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@JonCompass That is a possibility, fortunately I modified it and for the past year all has been fine with them. Appreciate your thoughts though.

@cfon159 hello. Thanks forcyour thoughts. I ended up replacing this with the original Chinese heater silencer which cured the problem. I like your idea though and might modify it as you suggest as it currently sitting in a spares box gathering dust.

Hello. I'm glad my video proved interesting. My set up is a eberspacher airtronic d2 fitted in my campervan, the exhaust is about 80cm long with one 90 degree bend directly below the exhaust port, allowing it to angle itself down the chassis, it is then sloped gentle downwards to prevent any water trapment. The exhaust is an original Ebespacher exhaust which is thicker and has smoother ripples than the Chinese alternative. As mention I removed the upgraded exhaust and replaced it with the original chinese exhaust as eberspacher dont often come with a muffler, and it appears to work fine now. I have yet to service it though so cannot comment on possible coke buildup inside the unit, but I can confirm it runs very efficiently having checked with a co2 meter. Hope that helps.

@seepetedo Hello. I bought the feed kit off ebay, item number 221534925902, EBERSPACHER/WEBASTO/PLANAR DIESEL HEATER FORD TRANSIT MERC VITO FUEL PICK-UP KIT Glad the video has been of interest and help.

@@royclark8385 your a star thank loads, good luck with the rest of the conversion

@seepetedo Thank you. It's actually finished now and we are out enjoying it. I did upload a video of the finished article.

@69racer69 Hello. It's not an easy job, that's for sure. No doubt it would be easier if the vehicle was on a lift. Unfortunately their was no way it would fit in between the chassis, so it has to hang down below, which meant finding fixing points is limited. But it's done now, so the frustration and cursing was worth it.

@@royclark8385 what were the dimensions of the tank?

@69racer69 Capacity: 40 litres Length: 840 mm Width: 370 mm Depth: 150 mm It came with plastic water connectors which were rubbish as we could not get it to seal properly, we have since changed them for brass.

@@royclark8385 amazing, thank you so much for the info, that’s really great of you 😁👍🏻

@69racer69 Glad it's been of some use to you.

@MickBrown-m7d Hello. Glad it was of use to you

@@peterpuds hello. It's in centigrade as I live in the UK

@alexbik hello. Thanks for visiting my channel. I was initially impressed with the silencer, following this test, although it was only a test so was not run for very long. I did however fit the silencer to my van, where I have a erbespatcher d2 fitted and within 30 minutes, once the van got to the required temperature and clicked into minimum setting, it would flame out, ie turn the heater off, and keep trying to restart it. As soon as I removed the silencer and reinstalled the original one (same as cheap Chinese type) my problem went away and has never returned. So I can definitely say from experience they do restrict emissions venting, hence your build up.

@alexbik I also have a 5kw heater installed in my house, running with the cheap silencer, I ran it all through the winter, on kerosene. Just yesterday I stripped it down to service it for this coming winter and it was completely clean inside, no soot build up at all. So I can recommend kerosene and the cheap silencer if you wish to avoid carbon/soot build up. I have uploaded some videos showing my installs. Hope this helps answer your questions

@@royclark8385 Thanks for the quick confirmation! I hope my settings will help. I dropped the minimum pump freq from 1.4 to 0.9, the max from 5.4 to 3 and I increased the min fan speed from 1500 to 1750 and max from 4500 to 5000. Time will tell if that's enough. I realize it will impact performance, but I don't need the full 5kW anyway.

@alexbik I have played around with my settings reducing such as you have, but i discovered it was not reaching maximum temperature so ended up reverting close to the original settings. If you can buy/use kerosene I would definitely recommend that as it is said to burn at a higher temperature than diesel.

@@royclark8385 The thing is, I have a propane heater in my RV as well (a Truma combined water/air heater) that I run off an LPG tank. In installed the diesel heater because you can not buy LPG everywhere, especially not in northern Sweden and Finland. So I really like to run it on diesel, since I have a 200L fuel tank and I can buy diesel fuel anywhere. I'll see how it goes with the new settings.I could also try to restrict the heated airflow a bit to increase the temperature.

Hello. Yes for some it might be, but being able to shower every day, for us its worth the effort.

@brianknowles1727 can not be more simple than that..

Hello. Thanks for viewing, their are many ways I guess, I have installed a full hot/cold shower feed at the back of the van to use similar to yours only Radka was not comfortable showering outside in public, so we opted for this system so she can shower with a little more privacy and in any weather.

@Photostoryhr hello thanks for your thoughts. We have a pop top fitted so can stand up for drying, but not whilst washing for obvious reasons. We have been using this system for several holidays now and as of yet not experienced any spillage issues, but admittedly it does come with restrictions and you do need to be careful when using it.

As for waiting for it to dry, we have a microfiber cloth we use to dry it directly after use, so it can be folded and stored following use.

I am glad it works for you

@MarkMc-66 Hi. Not sure why that is but have you tried wiring the two led strips into each other, so the working correctly led is also powering the other led. By passing the factory wiring loom of the 2nd cargo light.

Hello. Whilst some say they are great, mine definitely caused a flame out, been a year now since I replaced it with the original, and since had no flaming out issues.

Hi, yes their were just + and - as I recall, very simple job. Did not need to cut any wires, so easy to return to original if required.

Hello. Glad to hear your runn8ng boards fit without modification. I am pleased with mine, and they recieve nice comments. I have noticed that they do tend to slant towards the body which means they hold water rather than running off.

Hello. Thanks for viewing and commenting. I bought 2 packs of 12 lengths I believe, bought from B&Q. 1 pack was not quite enough. Fixing the batton down with sikaflex rather than screwing into the floor has worked fine too.

