Installing a JP Diesel Heater Combi Boiler in our Van! | Van Build Ep.10
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ย. 2021
- A terrifying task that isn't actually all that terrifying.
Today we are installing our diesel heater in the van! That means tapping into the diesel tank and also drilling another hole on the outside of the van. I'm not going to lie about it, I am a bit scared, but I think you need to remember that anything can be fixed just some things not so easily...
The whole process took me a day to do and to be honest it wasn't that difficult. Everything was quite straight forward and no mistakes were made, the sender unit in the diesel tank came out no problem and went back no problem. The hole in the outside of the van was circular so I just used a hole saw so that was easy. All the electrics are literally plug in and really simple, the only one that isn't is the power cable but I just wired a plug on the end and that was it.
I fired her up and after a few minutes of sucking air through the fuel line she kicked into action! No leaks, no explosions, just warm air filling up the van.
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So appreciate you putting this video out. I bought a very similar system fro General Components in Canada but the instruction manual is very vague. Crossed fingers my install goes well and it operates as advertised🤞
It was relatively straight forward to be honest, I watched a few other people installing them so had an idea what to do. Just drill into the tank, fix the fuel pickup line and then run the hose through the pump to the heater.
Cool video
Sorry I am so late watching was busy with uni assistants and planning RE. ( Qts to be a teacher after teaching for 5 yrs as unqualified) It's coming along and you're doing a great job. I hope your taking photos aswell so u can see the changes and how far u have come and how hard u have worked on the Van. When it's finish I must send u n the family a small token.
Thanks Tee, we’re getting there. It takes a lot longer to do in real time though especially when you’re filming the process.
@@LivingTheTinyLife you're doing well.
Well done - all seems to be going well.
Great stuff, interested in that heater. Do you know if they support spare parts? It’s a great solution for heating and hot water. I would consider mounting the pump outside for sound deadening. We put ours in a plastic box, wrapped in foam from a workout mat which made it virtually inaudible.
I don’t know about spare parts, as far as I can tell it is identical to the Truma heater, I’m going to order some plumbing parts for the Truma to fit to it which I hope will fit. It’s not overly loud once it’s up to temperature, if you’re leaving it overnight it will kick on and off but we will have it in a cupboard and maybe try and soundproof it a bit but we’ll see how we get on.
What model van did you install this in? Wondering if my fuel tank is as easy to access.
We have a Peugeot Boxer, it will be the same in a Ducato or Relay though. Much easier than dropping the fuel tank 👍
Hi there, great video, I have just got one to replace my truma 6e LPG as it munches too much gas on the heating mode. I saw the previous question about the plumbing fittings, mine came with 2x 10mm compression to 1/2. Was trying to use the Truma push fit ones as the pipe looks the same but they don't grab! Only concern I have is that the truma hot connector has a pressure relief valve, did you add one? Also did yours come with a non return valve for the diesel line? Mine did but its not in the terrible manual.
I don’t think I do have a non return for the diesel line does it need one?
I bought a separate Truma kit for the pipes as the one supplied wasn’t push fit or have a pressure relief valve or anything, like you it didn’t work either and the elbows didn’t grab the pipes. The drain valve was fine because I used 12mm John Guest pipe it was just the elbows wouldn’t grab the steel pipes.
I ended up buying 2x 10mm stainless steel compression elbows for the heater and then I connected a short length of 10mm pex pipe on the other side so that the Truma elbows would now connect to that. I looked it up and stainless steel is too hard for shark bite fittings and they can’t dig in like with copper or plastic.
Depending on where your heater is positioned you could just use a 10mm stainless steel coupler, you basically just need to change it from steel to plastic for the Truma elbow to work and a stainless steel compression fitting will do that.
I didn’t keep the cold elbow and just got a straight 12-10mm reducer instead but that was the only way I could figure to do it and it works great. Stainless steel fittings are quite expensive though I think they were £15 each but everything works and there’s no leaks.
I hope that makes sense.
