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Diesel heater advice


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



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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



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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 .,

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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. 

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-- Edited by elliemike on Sunday 24th of January 2016 09:04:52 PM

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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

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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.

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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.



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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



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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.



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I put a diesel heater in our 24' van last winter and it works great.nod.gifnod.gif

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. smile



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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.



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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 .

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