I'm in a similar position as you. I only have one but so far I've mounted and connected two Ryobi 18V 4Ah batteries ran through a step down converter to bring the 18V down to 12V for the heater. Using two batteries connected that way you can swap them out one at a time without having to turn the heater off. I've just ordered some more spare parts and some supposed "improved" parts plus another heater altogether. They're fun, they're simple, easy to work on, easy to modify, very inexpensive and they work very well. I don't even have a real "need" for one. I ordered one because it was $109 and I'd been seeing a lot of videos about them. Now that I have one, I love it! I just love that such a small inexpensive heater can work efficiently and powerfully. I can think of so many uses for them around the house, garage and camping.
I love these little diesel heaters, as well. I have mine set up with XT30 cable ends and have a 20-amp inline fuse between the heater and the 240ah LFP battery I'm using in my wife's she-shed. The heater is outside of the building, with the heating hose plumbed into the shed through a clothes dryer vent. It's amazing how well it works and how little fuel it uses.
Fit a fuse at the battery end of the +ve wire, and a switch to protect you battery. I got mine new last week from a guy who bought it to put in his van, then crashed the van. I put my fuel-line directly from the base into the 10L jerry can lid, with one of those tiddly stone-filters near the bottom, then a larger paper lawnmower filter just before the pump. I also fitted a paper combustion-air filter. Some folk put a 3" bi-conical filter on the cool air inlet where they have a dusty shop. I love being warm at my PC without heating the whole house.
I'm setting up my 2nd one. The sheet metal screws strip out so easy when removing the cowling. . Doing the safety inspection of the fuel line, making sure it's not rubbing or too close to the exhaust. . But these things do put out the heat. I'd think they can heat 1000 sqft if the building was insulated. One in the wood shop and the now one is replacing the propane heater in the garage.
I have the exact same model, here in the uk. Interesting what different suppliers gives you. Mine has the green fuel line and a filter, didnt get the hole saw or powertails. Love it, sits inside my big workshop and its not noisy, today it brought up the inside air from 0 to 9 degs in an hour, and sips kerosene, bloody brilliant. Wish id got one sooner.
I have one with the green fuel line and it's doing well. For next winter, I might change it to one of those white fuel lines, just to be a part of the 'white fuel-line cult'.
We recommend attaching a 12volt car battery eg 55amps as in the event of the mains electricity failure it will mess up the Mother Board and yes we keep a small car charger connected to the battery. at all all times and the charger will switch off once the battery reaches its full charge likewise we have now fitted these heaters into our ambulances connected to the back up battery. NB we use only home heating oil and we don't use waste engine oil at all. as the carbon will build up in the chamber.
The biggest mistake people make is when priming the heater.. They over prime as they see air in the fuel line that goes into the burn chamber underneath, well even when fully primed there is always air in the line no matter what you do. If you have white smoke at start up you have iver primed the heater..
That's not a 'big mistake', it's just a miscalculation. What will happen is that you'll have stinky smoke coming out for a while. A big mistake would be to disconnect it from the energy source without it going through its cooldown cycle. Another big mistake would be not to buy one of these 🙂
Thank you! I want to get a diesel heater for my RV and have been looking for a quiet one. Even though I'll put it outside and run the heat in, I don't want anything noisy.
I’ve watched your other videos and that one is significantly quieter. I can see a diesel heater being useful as an emergency heat source during a winter power outage. Set it outside a bedroom window and run it through. Fill the gap with towels. 5 gallons could probably last 4-5 days. It would obviously only heat that small room but that’s enough to keep you alive
I can heat a 1,000 ft square house mobile currently doing that right now keeps it 65° in house with -20° wind chill factor have a 200 amp hour battery just in case the power goes out I'll stay warm yeah it's about a gallon a day after he eats the whole house
I bought one of those and a Temu heater for 110 bucks, Temu one for me does great heating my place and I did a copper pipe wrapping of the exhaust pipe and routed to a radiator inside my place, it's super harm in cold temps here. Ppl around me mad cause I'm cozy in the cold while they spending triple in energy bills than me, solar heater during the day and diesel at night, the solar day heater also has a solar charger for the battery charge.
