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Originally Posted by Clarkboulder
Thanks.. Great info. I have seen these and wondered. Do they work with a thermostat?
Where do you store the diesel furnace or where is it mounted? Or is it portable? Could it replace and be placed into the Suburban Furnace compartment? Exhaust? Where do you keep the Diesel tank and about how many gal does it hold? Inside or out?
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The tank I got holds 10 ltrs
I mounted it to the back of the Aluminess galley box so it swings out for filling. I wouldn't mount it inside due to the possibility of a small spill, after which my wife would no longer sleep in the van, (ever)
Each instillation location can be different. It requires a hole through which the exhaust and combustion air pipes pass through. I extended the exhaust using a piece of 3/4 EMT electrical conduit so it doesn't exhaust under the van.
There is a self contained portable model but it still requires the exhaust to be outside.
You need to do a bunch of research. Considerations include getting a thermostat that allows fuel adjustment for altitude. If you don't reduce the fuel rate when at higher altitude, it can run rich and carbon up.
They often come with a fuel nipple that is designed to be installed at the bottom of the tank, with a good possibility of a leak. I bought a fuel pipe that has a long tube that reaches near the bottom of the tank, and is installed at the top, with no possibility of a leak.
5kw is big enough that in outside temps warmer than about 35degs, after a while I have to crack a window even when it's running on low. That's with my top down. The 3kw units are often times really 5kw with a 3kw label
The link you provided to Happybuy is the seller I got mine from, but from the photo it comes with the flexible green fuel hose that has been known to be problematic, and I'm not familiar with that thermostat. You need to make sure you can adjust the fuel rate and I don't know if that one does that. Again, you need to do a ton of reading and research.