@rogerhargreaves2272 It's been working really well. This past weekend, my wife and I were there Sunday morning to Wednesday afternoon. Using all 3 Hcalory Heaters, I consumed a 5 gallon can of fuel, and left with all 3 Heaters full. Today I refilled that can $3.05 a gallon, it $15.15. So we used $15 to keep the camp at 72-73 with the Toolbox 2 and Station SE, and the shed kept reasonable above freezing with the Toolbox Compact 2. Hell, I took a shower in the shed and survived. It wasn't warm.... but I didn't die. I'm super impressed with the Hcalory units.
@ Great to hear your heater systems are working really well. It doesn’t get that cold here in the U.K. due to the Gulf Stream, so just one is enough here. Thanks for taking your time to reply.
Good video, I have two of the hcalory heaters on the way. If you are concerned about soot build up on the low settings, you could try setting your elevation on the heater higher than you are. Don't set it too high, or you could see flame out conditions. If you are at 2,000 feet, set for 4,000 feet, you will burn less fuel, but now you could run it a few settings higher than 1. Just a thought.
Fireplaces and furnaces usually create a negative pressure not a positive pressure cuz it's sucking indoor air and blowing it through your chimney. some houses will have a balance pressure combination of using and circulating indoor air and outdoor air but usually because of air quality. If you want to quickly heat the indoor space especially when temperatures are lower it would be more efficient to circulate the air from indoors versus outdoors or at least have the ability to switch between the two depending on your indoor environment.
Dude! you need to add another tube for the intake heat exchanger and mount it in your wood sill plate there so it runs more efficient and probably also extends its life. The return in my home is in my living room, hence recirc.
@ Recirculating air allows HVAC systems to operate more efficiently. By treating and reusing a portion of the already conditioned air, the system expends less energy compared to continuously drawing in and treating outdoor air. Recirculated air contributes to maintaining a consistent indoor climate.
If you had access to an infrared camera and time, perhaps you can do some further testing on a cold night to determine which configuration works best. I used to have an ir camera when i was employed but no longer unfortunately.
@Armenian oh, and extending life? The burner intake is completely separate from the heat exchanger intake. So your burner intake is still fresh voutside air, it's not damaging anything to pull in cold air to the combustion chamber. I'm seeing mid 350's heat exchanger temps. It's easily heating the building, and honestly... over heating it. Last night, I woke up to piss and it was 76 degrees. I ended up propping the front door open while I ran to the outhouse so that I could let the 29 degree air in to cook it off. And that was level 2, as low as I'm willing to run it.
They look nice in their case but they are certainly not user friendly when it comes to service time, you have to completely strip the whole case apart to get to the heater.
Look at the Hcalory Compact Toolbox 2 video that I just put up yesterday. The entire thing is in a steel case, all fastened with #2 Phillips screws. You could totally gut it in under 3 minutes.
@SirDadbod Sure, you could. But what fool would give up silent heat, and give up positive pressure heat? What do i have to gain, a fraction of increased heating efficiency by heating the heated air? Let's get real, at around a gallon every 24 hours.... and at $3.05 a gallon.... who cares? I'll take positive pressure, silent heat for $3 a day every time.
I have been looking into buying one of these. But, I would only be using it for emergency backup heat source. Spending approximately $3.00 a day JUST for heat would kill me. My total electric bill for my 350 sq ft home (including well, hot water, cooking, laundry, and basic usage) only runs me about $120.00 a month. I heat my place with just one in wall Cadet heater on a wall mounted thermostat. I could only justify buying a TB2 for emergency backup and camping.
