How to Heat a Shed or Workshop with a Diesel Heater
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- čas přidán 14. 07. 2024
- How to heat a shed or workshop with a small, portable all in one diesel heater by HCalory! In this video I'll talk about the advantages of using a diesel heater for your van, RV, shed, or workshop, and how you how I installed one in my off grid solar workshop. I like diesel heat for it's simplicity, efficiency, and compact size!
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Nice install! I did something similar in my apartment last year exhausting out a window. Its been my main heat source. I also have one in my astro van and off grid cabin. Love them.
They’re great inventions. Just trickier at altitude.
Nice job. I replace the section of siding around the exhaust and intake with Hardy cement fiber board. Heat proof. Weather proof. Paint to blend with your siding. If you want to put the unit outside, use a toilet tank gasket to seal the intake of the heater to the opening in the case. Then screw a 3 inch plastic flange over the opening to attach a return duct. Most all-in-ones are not weather proof, so add an overhang for some protection. You will also need to extend the controller wire. I prefer external because any exhaust leaks are not a worry, and the fuel is kept outside. You can also insulate the wall space around the exhaust with ceramic insulation.
Hey I like that idea maybe I’ll do that when I upgrade to an external tank?
So the intake outside is adjacent to the exhaust? That seems problematic.
It’s fine if they’re a few inches apart.
You could use some larger diameter pipe to sleave through the wall for extra protection if you thought it needed it. I don't know what temps these exhaust at, so might be overkill.
Thought about it, I think the metal plate will be fine for now tho.
That exhaust gets super hot. I would hate to see your shed burn down. You need way more clearance to combustible materials. A double wall b vent requires 1inch minimum clearance for a lp water heater and that exhaust is a lot cooler temperature wise because it draws tons of ambient air into the draft on top of the heater before it goes into the b-vent. Whereas the diesel heater is just purely very hot exhaust gas. I put it mine exhaust in mineralwool with 4 inches clearance to the studs. I just randomly found your channel on this heater. I see you have some boat videos too. I run d class runabout and hydro 40h and 55h with megaphone. Fun stuff.
Yeah this was what I was able to source locally. The metal plate does a good job suspending it off the metal but I saw someone make something w a soup can that looked like a better idea.
Thanks for the comment! Cheers!
I would of ran a small section of double wall pipe used in wood stoves and run the exhaust down the middle. Maxium protection.
Couldn't find anything like that, but I did see someone make something out of a soup can!
That unit should have no problem heating that little playhouse.
One thing about mounting the fuel tank outside is the fact that diesel fuel gels up when it gets cold (about 10 degrees F) so your pump will have to work harder or that little fuel line will not work so good if it's gelled shut. You are better to have it inside.
Anti gel additive is cheap tho
My question is with your type of install is, wont you get fumes coming back in if you have your intake right next to your output...
Not an issue. Even if some does get sucked in, it’ll just burn it and spit it back out. The intake for combustion only goes to the exhaust, not inside the shed
The diesel oil lubricates the pump. So when you first started it the pump was running dry with no lubrication so it was noisier.
Makes sense to me!
The intake doesn't need to run outside.😊
If you leave it inside, you’re burning the air you heated and will notice more drafts near windows and doors, as the room will be under vacuum.
@@ADDvanced fair enough.
@@ADDvanced- exactly, NOT pulling a vacuum is the right way.
@@robertmunroe3976 Way more efficient too
So basically it's just an air cooled diesel engine and the heat is from the cooling?
Kinda yeah. Super efficient. I have one in my van and in my Skoolie.
More like a super-efficient miniature oil-fired furnace with heat fins around the burn chamber. The fan blows over the fins to heat the air.
@@gregbatch more accurate, lol
It’s just a very miniature home heating oil furnace (I work in HVAC)