My wife and I watched this video and she started to laugh, and said it's a good thing he doesn't live near us because you two would be like mad scientists running around. You know what I had to agree with her, lol. I love Chinese heaters, they work somewhat pretty well. I'm addicted to flashlights , I have about 200 of them, like you. I've been called a lot of things but never a mad scientist.....
I got the same one with the turbo blower and glow plug and fuel pump I have to believe it's more like 200 watts power draw. I ran my car battery down in one night and it shut off. I got a 200 watt solar panel to keep the battery charged.
I've had mine a bit over a year now, same as that one. It's been said before, but... The hole saw is meant to knock a hole in the floor of your cab. These heaters are essentially a knock off of the Wabasto heater that was meant for use in semis and RVs who's patent recently expired (which is why these are all over the place now!). Whatever hose you're using using on the discharge, remember that the air will hit nearly 200C right at the discharge - so no plasticy stuff. If you want to use it as a shop (etc) heater, find the video of the guy who repurposed an old cast iron radiator. It uses the exhaust heat to radiate it as 'free' heating! Took the exhaust temps at discharge down to about 35* as well as a bonus.
I don't care for the high temp of the exhaust going thru the wall outdoors right away. I think that capturing some of the heat off of the tubing would be more efficient and cool the tube down before going thru the wall, which would be another benefit. Making alot of bends in the tubing will be too restrictive, so I'll make a large coil out of it inside a metal container with a fan at one end. That should throw some heat and cool the exhaust pipe down a bit. May as well get all the heat out of it instead of just half.
I wonder how many btus giant bugs make? Seriously though, I have one of these pumping heat into my sun room that gets really cold. One one hand it sucks that it needs a battery to make sure it won't shut off without cooling down. On the other hand it means it will work if the power goes out. I have been considering getting more so I can have zone heating for 100 bucks a zone. They could all be piped into a single fuel oil tank.
Thanks to your terrific review illustrating setup and operation, I purchased it, $109.00 and free shipping! Which grade of diesel is best to burn in this heater?
Thanks👍🏻 I just use standard pump diesel from the gas station. A little diesel additive never hurts too, especially if it’s going to get really cold (below freezing)
Per the Amazon listing : Ignition plug: Made in Japan . Sensor: Made in Germany. Host wiring harness: Made in Korea. Interesting. Would you be able to confirm?
You mind linking the fuel line and fuel filters you got? Mine does have an existing filter, but curious to see others. The biggest thing I would up for changing is this cheap green fuel line. Had a kink inside my unit and took some trial and error before realizing that is why it wasn't running.
I wonder the space it can effectively heat. Could it heat that shop? Or a small camper to 60 degrees at say 30 degrees outside? Or is it more a localized heat source
I’d say so for sure. These put out a ton of heat. I’ve seen people use in an off grid cabin that heats up the entire space, and a lot of folks use in an RV as well.
@GearGadgetReviews yea that's what I thought. I tried to run it on a bluetti eb3a last weekend and it was shutting off on start up at 100ish watts so I connected it my truck battery and just kept an eye on the volts on the heater app. I was thinking about using a 30ah lawn tractor battery I have laying around but thought that the lipo battery would be a little bit better. How do u like the power queen battery?
Uses low wattage when running, but you need more for startup AND shutdown. You need to remember to save enough battery during shutdown to run the glowplug and fan.
I know this is a long shot but if you still have the instructions would you possibly be able to send me a few pictures of the english instructions, I purchased an imaycc diesel heater 2 years ago which has worked great barring losing the signal bars on the lcd for the remote i was trying last night the - PE - thing to pair with remote but didnt have any luck just thought it might be easier with the instructions in front if me.
I tried contacting the company and asking other people on amazon that had also purchased it but no luck, very frustrating as virtually every other heater with the blue display has left and right arrows instead of plus and minus and have different button combinations to change different settings
I was thinking about hooking mine up inline with my forced air heat in a 30’ camper. Do you think it will have enough fan pressure to run down the ducting?
remember its not 8Kw either, just 5kw rebranded, really most of the time just the 2kw version with more fuel, but looking at the fuel flow, max is 0.51L per hr, which nets approx 5kw if burning at 100% efficency, usually its 80-90% diesel got 10.8kwh per litre, depeding on the diesel, some got more seed oils than others
I'm in the uk and bought an imaycc diesel heater about 2 years ago unfortunately i have lost the instructions. Would anybody be kind enough to send me some pictures of the english instructions? The reason I haven't found anything online is it seems the blue lcd with + and - is rarely used and the same lcd with left and right arrows which is seen on others has different button combinations to change settings etc.