@@ianbess5042 I just looked at the Cadet wall mounted heaters, your talking about 5,400 BTU. That's telling me that your not living where it's really cold, Nevada you'll not heat your 350 square foot "tiny home" with just that. A diesel heater like the Hcalory TB-2 is 27,000 BTU on its highest heat setting, EQUAL TO 5 OF YOUR WALL MOUNTED HEATERS. Caps for drama and attention.... My guess is that your not fighting 15° weather and at times near 0°F. I'm in Northern Pa, closer to Lake Erie, Canada and New York. And my cabin is on a mountain top, ravaged by wind, and elevated 2 feet above ground with the cold underneath as well. And my building is 20x20, so 400 square feet, and 2 floors.... so I suppose you'd call that 800 square feet.
I can confirm the Mcalroy diesel heaters are the best. I have the 2024 version of this heater and the only lame part is as the 3.5” hot air piping they use. Had to adapt it. Other that that, I was able to run it 17hrs straight on “3rd gear” and it only consumed 3L of fuel, or half a tank. My dog was toasty in his kennel 😂😂😂😂
The 3 5" pipe was done as part of the 2025 updates (actual release late 2024) that made it almost 30% increased heat output and at the same time burning more efficiently and consuming less fuel per hour. The 3.5" outlet allows more airflow, less airflow sound and with the increased airflow, more heat removed from the heat exchanger transfer fins. So while some complain about the 3.5", it's part of the magic that puts Hcalory at the top of the game in diesel Heaters as of November 2024. No one can currently compete, until someone steps up the game and finds the next way to revolutionize this particular market. But for today, Hcalory items it with the most quite units in the market that are also the most fuel efficient units in the market. Check mate. Hcalory wins.
@ ah good to know! I’m really happy with it. Expected a pile of shit I would have to work really hard to make work but worth the heat…. And nope, it runs like a champ. The app is surprisingly good, and the remote works really well too. Very happy. Cheers!
Not sure why you wouldn't pipe the return into the space ? Would work much better
Amazing setup. Just right.
@rogerhargreaves2272
It's been working really well. This past weekend, my wife and I were there Sunday morning to Wednesday afternoon. Using all 3 Hcalory Heaters, I consumed a 5 gallon can of fuel, and left with all 3 Heaters full. Today I refilled that can $3.05 a gallon, it $15.15. So we used $15 to keep the camp at 72-73 with the Toolbox 2 and Station SE, and the shed kept reasonable above freezing with the Toolbox Compact 2. Hell, I took a shower in the shed and survived. It wasn't warm.... but I didn't die. I'm super impressed with the Hcalory units.
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@ Great to hear your heater systems are working really well. It doesn’t get that cold here in the U.K. due to the Gulf Stream, so just one is enough here. Thanks for taking your time to reply.
Good video, I have two of the hcalory heaters on the way. If you are concerned about soot build up on the low settings, you could try setting your elevation on the heater higher than you are. Don't set it too high, or you could see flame out conditions. If you are at 2,000 feet, set for 4,000 feet, you will burn less fuel, but now you could run it a few settings higher than 1. Just a thought.
I've never thought about raising the altitude setting to try and counter soot buildup... that's an interesting idea. I'll have to give it a try!
maybe take a Dremel tool and cut a slot out of the side of the case so that you can view your fuel level without needing to open it??
If you want to run it on low for the day put it on alpine mode for no worries about soot buildup
@Nomaswearefull
Your saying to use high altitude mode for level 1?
Fireplaces and furnaces usually create a negative pressure not a positive pressure cuz it's sucking indoor air and blowing it through your chimney. some houses will have a balance pressure combination of using and circulating indoor air and outdoor air but usually because of air quality. If you want to quickly heat the indoor space especially when temperatures are lower it would be more efficient to circulate the air from indoors versus outdoors or at least have the ability to switch between the two depending on your indoor environment.
I think you're right, but in my case, there's plenty of air coming in from the gaps in the shed, so it's not an issue.
Dude! you need to add another tube for the intake heat exchanger and mount it in your wood sill plate there so it runs more efficient and probably also extends its life. The return in my home is in my living room, hence recirc.
@Armenian
I'd rather keep it as a positive pressure heat system.
