Diesel heaters

[Tiger650]

Unsure if this topic has been raised previously ?
Recently bought one of the above to heat the shed, I have 600L of 5 year old distillate which was treated with Penrite stabiliser but a little wary about using it in my common rail rail ute.
This thing is excellent, thinking of folks using old kero heaters and such with kero being $4 per litre and kero heaters being a little stinky and inefficient.
Heaps of info on Youtube so will not go into detail but also thinking if you had an old diesel engine that is hard to cold start these things can be programmed to auto start / shut down on timer, 12V /24V required but that could easily be supplied by tractor of truck battery as could fuel supply if necessary.
I have no connection with advertiser below but found this to be by far the best price, the machine is very good and identical to other "brand name" units which cost $45.00 more.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/204251061848
I have had great fun installing and nice to be warm in the shed without using bloody expensive mains power when solar is not running.

[Oldbloke]

Bloody popular in vans. But I went LPG. That is exceptionaly cheap. Mostly trouble free, but the addition of some kerosene is recommended to help minimise the carbon build up. Esp in winter if it get pretty cold where you are.

[GQshayne]

I agree that you should not put that fuel in CRD. Should keep your shed warm for a while though!

[womble]

Never looked into them before. Buy I am now thanks

[Tiger650]

Cheers Womble.
Good kit and Is far as I can determine the heater can coke up a bit if run continuously on low throttle, there are actually two sizes available, stated to be 2kW and 5/8 kW.
Actual maxium output is closer to 4.5kW actual for the larger units, if heating a small space or warming an engine prior to cold weather start the 2kW would possibly be best.

[perentie]

I bought one of the smaller ones and put it under the bonnet of my camper a year or so back. Only used it once and it was not very effective. The instructions leave a lot to be desired with no code thing that says what everything does. Tried it again this morning as I am heading for the Simpson in a couple of weeks. Just playing with things and a P comes up with a number 0.5. I found if I pressed the up arrow it went to a higher number and the air coming out was warmer. I got it up to 2.0. Might try again tomorrow and see how high it goes before it stops. I am guessing P stands for pump and the number is how much fuel its pumping. Anyway its hotter and shows promise so I might keep it after all.

[Oldbloke]

There is a bloke on youtube that apparently has all the answers.

I believe this is the bloke.

John Mc 47

https://youtu.be/kXTGBOSdDnk

[Shootermick]

I’ve got a couple of bigger ones for the workshop at home. They are the best. Pump out instant heat, and just move them around to where you’re working.