Hello again, My IMAYCC heater works great. Help me with the fuel filter order from Amazon. Please recommend a filter and what size (mm) is this stiff white tubing that comes with this heat. BTW already ordered a second heater like this one.
I'm getting this same heater from Amazon today. I have your video on speed dial. What is the devise on your hat ? If it's nunya-bizz tell me to buzz off.
@@GearGadgetReviews sound good thank you for your help. the reason I wondered was my dad used to only run it in his nipco heaters said it burned hotter an cleaner .. I don't know if it does or did . but really wanna try one of these heaters for ice fishing
My garage is 20 x 20 ft and insulated. It gets between 10 above zero anf 40 below zero Fahrenheit. Will this work ok? My garage is supposed to have a ceiling heater rated at 30,000 BTUs. These diesel heaters claim 27,000 BTUS. Is that a true rating and a close comparison, or not?
The main reason not to unplug it is Fry the control board the control boards on top of the diesel heater manifold and all that excess heat will melt the main control board and break your diesel heater
Good price, and nice that it came with the firmer fuel line. The soft vinyl tubing reminds of the cheap flimsy stuff you'd find in a home fish aquarium. I paid $149.99 back in Nov. for the "skinny" 8kw Vevor model, and still had to buy the firmer fuel line kit separately. Gotta a link for the exhaust elbow?
A test i have never seen anyone do@GearGadgetReviews is a current draw test over time. I know it needs 12v @ 8amp to kick over but what about over 8 hours or so? Does the current draw go up and down?
I'm in a similar position as you. I only have one but so far I've mounted and connected two Ryobi 18V 4Ah batteries ran through a step down converter to bring the 18V down to 12V for the heater. Using two batteries connected that way you can swap them out one at a time without having to turn the heater off. I've just ordered some more spare parts and some supposed "improved" parts plus another heater altogether.
They're fun, they're simple, easy to work on, easy to modify, very inexpensive and they work very well. I don't even have a real "need" for one. I ordered one because it was $109 and I'd been seeing a lot of videos about them. Now that I have one, I love it! I just love that such a small inexpensive heater can work efficiently and powerfully. I can think of so many uses for them around the house, garage and camping.
I love these little diesel heaters, as well. I have mine set up with XT30 cable ends and have a 20-amp inline fuse between the heater and the 240ah LFP battery I'm using in my wife's she-shed. The heater is outside of the building, with the heating hose plumbed into the shed through a clothes dryer vent. It's amazing how well it works and how little fuel it uses.
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I plan to keep the one I buy outdoors as well. I'm curious, how do you keep yours dry?
@@M.Campbell Just make a little (wooden) box around it.
That room is so organized I'm jealous
Fit a fuse at the battery end of the +ve wire, and a switch to protect you battery. I got mine new last week from a guy who bought it to put in his van, then crashed the van. I put my fuel-line directly from the base into the 10L jerry can lid, with one of those tiddly stone-filters near the bottom, then a larger paper lawnmower filter just before the pump. I also fitted a paper combustion-air filter. Some folk put a 3" bi-conical filter on the cool air inlet where they have a dusty shop. I love being warm at my PC without heating the whole house.
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I'm setting up my 2nd one. The sheet metal screws strip out so easy when removing the cowling. . Doing the safety inspection of the fuel line, making sure it's not rubbing or too close to the exhaust. . But these things do put out the heat. I'd think they can heat 1000 sqft if the building was insulated. One in the wood shop and the now one is replacing the propane heater in the garage.
Just got mine yesterday for my garage. Paid £105 on Amazon delivered to the UK. Fantastic bits of kit and yet such a simple design.
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I have the exact same model, here in the uk. Interesting what different suppliers gives you. Mine has the green fuel line and a filter, didnt get the hole saw or powertails.
