We are buying a new journey off road pop top. Want to see about a diesel heater installed. Buy later or get jayco to install. Any brands better. is there any smell from under the bed. Appreciate any advice
Bessie said
08:55 PM Jan 24, 2016
We have a Journey Outback 17.55 8 and have installed a diesel heater under the bed and found it to be excellent, no smells at all. You might like to refer to the search column. (A Must Have). Bessie
Aus-Kiwi said
08:59 PM Jan 24, 2016
No smell in ours . Outside maybe on first fire up but you have to close to smell it from outside . No issues with ours .. Hardly ever needs turning up higher temp than low . Very efficient and quiet ., it has approx 2m intake hose which seems to keep it very quiet .,
elliemike said
09:02 PM Jan 24, 2016
rainy1850 wrote:
We are buying a new journey off road pop top. Want to see about a diesel heater installed. Buy later or get jayco to install. Any brands better. is there any smell from under the bed. Appreciate any advice
We have a Eberspacher Dometic in our little Avan. Had it about 5 years. There is no smell of Diesel or Diesel Exhaust fumes in the van from the Unit under the bed. Slight smell on start up when it is cold from the exhaust which is outside. You have to be standin by the exhaust to smell it and it is not bad at all.
Fresh combustion air drawn in from under the van is mixed with diesel and burnt efficiently. This is exhausted outside the van.
The combustion takes place within a heat exchanger in the unit. Air inside the Van is drawn in and heated on the outside if the Heat exchanger, then blown back out into the van. Recirculated.
-- Edited by elliemike on Sunday 24th of January 2016 09:04:52 PM
Snail said
09:57 PM Jan 24, 2016
Hi Rainy,
Do it yourself diesel heater are very easy to install. Just check under van when drilling holes, you do not want a hole in your water tank or through a gas line.
Snail.
-- Edited by Snail on Sunday 24th of January 2016 09:59:14 PM
Hey Jim said
10:26 PM Jan 24, 2016
rainy1850 wrote:
We are buying a new journey off road pop top. Want to see about a diesel heater installed. Buy later or get jayco to install. Any brands better. is there any smell from under the bed. Appreciate any advice
We to have JJO 17.55-3 If you are handy I would buy and install yourself. We are buying off Flea Bay before hitting the road. I'm in the process of correcting all the wrongs on ours. I would allow $600 for labour from them.
First off. Thank you for the advice and showing me about the search section. I never realised it was there. Are you happy with you van. We get our the end of April.
rainy1850 said
09:58 PM Jan 25, 2016
Thanks jim for you answer. Your van looks like ours and it scares the hell out of me. I will do some of the driving and the van looks so big. We have a hard floor camper trailer at the moment. Will get our van near the end of april
Onedodger said
03:38 PM Jan 26, 2016
Get the Diesel Heater you will not be sorry.
I installed one in our Jayco Poptop and we are pleased with its performance and the little diesel it actually uses.
aussie_paul said
04:23 PM Jan 26, 2016
I put a diesel heater in our 24' van last winter and it works great.
-- Edited by aussie_paul on Tuesday 26th of January 2016 04:30:06 PM
PeterD said
08:39 PM Jan 26, 2016
If you are getting any smell inside the van it means that your heater has not been installed properly. Any gas or diesel heating or cooling unit must draw its combustion air from outside and exhaust the combustion products to the outside air. If you get any smells after a period of sucessful operation then it means the device has developed a problem somewhere, get it fixed before you gas yourself.
Aus-Kiwi said
02:36 PM Jan 27, 2016
I dont think he is ? Having an issue.. Just the thought of diesel burning ..
As said fitted correctly they are fine.. Pretty much fit and play .
We are buying a new journey off road pop top. Want to see about a diesel heater installed. Buy later or get jayco to install. Any brands better. is there any smell from under the bed. Appreciate any advice
We have a Journey Outback 17.55 8 and have installed a diesel heater under the bed and found it to be excellent, no smells at all. You might like to refer to the search column. (A Must Have). Bessie
We have a Eberspacher Dometic in our little Avan. Had it about 5 years. There is no smell of Diesel or Diesel Exhaust fumes in the van from the Unit under the bed. Slight smell on start up when it is cold from the exhaust which is outside. You have to be standin by the exhaust to smell it and it is not bad at all.
Fresh combustion air drawn in from under the van is mixed with diesel and burnt efficiently. This is exhausted outside the van.
The combustion takes place within a heat exchanger in the unit. Air inside the Van is drawn in and heated on the outside if the Heat exchanger, then blown back out into the van. Recirculated.
-- Edited by elliemike on Sunday 24th of January 2016 09:04:52 PM
Hi Rainy,
Do it yourself diesel heater are very easy to install. Just check under van when drilling holes, you do not want a hole in your water tank or through a gas line.
Snail.
-- Edited by Snail on Sunday 24th of January 2016 09:59:14 PM
We to have JJO 17.55-3 If you are handy I would buy and install yourself. We are buying off Flea Bay before hitting the road. I'm in the process of correcting all the wrongs on ours. I would allow $600 for labour from them.
Regards Jim
First off. Thank you for the advice and showing me about the search section. I never realised it was there. Are you happy with you van. We get our the end of April.
Thanks jim for you answer. Your van looks like ours and it scares the hell out of me. I will do some of the driving and the van looks so big. We have a hard floor camper trailer at the moment. Will get our van near the end of april
Get the Diesel Heater you will not be sorry.
I installed one in our Jayco Poptop and we are pleased with its performance and the little diesel it actually uses.
I put a diesel heater in our 24' van last winter and it works great.
http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t58136771/planar-diesel-heaters/
http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t60450949/planar-diesel-heaters/
http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t60434007/planer-diesel-heater-the-fitting-of/
Aussie Paul.
-- Edited by aussie_paul on Tuesday 26th of January 2016 04:30:06 PM
If you are getting any smell inside the van it means that your heater has not been installed properly. Any gas or diesel heating or cooling unit must draw its combustion air from outside and exhaust the combustion products to the outside air. If you get any smells after a period of sucessful operation then it means the device has developed a problem somewhere, get it fixed before you gas yourself.
As said fitted correctly they are fine.. Pretty much fit and play .