't for indoors, so there's that. I've been using clay pot heaters during the day when it stills cold, but it definitely doesn't throw enough heat. I'm so exhausted trying to stay warm 😔

[cassieyogalove]

I just ordered 12v Diesel Air heater .... getting it monday, so happy for this idea and review. I am in Canada going off grid

[mojavebohemian]

Just ordered the tea, corn flour and extras, yum

[robinhood]

I have a 150 litre emersion tank, stripped down. I heat the water during the day with solar, and a gas burner for when there isn't enough sunshine. It's enough to keeps the place warm all night, works a treat.

[billv]

Great to have so many options, especially if a natural disaster also.

[aaronvallejo]

I would suggest high insulation as the primary way to stay warm. Then triple pane windows for solar heat gain. Then a solar air heating panel for sunny days. Candles for the mornings. Wood stove for the deep cold evenings.

[Blindhomesteader]

thank you for this - I was trying to choose a heater to install for this winter.

[robanddonna]

We have been enjoying all your videos. Just starting our off grid journey in Kansas on 16 acres. We are living in a 10x16 shed/cabin. Didn’t see the link for the diesel heater, what kind is it? Looking forward to more videos, we are subscribed.

[lifeafterstrokewithtom]

3rd winter chinese diesel heater for me. My lot is 26 miles from the Grand Canyon. Williams address. I'm very happy with mine.

[jonchalk]

What about using propane to run an electrical generator which in turns run the baseboard heaters/oil-filled (sealed) radiant heater?

[rhondamontiel]

Have you considered a shipping container with a passive solar heating system? Check out earthships!

[mapopeye]

Cool vid. Do you still feel the same now gas prices went to hell?

[featheredcoyote]

How cold does it get where you're at that your IBC totes of water don't freeze? I'm in northern Indiana and we live 100% off grid and 100% on rainwater. Our above ground water storage freezes and thinking of which route I want to take.

[OldSchoolPrepper]

hi Frugal, can you talk a little bit about the smells (if any) each of your recommended sources have? For example I have a couple of similar Kerosene heaters and the stink to high heaven unless I run the "indoor use" kerosene which still smells like kerosene but is tolerable. I'd be interested in your other heating which uses diesel or other oil fuels. Also, any of those take used cooking oil or used motor oil? Thanks

[Dark_Knight_USA]

Greetings: I tried the diesel fed kerosene furnace idea, a Duraflame. Dam thing sooted up the place. It was toasty tho. Good share. Bsafe.

[michaelb]

Great video. What’s your thoughts on passive solar heating?