Love it, sits inside my big workshop and its not noisy, today it brought up the inside air from 0 to 9 degs in an hour, and sips kerosene, bloody brilliant. Wish id got one sooner.
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I'm in uk mine came with white fuel line and hole saw everything he has 😊
I have one with the green fuel line and it's doing well. For next winter, I might change it to one of those white fuel lines, just to be a part of the 'white fuel-line cult'.
We recommend attaching a 12volt car battery eg 55amps as in the event of the mains electricity failure it will mess up the Mother Board and yes we keep a small car charger connected to the battery. at all all times and the charger will switch off once the battery reaches its full charge likewise we have now fitted these heaters into our ambulances connected to the back up battery. NB we use only home heating oil and we don't use waste engine oil at all. as the carbon will build up in the chamber.
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The biggest mistake people make is when priming the heater..
They over prime as they see air in the fuel line that goes into the burn chamber underneath, well even when fully primed there is always air in the line no matter what you do.
If you have white smoke at start up you have iver primed the heater..
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That's not a 'big mistake', it's just a miscalculation. What will happen is that you'll have stinky smoke coming out for a while.
A big mistake would be to disconnect it from the energy source without it going through its cooldown cycle. Another big mistake would be not to buy one of these 🙂
Thank you! I want to get a diesel heater for my RV and have been looking for a quiet one. Even though I'll put it outside and run the heat in, I don't want anything noisy.
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I’ve watched your other videos and that one is significantly quieter. I can see a diesel heater being useful as an emergency heat source during a winter power outage. Set it outside a bedroom window and run it through. Fill the gap with towels. 5 gallons could probably last 4-5 days. It would obviously only heat that small room but that’s enough to keep you alive
I can heat a 1,000 ft square house mobile currently doing that right now keeps it 65° in house with -20° wind chill factor have a 200 amp hour battery just in case the power goes out I'll stay warm yeah it's about a gallon a day after he eats the whole house
Also gonna need some beverages😉
We use one too heat our caravan 12x32 3bedroom it's brilliant we have had minus for a week and still cozy
A 5 k should heat a 1000 ft2 tight ranch at 10 deg. Amb.
I bought one of those and a Temu heater for 110 bucks, Temu one for me does great heating my place and I did a copper pipe wrapping of the exhaust pipe and routed to a radiator inside my place, it's super harm in cold temps here. Ppl around me mad cause I'm cozy in the cold while they spending triple in energy bills than me, solar heater during the day and diesel at night, the solar day heater also has a solar charger for the battery charge.
Thanks for that great review. I don't know what I'll need it for but I want one!!
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My wife and I watched this video and she started to laugh, and said it's a good thing he doesn't live near us because you two would be like mad scientists running around. You know what I had to agree with her, lol. I love Chinese heaters, they work somewhat pretty well. I'm addicted to flashlights , I have about 200 of them, like you. I've been called a lot of things but never a mad scientist.....
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I got the same one with the turbo blower and glow plug and fuel pump I have to believe it's more like 200 watts power draw. I ran my car battery down in one night and it shut off. I got a 200 watt solar panel to keep the battery charged.
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I've had mine a bit over a year now, same as that one. It's been said before, but... The hole saw is meant to knock a hole in the floor of your cab. These heaters are essentially a knock off of the Wabasto heater that was meant for use in semis and RVs who's patent recently expired (which is why these are all over the place now!). Whatever hose you're using using on the discharge, remember that the air will hit nearly 200C right at the discharge - so no plasticy stuff.
If you want to use it as a shop (etc) heater, find the video of the guy who repurposed an old cast iron radiator. It uses the exhaust heat to radiate it as 'free' heating! Took the exhaust temps at discharge down to about 35* as well as a bonus.
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You get the heating hoses in a camping or RV shop, all lengths with T or elbow
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I don't care for the high temp of the exhaust going thru the wall outdoors right away. I think that capturing some of the heat off of the tubing would be more efficient and cool the tube down before going thru the wall, which would be another benefit. Making alot of bends in the tubing will be too restrictive, so I'll make a large coil out of it inside a metal container with a fan at one end. That should throw some heat and cool the exhaust pipe down a bit. May as well get all the heat out of it instead of just half.
