Diesel Heaters
Submitted: Saturday, Sep 08, 2018 at 18:34
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johno59
Has anyone purchased a heater on Ebay? I have a Planner and am about to throw it in the bin and start again. Cost me $800 and still doesn't work properly. Johno
Reply By: RMD - Saturday, Sep 08, 2018 at 20:43
Saturday, Sep 08, 2018 at 20:43
Yes Shaker, it definitely isn’t Planner. All the installation info has PLANAR printed on it. DIESEL. is named after Rudolph of the same name.
Leave the a in there and drop the I, it will become desal, no salt.
Johno59
You still haven’t given an account of what you have checked to give much of an idea as to what, has and hasn’t, been done. Makes diagnosis of problems via the light beam fairly difficult. Why don’t you find someone who has used one and knows a little about them to sort your problems.
Recently you said it ran for 2 hours, no worries.
What is the problem now????
As Shaker said, did you mount the pump as directed?
Does your battery voltage stay sufficiently high enough for ALL the expected run time?? You haven’t answered that question yet.
We try to help you, but it seems you don’t wish to help yourself.
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Saturday, Sep 08, 2018 at 20:51
Saturday, Sep 08, 2018 at 20:51
I have a Planar in the Tvan & an Eberspached in the Quantum, they are absolutely worlds apart in price point, but I can’t tell the difference in any aspect of performance.
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Follow Up By: RMD - Sunday, Sep 09, 2018 at 09:29
Sunday, Sep 09, 2018 at 09:29
Forgot to mention
I bought
mine off the internet like the OP is asking, it is also a PLANAR brand and apart from a slight airleak into the diesel line, (my fault not checking join integrity closely enough) it too, works as it should.
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Follow Up By: johno59 - Wednesday, Sep 12, 2018 at 21:04
Wednesday, Sep 12, 2018 at 21:04
Thanks for your help Guys. Finally I have found the problem after changing the fuel line and filter, cleaning out the fuel tank, checking the pump and a few other things.......the unit has been overheating caused by inadequate air flow from the inlet and outlet duct. As soon as these were removed the unit fired up and kept running continuously for a few hrs. So now I have to work out how to improve the airflow by repositioning the ducts. It really didn't occur to me that this could cause a heater to shut down and that a good airflow is critical. Thanks again
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Wednesday, Sep 12, 2018 at 23:02
Wednesday, Sep 12, 2018 at 23:02
Thanks for lettting us know what the outcome was, most don’t seem to bother.
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Sunday, Sep 09, 2018 at 13:05
Sunday, Sep 09, 2018 at 13:05
I have purchased 3 of the EBay diesel heaters recently and all are good - a 3kW for a Tvan and two 5Kw for mates caravans. I also have an Eberspacher D2 2.2Kw in our caravan. The EBay ones cost between $200 and $300 and the Eberspacher is a smaller unit and costs $2000. Components look very similar
As stated above, you must have good
battery power and wiring to it as the glow plug draws up to 10Amps when warming up, and the fuel pump must be directed upwards 30 degrees or so.
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