@@LivingTheTinyLife I was going to ask JP heaters about the non return valve, if yours is working its probably not required. I think I will try and do what you did with the water pipes. That truma elbow on the hot outlet has a pressure relief built in (on my one). Crazy thing is that the truma 6e I took out has stainless pipes sticking out exactly like the JP. I can push the fitting onto the truma and it's solid but only half grips on the JP, I can only think the JP pipes are slightly under sized. Everything is a bit harder to source like pipe fittings down here in NZ ☹️. Thanks for the quick reply 👍. If you get bored make a video of the plumbing side as no one seems to show it.
I should’ve done really but it was one of those jobs I just did behind the scenes lol.
I couldn’t make sense of it working on the Truma and not the JP either because as far as I can tell they’re both the same. I also bought some nickel based anti-seize paste for the thread on the fittings so they don’t seize up over time, I managed to get a small pot on eBay. If you use copper based I think it corrodes steel so don’t use that.
I kept the hot elbow because of the pressure release valve but the cold elbow is nothing more than a reducer and I needed a straight one not an elbow. I’d show you a picture but it’s all buried in the cupboard now 😂
Can i find out where you bought the stainless steel screw from.
I’m pretty sure it was from BES. Just type in ‘10mm stainless steel elbow’ into Google and it should come up.
Hi im interesting of installing the same thing, from where did you get yours?
We bought it from Alibaba so it came from China. I think it was about £700, shipping was about £250 and import duty was about £250 so it cost about £1200. Arrived in a week though 👍
you might wanna install a carbon monoxide sensor inside your van just in case any fumes might be leaking in!!
Yep, definitely will 👍
When air heating, does this alternate the output between high and low like a cheap Chinese diesel heater or does it automatically vary the pump rate to adjust heat output and stay consistent?
I’m not too sure what you mean, you can adjust the intensity of the heating and set the temperature. It’s more consistent on electric rather than diesel as diesel is just you’re having it hot or cold, diesel warms up much quicker though.
@@LivingTheTinyLife that's what I'm trying to figure out though. Diesel heat *can* have variable output depending on how fast the pump runs.
So if it only changes between 2 or 3 pump speeds I'll have to forgo using it as a primary heat source lol
Could you tell me what size of pipes and JG fittings you've used? I've just received my jp combi heater last week and reading the manual was a complete waste of time :)
I used 12mm John guest pipes the blue and red ones for most of the plumbing. I also bought 10mm stainless steel compression elbows to connect to the heater itself and then some 10mm pipe and a 12-10mm reducer to connect it to the 12mm. I originally bought a Truma fitting kit but the elbows didn’t work and just pulled off because shark bite fittings don’t work on stainless steel. It took a while to do it all as it was a bit of trial and error with everything but it’s all working now and the heater is great 👍
@@LivingTheTinyLife Thanks a lot for help. I'm planning to start fitting my heater next week and didn't know were to begin with.
Hi where did u order yours from? Can only find them in China. Cheers
Yeah we ordered it from China from Alibaba I think. It arrived pretty quick and it’s been in the van over a year now and not had any issues at all, would get another one.
Hey, any affiliate link you would like to share so we can support you while we buy?
Well done man, this was great to see. Sold me on this and maybe even a DIY job. Thanks alot for the confidence
I don’t have an affiliate link no but thanks for asking, maybe I should ask for one 🤔 the heater seems pretty good so far though but time will tell I suppose!
@@LivingTheTinyLife ask for one. Can't possibly hurt n your video was quite literally the reason I'm going to buy one
Is it noisy, can you hear the burner running or just fan noise. Has the control panel fan got a whisper setting similar to the gas version. Oh and I’ve seen on line where others have fitted the fuel pump inside a box to stop the ticking. Have a look. th-cam.com/video/rP3FOPqtINg/w-d-xo.html. Where did you buy 🙏?
We bought it off Alibaba so it came from China. And the diesel setting is a bit noisy when is firing up but once it’s ticking away it’s not loud at all just the ticking from the pump. We have the pump in a box but you ca lm still hear it, like a bomb 💣
The control panel has an eco mode which is what you might be referring to, we’re yet to test all the settings but so far it’s doing great 👍
@@LivingTheTinyLife
Thanks for the info. 👍