Date:         Sun, 12 Apr 2020 21:22:15 -0500
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From:         mccullough bob <mbob1950@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Chinese Diesel Heater for Vanagons
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I dont really hear the pump sound unless I listen for it. My pump is mounter on the end of the Mortar Case with a rubber loop.
If I was trying to sleep with it, maybe so. There are some other solutions  I’ve read about.
Bob
 
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> On 12, Apr2020, at 8:48 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
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> Great info and update, Bob.  Very glad you are pleased with performance, let's see how they go after a few years.  The Kerosene is a nice idea.  Sooting up seems to be the main issue with these units.  Other issues are the "thump-thump-thump" of fuel pump....but there are plenty of ideas to solve that as well.  It is kinda why I liked the "hanging off passenger window" approach; no fuel pump noise, no diesel fuel spill on interior, just use it for winter months and not take up all that space for the rest of the year, easy exhaust of burnt gas out to exterior with little chance of mixing with interior cold air to unit.  I think these units have a lot of possibilities.   If I lived in a colder place, I would go for it, as opposed to Mr Buddy.    
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>    On Sunday, April 12, 2020, 5:57:53 PM PDT, mccullough bob <mbob1950@gmail.com> wrote:  
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> I installed a 5kw Chinese diesel unit into my Syncro camper in jan. this year. Cost was ~$100 and installation took some time and thought but worked out well.
> Put the heater under the back seat just in front of the ecu on the far left side. 7 passenger converted camper. Hot air duct where the rear heater used to be.
> Combustion exhaust and intake thru floor. Had to be careful cutting due to AC hoses and Mortar box storage under the floor on both sides of the van.
> Intake air is drawn near the drive shaft and exhaust out the side attached to my rock rail. I decided to burn Kerosine instead of Diesel because it burns clean.
> A lot of people fail to get the mix right with diesel and have smoking problems. Im in Tenn. but like cold weather camping. About a gallon of K1 lasted for 4 days.
> I put my tank up on my roof rack and ran the line down thru the left engine vent. A grommet hole thru wheel well and forward to pump below where the heater is.
> So far it works great. Heats van in 10 min. and then I run it on minimum level and off before crawling in bag. Good investment so far.
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>> On 12, Apr2020, at 5:10 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
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>> Not to flip things around "too" much....here is a Vanagon guy who installed Chinese Diesel Heater and seems pretty happy with it:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j5qW9kKBLMHe does some rugged winter camping....beyond my skill level and appetite for punishment!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0-aq7PhUNQ&list=TLPQMTIwNDIwMjBCk4mHpPFmBg&index=2
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>>     On Sunday, April 12, 2020, 2:44:19 PM PDT, Roy Nicholl <rnicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:  
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>> Chris:
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>> The model you select will be dependant upon the vehicle and the application - i.e. the amount of heat to be generated and how the heater connects into the system.  As an example, we use the D5WSC as the parking heater in our work trucks (my Jetta has an older D4 model).  In heavy equipment and large trucks, 24v models are often used.
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>> Webasto also makes hydronic heaters, though I have no personal experience with them.
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>> As Dennis pointed out, in an RV, you would likely prefer one of the Airtronic furnaces that work like a mini forced-air furnaced …. particularly where the T3 campers may already be ducted for one.  Additionally, the blowers in these units may be more energy efficient than those on the heater cores in the T3.  That said, I had an old D4W about, so when the Webasto furnace packed it in, I installed it.  Where we only use the Westy three seasons, the ability to pre-warm the engine is not needed.  A furnace would have been easier to fit - since there was already one on the camper (though most of the original duct work is pretty soft).  
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