@ Recirculating air allows HVAC systems to operate more efficiently. By treating and reusing a portion of the already conditioned air, the system expends less energy compared to continuously drawing in and treating outdoor air. Recirculated air contributes to maintaining a consistent indoor climate.
If you had access to an infrared camera and time, perhaps you can do some further testing on a cold night to determine which configuration works best. I used to have an ir camera when i was employed but no longer unfortunately.
@Armenian oh, and extending life? The burner intake is completely separate from the heat exchanger intake. So your burner intake is still fresh voutside air, it's not damaging anything to pull in cold air to the combustion chamber. I'm seeing mid 350's heat exchanger temps. It's easily heating the building, and honestly... over heating it. Last night, I woke up to piss and it was 76 degrees. I ended up propping the front door open while I ran to the outhouse so that I could let the 29 degree air in to cook it off. And that was level 2, as low as I'm willing to run it.
Exactly @@Armenian
They look nice in their case but they are certainly not user friendly when it comes to service time, you have to completely strip the whole case apart to get to the heater.
Look at the Hcalory Compact Toolbox 2 video that I just put up yesterday. The entire thing is in a steel case, all fastened with #2 Phillips screws. You could totally gut it in under 3 minutes.
Can't you just keep it in the house and exhaust out like a pellet stove?
@SirDadbod
Sure, you could. But what fool would give up silent heat, and give up positive pressure heat? What do i have to gain, a fraction of increased heating efficiency by heating the heated air? Let's get real, at around a gallon every 24 hours.... and at $3.05 a gallon.... who cares? I'll take positive pressure, silent heat for $3 a day every time.
They are designed to be operated from outside bringing fresh dry air in.
I have been looking into buying one of these. But, I would only be using it for emergency backup heat source. Spending approximately $3.00 a day JUST for heat would kill me. My total electric bill for my 350 sq ft home (including well, hot water, cooking, laundry, and basic usage) only runs me about $120.00 a month. I heat my place with just one in wall Cadet heater on a wall mounted thermostat. I could only justify buying a TB2 for emergency backup and camping.
@@ianbess5042
I just looked at the Cadet wall mounted heaters, your talking about 5,400 BTU. That's telling me that your not living where it's really cold, Nevada you'll not heat your 350 square foot "tiny home" with just that. A diesel heater like the Hcalory TB-2 is 27,000 BTU on its highest heat setting, EQUAL TO 5 OF YOUR WALL MOUNTED HEATERS. Caps for drama and attention....
My guess is that your not fighting 15° weather and at times near 0°F. I'm in Northern Pa, closer to Lake Erie, Canada and New York. And my cabin is on a mountain top, ravaged by wind, and elevated 2 feet above ground with the cold underneath as well. And my building is 20x20, so 400 square feet, and 2 floors.... so I suppose you'd call that 800 square feet.
I can confirm the Mcalroy diesel heaters are the best. I have the 2024 version of this heater and the only lame part is as the 3.5” hot air piping they use. Had to adapt it. Other that that, I was able to run it 17hrs straight on “3rd gear” and it only consumed 3L of fuel, or half a tank. My dog was toasty in his kennel 😂😂😂😂
The 3 5" pipe was done as part of the 2025 updates (actual release late 2024) that made it almost 30% increased heat output and at the same time burning more efficiently and consuming less fuel per hour. The 3.5" outlet allows more airflow, less airflow sound and with the increased airflow, more heat removed from the heat exchanger transfer fins. So while some complain about the 3.5", it's part of the magic that puts Hcalory at the top of the game in diesel Heaters as of November 2024. No one can currently compete, until someone steps up the game and finds the next way to revolutionize this particular market. But for today, Hcalory items it with the most quite units in the market that are also the most fuel efficient units in the market. Check mate. Hcalory wins.
@ ah good to know! I’m really happy with it. Expected a pile of shit I would have to work really hard to make work but worth the heat…. And nope, it runs like a champ. The app is surprisingly good, and the remote works really well too. Very happy. Cheers!
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Thank you! You too!