Squiffy
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Maybe you could advise a price for this water heater Craige as I can not seem to find it on the Internet. PhilHa, this is our water heater
Chinese Diesel heaters
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Craig He
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YES, How can I email you or something? Thanks
mistericeman
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Why not just post the price up for everyone that MAY be interested to see?
Craig He
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Good Idea, here for everyone as below
Youtube Review Video of LAVANER Pro 12V 5KW All in One Water Heater Made by Mr. David McLuckie
Test-Review: https://youtu.be/6_aqWHW6hDY
mistericeman
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Craig He
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Hi, in the picture of sheet, 398 USD, 498 USD and 598 USD.
mistericeman
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Ahhh thank you....
Missed it in the small print.
Look pretty good value if you need hot water.
Squiffy
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After having fitted 5 Chinese diesel heaters now, I'm so impressed by them that I'm considering fitting one in my Ducato to compliment the Truma 4e so that I can have a choice of heating, gas, electric or diesel. They seem to be very economic on diesel and those who I've fitted them for have all expounded on how good they are.
I am thinking of fitting it under the drivers seat, the only stumbling block is that at present I keep a variety tools and bits and pieces under there in the originally supplied plastic bin and would have to find space to store them somewhere else.
The fitting of the pickup is an easy operation on a Sevel van as the tank sender unit is under a cover on the cab floor and easily accessible. The only draw back is how and where to route the heater exhaust and air inlets. Having just fitted my sons T5 with one in this weather, I'm alittle adverse to scrambling again under another van at the moment. If anyone else has fitted an Espacher or Chinese heater under a Seval van drivers seat 2007 onwards I'd be interested to hear from you.
I'd say that having now fitted a 2KW as opposed to the 5KW's I've fitted in the past, a 2KW although slightly more expensive is also slightly smaller than the 5's
The other draw back that I can see is noise, those that I've fitted have been under side floor lockers hence under seat cushions which to a great extent quieten down the operation so again I'd be very interested in anyone who has mounted one under an open seat base and tell me if the noise is a problem. But saying that beggers can't be choosers if your off grid and the gas has run out
Phil.
I am thinking of fitting it under the drivers seat, the only stumbling block is that at present I keep a variety tools and bits and pieces under there in the originally supplied plastic bin and would have to find space to store them somewhere else.
The fitting of the pickup is an easy operation on a Sevel van as the tank sender unit is under a cover on the cab floor and easily accessible. The only draw back is how and where to route the heater exhaust and air inlets. Having just fitted my sons T5 with one in this weather, I'm alittle adverse to scrambling again under another van at the moment. If anyone else has fitted an Espacher or Chinese heater under a Seval van drivers seat 2007 onwards I'd be interested to hear from you.
I'd say that having now fitted a 2KW as opposed to the 5KW's I've fitted in the past, a 2KW although slightly more expensive is also slightly smaller than the 5's
The other draw back that I can see is noise, those that I've fitted have been under side floor lockers hence under seat cushions which to a great extent quieten down the operation so again I'd be very interested in anyone who has mounted one under an open seat base and tell me if the noise is a problem. But saying that beggers can't be choosers if your off grid and the gas has run out
Phil.
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Squiffy
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A continuation to this thread, I had to stop work on my daughters van build day before yesterday to fit a new Chinese diesel heater to Sons T5, I had already fitted a 2kw heater using a shop bought chassis mounting specifically for T5s.
About 3 months ago it ceased to work and gave an error code of 09 no matter what I did it gave this code even after I put a new mother board in, so we went on Amazon and purchased a new unit for £76.
On jacking up and supporting the vehicle
I removed the unit complete with the chassis mount took the old unit off the mount and opened up the Amazon parcel to find the the mounting details off both the old and new units were identical but the physical size of the units were different. The outlet and inlets were much bigger on the new 5kw and so my first thought that it would be a quick change over of the units fell at the first fence. I had to enlarge the intake and exit holes in the van to accommodate the larger pipe work and vents with all that entails in opening up a previous hole size
.
However having done that I used the same led monitor and remote plus the same pump so no need to muck around with the electrics the plug on the 5kw plugged into the 2kw wiring with no problem.
After a couple of minutes pumping diesel through she fired up and worked perfectly.
I have to say that this unit was the quietest unit I've fitted.
I suppose the purpose of this post is to warn others that the 5 and 8kw units are the same size but the 2kw is considerably smaller and use different vent pipe sizes but the physical fitting is identical. Phil.