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Unbolt the pump from unit wrap cloth with zip tie and pump makes even less noise
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You're really gonna geek out when you have to open the combustion chamber to clean out the buildup. It's quite interesting.
Can’t wait for that😉😉
I wonder how many btus giant bugs make? Seriously though, I have one of these pumping heat into my sun room that gets really cold. One one hand it sucks that it needs a battery to make sure it won't shut off without cooling down. On the other hand it means it will work if the power goes out. I have been considering getting more so I can have zone heating for 100 bucks a zone. They could all be piped into a single fuel oil tank.
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Thanks to your terrific review illustrating setup and operation, I purchased it, $109.00 and free shipping!
Which grade of diesel is best to burn in this heater?
Thanks👍🏻 I just use standard pump diesel from the gas station. A little diesel additive never hurts too, especially if it’s going to get really cold (below freezing)
G'day mate, the diesel heater are fun.
I've customised mine with and hour meter and what not. :)
Cheers!
Thanks👍🏻
Per the Amazon listing : Ignition plug: Made in Japan . Sensor: Made in Germany. Host wiring harness: Made in Korea. Interesting. Would you be able to confirm?
We will probably hear back sometime next year
Got one coming thank you for the link and review
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You mind linking the fuel line and fuel filters you got? Mine does have an existing filter, but curious to see others. The biggest thing I would up for changing is this cheap green fuel line. Had a kink inside my unit and took some trial and error before realizing that is why it wasn't running.
Just put the link in the description👍🏻
Looking at this thinking it would be a great patio heater instead of those tall propane heaters that are not as efficient
I wonder the space it can effectively heat. Could it heat that shop? Or a small camper to 60 degrees at say 30 degrees outside? Or is it more a localized heat source
I’d say so for sure. These put out a ton of heat. I’ve seen people use in an off grid cabin that heats up the entire space, and a lot of folks use in an RV as well.
How long will it run on that battery. I'm looking at doing a small solar setup on my rig for camping to run the diesel heater
Way more than a single night. Heater uses around 15-25 watts when running, and this battery has over 600wh’s of capacity.
@GearGadgetReviews yea that's what I thought. I tried to run it on a bluetti eb3a last weekend and it was shutting off on start up at 100ish watts so I connected it my truck battery and just kept an eye on the volts on the heater app. I was thinking about using a 30ah lawn tractor battery I have laying around but thought that the lipo battery would be a little bit better. How do u like the power queen battery?
Uses low wattage when running, but you need more for startup AND shutdown. You need to remember to save enough battery during shutdown to run the glowplug and fan.
Depends on the battery, more amp hours the battery is rated for the better
I use a laser 30 Toyo. Many Alaskans do. 1400 dollars. I can buy 15 of these and just might.
lase 30 is 90% efficient. Very safe.
I know this is a long shot but if you still have the instructions would you possibly be able to send me a few pictures of the english instructions, I purchased an imaycc diesel heater 2 years ago which has worked great barring losing the signal bars on the lcd for the remote i was trying last night the - PE - thing to pair with remote but didnt have any luck just thought it might be easier with the instructions in front if me.
I tried contacting the company and asking other people on amazon that had also purchased it but no luck, very frustrating as virtually every other heater with the blue display has left and right arrows instead of plus and minus and have different button combinations to change different settings
I was thinking about hooking mine up inline with my forced air heat in a 30’ camper. Do you think it will have enough fan pressure to run down the ducting?
Hi - great video. What is the "mileage" on these? if you fill the tank with 5 liters of Diesel. How long does that last?
I ran mine with 1.3 gal of diesel and it ran for 13 hours on medium heat with 15° outside ambient temp. Mileage is pretty good
thankyou for the answer @@GearGadgetReviews
remember its not 8Kw either, just 5kw rebranded, really most of the time just the 2kw version with more fuel, but looking at the fuel flow, max is 0.51L per hr, which nets approx 5kw if burning at 100% efficency, usually its 80-90% diesel got 10.8kwh per litre, depeding on the diesel, some got more seed oils than others
Got the good controller usually has a remote with that one
I'm in the uk and bought an imaycc diesel heater about 2 years ago unfortunately i have lost the instructions.
