Espar hot water and heat kit

[4x4sporty]

I finally found some time to work on this project this week. I got the box for the heater made and I ordered a dual battery box to relocate the batteries under the van.

[4x4sporty]

I made some progress today. I got the battery box ready to mount to the frame.

[gahamby]

Please post the link to the vendor you used for the Espar heater. Thanks GH

https://www.heatso.com/

Never mind.

https://www.heatso.com/eberspacher-e...ol-heater-kit/

Is it this one?

[daveb]

Originally Posted by 4x4sporty

I made some progress today. I got the battery box ready to mount to the frame.

Wow Jim, I wish I had the talent to do that. Nice job.

[marret]

Yeah, looking great. Very nice.

[4x4sporty]

Originally Posted by gahamby

Please post the link to the vendor you used for the Espar heater. Thanks GH

https://www.heatso.com/

Never mind.

https://www.heatso.com/eberspacher-e...ol-heater-kit/

Is it this one?

That is an air heater I am using the hydronic . You have to email them if you want petrol version and then you order the diesel version and they will change it after you check out .
Here is the kit I ordered.
https://www.heatso.com/espar-eberspa...water-and-air/

I will tell you that the instructions for the water to air heater and thermostat are not good at all and I have ordered a different water to air heater due to the 5.6 amps the supplied heater draws.
I am using a maradyne 5000 which draws around 2 amps

Hope this helps

[4x4sporty]

Originally Posted by daveb

Wow Jim, I wish I had the talent to do that. Nice job.

Thanks Dave
I wish I could take all the credit but I have some very talented friends who help me get all these crazy ideas from paper to finished.
I am mostly a design, cut, and prep/finish guy. They do all the welding and using brake to bend stuff up.

[4x4sporty]

Today I got the battery box removed from inside the automatic transfer switch relocated and the starcool power relocated and a few of the battery wires buttoned up and started mock up for a box to contain it all incase of a leak.

[4x4sporty]

I WOULD NOT BUY THIS KIT AGAIN!!!
After getting into the actual install of the kit I would not buy this kit again. I have found that the instructions for the air to water heat exchanger and thermostat are sub par if not useless and the supplied air to water heater inefficient. The connections on the plate heat exchanger are 5/8 hose barb for both coolant loop and fresh water loop.
The rest of the systems coolant connections are 3/4 hose barb and the fresh water loop should have been Pex.
The connections on the plate heat exchanger are BSP thread which make it very hard to find fittings readily available.
All in all if I were to do it again I might buy the Espar parts from them but I would probably pay the extra and get them in the states.
The Espar parts are fine but the rest of the kit is sub par with no/terrible instructions.
I would use a leonard 270 mixing valve and a Duba diesel or other plate heat exchanger and the maradyne 5000 air/water heater or the cozy 3 from Aqua hot and find an over flow tank from Jegs or other source. I wound up making a overflow tank that fit may space better.

[4x4sporty]

I made a little progress this week I got the battery box powder coated and installed and the espar box coated. I got most of the wiring finished and the controller and altitude kit mounted. I hope to get heater installed an plumbing finished this weekend.