@@royclark8385 thanks. What is a length. I’m looking at 38m??

Hello. Thank you, we are really pleased with them, although they are not black out as IKEA claimed.

Hello. Thanks for viewing our video. I bought it off ebay, from a company called vandalized, ebay item number 282082861910. Was very pleased with it and ended up with a very pleasing result.

Hello. If you mean the kit, I bought if off ebay, item number 221534925902, EBERSPACHER/WEBASTO/PLANAR DIESEL HEATER FORD TRANSIT MERC VITO FUEL PICK-UP KIT

@royclark8385 thanks I will look that up. Seem like the answer to the separate pickup tube. Appreciated.

Glad the video was of some use.

Hello Roger, thanks for commenting, glad the video was of use.

Hello. Thanks for viewing and suggesting a possible cause. The exhaust is directed out the opposite end of the box to the air intake, I have subsequently moved the tank 5 meters away from the unit, but still getting smell upon start up, not so on shut down if I run it on high for 10mins before shutting down. I believe its a manufacturing fault in that the gasket for the burn chamber is not sealing correctly, so come the summer I will strip it down and reseal the chamber using new gaskets and heat mate Silicon to create a better seal.

Thankyou mate 👍🏻👍🏻

Hello. Thanks for your kind comments. The blinds are ikea hoppval blinds. If your vehicle is a transit custom the only one we had to cut was the smaller rear barn door window, the rest all fitted without needing to be cut.

Hello Thanks for watching and commenting on my video. I too have agm batteries, off the top of my head I cannot remember the position although I did do as the guide instructed, and I don't want to miss inform you. I can say that the system is really nice, although some features we did not need, such as the electric step. The mains fed battery charger works very well, I kept my batteries topped up via this during the past colder months. If you do not have the operational manual, let me know and I will dig mine out and confirm the settings.

@royclark8385 thanks for the reply. I have the manuals that came with it thanks but like you've done i want to change the way its set up like you have, I'm also incorporating separate feed off from fusebox to feed a gang of lights and usb and I already have a durite split charge fitted so no need for fusebox to connect to my ignition or alternator, thinking about it now I should have just bought charger and rcd box and just a normal fuse box !!!!

@rickh6825 it's funny how once completed we see alternative way we could have done things. I bought a number of things I thought I would use but either changed my mind or bought a better alternative. Good luck with the build though.

Hello. I have recently uploaded a video explaining why I reverted back to the original due to problems this upgraded one caused, in this instance it was best to stick with the original.

Hello. Thanks for viewing and commenting. I used stainless steel screws, I think from memory they were 25mm. I only screwed into the Sikaflex down wooden batten, as I did not want to create unnecessary holes in the actual van floor. My logic was the weight of the bed(80kg) which is bolted through the van floor, the units plus the Sikaflex batten would hold the plyboard floor in place.

Hello. Thanks for viewing and your kind comment.

Hello. Thanks for your kind comments. The hob was a Gasland chef GH30BF 30cm built in 2 burner gas hob , black tempered glass gas cooktop, NG/LPG convertible, bought off Amazon and the oven is a Elgento compact mini oven, stainless steel 800w 9 litre was bought off the web, they are often sold out, I emailed suppliers to notify me when they were back in stock.

Hello. Thanks for viewing and commenting. It's so simple to install and changing the gas canister is quick and cheap in comparison to calor gas, their is also the added advantage that they are more easily available in stores.

Your most welcome

Hello. Thanks for viewing and commenting. It's called a Cadec Trio power pak, we love it, it so simple and convenient when changing gas.

Hello Thanks for viewing and commenting on my video. Wow seems you too have experienced problems with this upgraded exhaust silencer. I no longer use it but many say they have not experienced any problems.

Hello. Thanks for viewing and commenting on my video. It's really quite easy to do.

Hi. I don't think they are, as if you try to turn them on from inside the vehicle without opening the doors, say after 10 minutes of unlocking the doors they will not turn on. I converted my van into a camper and had to run a separate light fed from my leisure battery to give me lights in the van.

Thanks for this! Is the cable really 15amp that’s required? Seems a lot for led lights that’s all?? 😊

@djhorwich No it's not required it was what I had available from my camper conversion, I used 15 and 25amp throughout

Hello. I can appreciate your dilemma, I drilled initially a 80mm hole into my wall, which I am glad I did as a 75mm would have made pulling the 75mm pipe through very difficult. I did initially buy the cheap one from ebay, which melted.. so bought a 75mm one online, but as you say it requires a 90mm hole to fit flush against the wall. I did not want to drill a bigger hole so, whilst mine fits the heating pipe snug it does protrude off the wall by about 1cm, which when looking directly on is not noticeable but is when looking from above.

Hello. I bought the upgraded exhaust silencer from Aliexpress but they can be bought off ebay and Amazon.

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Hello. Thanks for your comment. You can run the air intake from inside the building, I do in my garage set up, but two things you want to consider, 1 that if you get a blow back inside the burn chamber (its rare but can happen) the combustion (smoke) will often exit via the air intake, so you will have a room smelling of diesel and full of smoke, 2nd the process of combustion works more efficiently with higher humidity (damp air), whereas the air indoors does not contain the same humidity and is often dryer. If possible I would recommend having the air intake outside.

@@royclark8385 thank you so much foe that. Helps me make my decision. I appreciate it

Hello. Yes that's exactly what I can now do, being on for 10 minutes every time I open the door was really effecting my battery, as during the build the van was not being started much. Now I can control the light. However the switch is only operative during that 10 minutes the van ecu delivers power to the switch, it will not turn the light on as and when I require light outside that first 10 minutes.