Diesel heaters.Yes or no?

[Camper634]

With LPG seemingly becoming harder to find,I wondered what experiences forum members have had with diesel heaters.All in one seem to be quite popular at the moment,but i am not sure if they are the answer.Any experiences or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Kelvin8tor]

I had an Eberspacher combitronic in my Autocruise Motorhome back in 2006 worked on electric when on hook up and heated the water as well was very impressed with it although you did need a good 12volt supply to start it up was a little noisy until it got going and you could smell the diesel until it warmed up
it seemed to be very economical to run but was difficult to be sure as it was supplied directly fr the van’s fuel tank I expect that they have improved over the years
it could be integrated into the engine cooling system to be used as a preheat with the benefit of the engine heating the van and hot water when on the move
I would definitely have another

 

[Gromett]

I thought he said it was a fault in the unit ,
But I just used the picture as an example as have seen a few

He had a couple of guesses about the cause from memory. Then someone suggested it was a faulty power supply as he didn't have a battery and used a cheap chinese power supply.
The supply failed and caused the overheating damage. Which when reconnected caused the cable damage etc.

These things are so basic that there is little to actually go wrong in a dangerous way unless you just cut the power to them. That is the scary mode of failure.

 

[dulvil]

I have a peaugeot traveller allure with a factory fitted webasto auxiliary heater fitted as standard.
It is so quiet and you cannot hear it it works well, so why is it so quiet compared to my eberspacher d2; the new version

 

[Shrimp]

We have a diesel heater (self fitted) brilliant a bottle of gas lasts 4 weeks now fridge hot water and a bit of cooking plus we have a lot of solar

DITTO.

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[cyberyacht]

I had an Eberspacher D2 in my last yacht. Quiet inside but you could definitely hear the exhaust outside although I wouldn't imagine it was sufficiently intrusive if you weren't actually outside or had the hearing abilities of a pipistrelle bat.

 

[HKF]

Diesel heaters are certainly noisy. The cheap Chinese ones home installed which I have fitted, and even the proper ones fitted as standard to new vans. It was very noticeable when away over xmas/new year in the alps who was running diesel heaters.

We have Webasto diesel heating and it barely makes any noise at all, even from outside

 

[AdrianChen]

I had an Eberspacher D2 in my last yacht. Quiet inside but you could definitely hear the exhaust outside although I wouldn't imagine it was sufficiently intrusive if you weren't actually outside or had the hearing abilities of a pipistrelle bat.

Ours were fine once the startup had completed, and the heater wasn't on full blast, we did have silencers fitted. D5 and D5w so similar output to the Chinese stuff.

I see they are launching some Motorhome kits - might be interesting.

 

[Steve and Denise]

We have now fitted a compressor fridge so even less need for lpg

 

[Gromett]

I am still loving my two installs. 3rd one going in next week

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[carolyn]

We paid for the Truma diesel upgrade on our new van this year and we’re delighted with it. It doesn’t seem noisy. We mainly used it for hot water until the last couple of weeks when we did need the heating. It was very quick and wasn’t noisy.

We also have a compressor fridge so it’s just the cooker using LPG now.

I am surprised that some can be so noisy that they upset people. Who is going to be sitting outside when it’s cold enough to need the heating on. It’s only going to be when people are going out or coming home?

 

[Tonks]

Yes!
Last van didn’t have one. Current van does. Next van, when/if I eventually change, will have one.
It’s a non-negotiable for me.