Below is the link to the Amazon one which for the price is exceptional value.
PRIJESSE Diesel Air Heater, 12V 5KW Parking Heater Diesel Night Heater with Silencer LCD Monitor Thermostat For Car Trailer Truck Boat Caravan Motor-home Campervans (Black) https://amzn.eu/d/8pPGxZH
P.s. It's even cheaper at the moment than when I bought ours.
About 3 months ago it ceased to work and gave an error code of 09 no matter what I did it gave this code even after I put a new mother board in, so we went on Amazon and purchased a new unit for £76.
On jacking up and supporting the vehicle
I removed the unit complete with the chassis mount took the old unit off the mount and opened up the Amazon parcel to find the the mounting details off both the old and new units were identical but the physical size of the units were different. The outlet and inlets were much bigger on the new 5kw and so my first thought that it would be a quick change over of the units fell at the first fence. I had to enlarge the intake and exit holes in the van to accommodate the larger pipe work and vents with all that entails in opening up a previous hole size
. However having done that I used the same led monitor and remote plus the same pump so no need to muck around with the electrics the plug on the 5kw plugged into the 2kw wiring with no problem.
After a couple of minutes pumping diesel through she fired up and worked perfectly.
I have to say that this unit was the quietest unit I've fitted.
I suppose the purpose of this post is to warn others that the 5 and 8kw units are the same size but the 2kw is considerably smaller and use different vent pipe sizes but the physical fitting is identical. Phil.
Below is the link to the Amazon one which for the price is exceptional value.
PRIJESSE Diesel Air Heater, 12V 5KW Parking Heater Diesel Night Heater with Silencer LCD Monitor Thermostat For Car Trailer Truck Boat Caravan Motor-home Campervans (Black) https://amzn.eu/d/8pPGxZH
P.s. It's even cheaper at the moment than when I bought ours.
mistericeman
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Air Outlet/inlet sizes also often vary between same kW rated units ....A continuation to this thread, I had to stop work on my daughters van build day before yesterday to fit a new Chinese diesel heater to Sons T5, I had already fitted a 2kw heater using a shop bought chassis mounting specifically for T5s.
About 3 months ago it ceased to work and gave an error code of 09 no matter what I did it gave this code even after I put a new mother board in, so we went on Amazon and purchased a new unit for £76.
On jacking up and supporting the vehicle
I removed the unit complete with the chassis mount took the old unit off the mount and opened up the Amazon parcel to find the the mounting details off both the old and new units were identical but the physical size of the units were different. The outlet and inlets were much bigger on the new 5kw and so my first thought that it would be a quick change over of the units fell at the first fence. I had to enlarge the intake and exit holes in the van to accommodate the larger pipe work and vents with all that entails in opening up a previous hole size
However having done that I used the same led monitor and remote plus the same pump so no need to muck around with the electrics the plug on the 5kw plugged into the 2kw wiring with no problem.
After a couple of minutes pumping diesel through she fired up and worked perfectly.
I have to say that this unit was the quietest unit I've fitted.
I suppose the purpose of this post is to warn others that the 5 and 8kw units are the same size but the 2kw is considerably smaller and use different vent pipe sizes but the physical fitting is identical. Phil.
Below is the link to the Amazon one which for the price is exceptional value.
PRIJESSE Diesel Air Heater, 12V 5KW Parking Heater Diesel Night Heater with Silencer LCD Monitor Thermostat For Car Trailer Truck Boat Caravan Motor-home Campervans (Black) https://amzn.eu/d/8pPGxZH
P.s. It's even cheaper at the moment than when I bought ours.
Usually between @75mm and @90mm ...
75mm can lead to overheat faults if ducting runs are too long ...
In my experience the @75mm is a hangover from 2kw models ...
As soon as you go to 5/8kw models the 75mm is too small ....
5~8kw models are too large IMHO for a smaller especially IF they don't have a functioning stat .
Squiffy
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Yes I agree about 5 and 8kw units being too much for smaller vehicles but if only using it on the first setting its fine. A lot of people say don't use them on low settings as they soot up quickly. But I've watched utube videos from testers of these units and they have proved this to be a myth and certainly other 5kw units that I've fitted have now been working for in some cases 3 years without problems. Phil
By the by 2kw heaters for an odd reason are always far more expensive, it must be for marketing purposes as the cost of manufacture must surly be less as the materials used are less?
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SquirrellCook
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It could be the numbers game, the more you can automatically make, the more the costs are reduced.
Mark