Would anybody be kind enough to send me some pictures of the english instructions? The reason I haven't found anything online is it seems the blue lcd with + and - is rarely used and the same lcd with left and right arrows which is seen on others has different button combinations to change settings etc.
I like the pump on that one much better
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Does it have a timer that you can set it to come on and shut off every day?
Yes, it does….if you can decipher the instructions
Hello again, My IMAYCC heater works great. Help me with the fuel filter order from Amazon. Please recommend a filter and what size (mm) is this stiff white tubing that comes with this heat. BTW already ordered a second heater like this one.
Any idea of the air temp on low?
That heter body looks to be all metal (alu) which is good if it is all metal..
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Great tutorial!
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Can you use a regular car battery or does it have to be a battery you have connected?
It can be any 12v source
Any 12v battery, deep cycle, lithium, agm, gel, the more Ah amp hours the better.
Needs a fuse.... just in case.
Yes, it does. Good point👍🏻
I'm getting this same heater from Amazon today. I have your video on speed dial. What is the devise on your hat ? If it's nunya-bizz tell me to buzz off.
lol. It’s just my wireless microphone
Thanks @@GearGadgetReviews
I have a question on can they be ran on kerosene
Sure can👍🏻 I’ve run a few of mine on kerosene
@@GearGadgetReviews sound good thank you for your help. the reason I wondered was my dad used to only run it in his nipco heaters said it burned hotter an cleaner .. I don't know if it does or did . but really wanna try one of these heaters for ice fishing
Nothing wrong with the green.
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My garage is 20 x 20 ft and insulated. It gets between 10 above zero anf 40 below zero Fahrenheit. Will this work ok? My garage is supposed to have a ceiling heater rated at 30,000 BTUs. These diesel heaters claim 27,000 BTUS. Is that a true rating and a close comparison, or not?
It would help quite a bit. Probably not make it toasty, but these heaters can push out extremely hot air
The main reason not to unplug it is Fry the control board the control boards on top of the diesel heater manifold and all that excess heat will melt the main control board and break your diesel heater
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Absolutely, it needs to go through cool down cycle or it cooks the ecm
It's BS that they market it as 8kw. No such thing, it's a 5kw.
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I can confirm this. Only 5kw
The 8Kw heaters have a larger air exchanger and a 90mm air output. The 5Kw has a 75mm.
@@kirkwalsh1932how much is the real 8k heater. ???
I have a problem with seeing them under $100 because I end up buying them again and again
lol. Can’t ever have too many👍🏻👍🏻
It's at $109 now.
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Good price, and nice that it came with the firmer fuel line. The soft vinyl tubing reminds of the cheap flimsy stuff you'd find in a home fish aquarium. I paid $149.99 back in Nov. for the "skinny" 8kw Vevor model, and still had to buy the firmer fuel line kit separately.
Gotta a link for the exhaust elbow?
Thanks. Put a link for the elbows in the description. 24 and 25mm
@@GearGadgetReviews😎👍Thanks
The cheap green fuel line is a myth. The green line is fine. Everyone just keeps repeating a myth.
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No problem
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Run kerosene thru these every now n then on highest setting itll burn the diesel carbon off the screen and glowplug.
Good idea👍🏻 thanks!
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Vevor sells for less that your 100.00.
Cheap price , break buy new , every year
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6:00 You got to slap it first, then say.. "That aint going anywhere" . Noob😛
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Makes absolutely no sense why they cant make the exhaust work without raising it up. Why cant they just run it out the back or something?
It was designed to bolt to the floor of a vehicle. Copying is much easier and cheaper than a new design. And copying is more the chinese thing.
These burners emit water that needs to drain.
Because of the way the internal chamber is designed you can't run it out the back without disrupting the burn chamber or the heat exchanger
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Fifteen percent of the people who review it give it one star? That's a hard pass.
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A test i have never seen anyone do@GearGadgetReviews is a current draw test over time. I know it needs 12v @ 8amp to kick over but what about over 8 hours or so? Does the current draw go up and down?
I have the same unit works great
I have seen other youtubers run a trickle charger to the 12v battery and that seems to run it indefinitely. @@scottbradford192
Is the supplied power cable 16AWG or 12AWG?
Mine came with 12