I just wanted to thank you for all the videos you have posted about your van build. They have been very useful to me. It’s also nice that you have been honest about some of the mistakes you felt you made. We all make them. But it is an honest representation of the problems you can run into and how to avoid them. So, that’s really helpful too. I hope you are enjoying your finished product and have many happy miles of travel ahead of you.
Hi Kevin - we have bought a used 2014 VW Crafter here in Germany (a Sprinter W906 basically, with a different drive train) and our S2 was already dealer installed in the same spot. As it's hooked up to the starter battery and we need to route some cabling to the leisure LiFePo4 battery, your video will help us locate the fuse under the captain's chair and wire appropriately! Will edit, as soon as it's installed and report. Thanks for the video and stay safe! 🚐☁🍀
Just wanted to thank you guys for this video. I installed my Espar heater this week and followed your instructions. Extremely helpful to me and just wanted to say thank you!
Thanks so much for taking the time to put this together. You have the same model as I do. The final wiring had me baffled, but with your vid I knocked it out in 10 mins.
I really appreciate you taking the time to document the install. Heading to the auto parts joint for the extras now. This shit's giving me anxiety! Haha!
Awesome! I'm just completing my install now and you helped clear up the wiring confusion! I would say about the 'standard' under seat location. If you are dealing with real winters I have a number of long term van lifers switch the location more mid-van, in front of the rear wheel well. This helps get heat towards the back of the van. For those of us with a platform style bed, the heat from under the seat will not get to the garage area and that area will be cold and stagnant without any direct airflow from the heater. Just my 2 cents. Thanks again for the awesome video
I’ve noticed that when we used it up in New York two weeks ago! I’m thinking about getting a water tank heater or something to keep the water compartment warm for winter
We’re you getting a lot of bubbles in your line? I did the same setup with a T1n, but using a Chinese diesel heater and I get a lot of bubbles and not getting enough fuel if the van heater wasn’t also turned on. (Still getting bubbles in either scenario). The tee again is in the same location right before the auxiliary heaters pump
I just installed my Espar heater and needed to buy a 1/4" interior diameter fuel hose for the connection between the fuel tank and white fuel connector. It did not come in my kit of parts.
First thing to start with is cleaning that passenger seat. This is by far the best espar video I have found. Very detailed and Perfect walkthrough. Thank you! Question, you don’t need to use the espar fuse block if you are connecting to Bluesea, correct?
Thank agains!!!!!! This was a breeze because of you. I did run my power/ground wires straight to blue sea and used the fuses included in the Espar kit.
@@MathersOnTheMap what happens is the heater has to be level in order for the fuel to flow to it right they may have fix that problem since I did I was a truck driver
One thing these videos don't tell us is what is the install time if we go straight through the process - these videos are based around making a video so it seems like it takes a lot longer.
Nice video. Thinking about installing one of these in my carpet cleaning van to keep my machine from freezing. Any way you can estimate the fuel consumption of the heater?
Thanks Justin!! It barely moves the needle even if we run it all night... not really sure how much consumption but we have 10 “bars” for our fuel meter and it will never drain more than 1 bar if that
Thanks for your video, really easy to understand but have one question regarding the muffler, is it important which way the muffler goes, lying down or on it’s side?
Cheers, we were told it needed to be up on its side like you installed it because apparently they have a small little hole in them and the hole needs to be either the top or bottom (can’t remember)
Two quick questions as I watch this - 1) as you are wiring it you keep saying wiring to the water pump but you mean fuel pump right? 2) unless I missed it I couldnt really see how you connected it into the fuel tank - I see how you put the pump and blue lines in but the actual connection to the tank I seem to have missed - can you explain that in more detail please? Thanks - My wife and I just bought a 2019 4wd 170 3500 sprinter cargo van and your videos make us very confident in the buildout process. Thanks for doing them and doing them so well - Robert
Hey Robert, sorry about the confusion, I’m referring to the fuel pump. We connected to the fuel tank via the van’s auxiliary supply. Not all vans have them but I’m hoping you’re does considering it’s a 2019. If you crawl under the van on the driver side you should see a little tap with a lid that you can pull off. Good luck with your build!
Hey Kevin, I've installed the same heater in the same location, the same way, but I keep running into a P000220 fault code indicating a electric motor - interruption/ short circuit. I was wondering have you ran into this issues, or any other common faults, with your fan? I'm concerned the mounting location being slanted is causing the air fan to rub or drag limiting the fan speed and causing the fault.
Hey Jason, I’m not sure, are you using the same wiring harness did you add additional wiring to extend the wire harness length? I’m not following how the air fan could rub or drag
Hey Kevin - Jeremy here. Great video. Nice work. I am going to do this install on our 2019 sometime before Christmas. Do you happen to have links for the reducer as well as the aux fuel port piece you mention as an additional purchase? I’m sure I can find the JB weld and already have the hole saws and torx bits. Thanks!
Definitely the best Espar install video I have come across! I have been following it with the ease of a lego set instruction manual while doing my install. 😂 One question though, and maybe I just can’t find where you talked about it but, what size wire loom did you use to protect the fuel line? I notice that the kit doesn’t come with it and I don’t remember seeing it at the beginning of your video. Thanks again for your thorough video!
Thanks for the video. Question for you..mine is an Espar knockoff. Looks almost exactly the same but mine also comes with a little fuel filter. The instructions suck. They seem to say to put the filter between the pump and the connection on the heater, but its hard to say. Did yours also have a fuel filter and if so where did you put it? Thanks
Nice work, appreciate the detail and filming under the van - must've been a pain in the arse. I haven't got mine yet but will make sure to follow along when I do! Cheers!
@@MathersOnTheMap Great thanks! You are highly skilled at pedogoy. Have you worked as a teacher? If you can please offer a few pointers, or a 60 minute video, on diesel tank installation under a RAM Promaster 2500 van. Dum question: can you put the tank inside the van?
My EasyStart Pro stopped communicating w/ my diesel heater. I've got power to the controller but nothing happens when I try and turn on the heat or the fan. Any help would be greatly appreciated
@@MathersOnTheMap i wish, as a 60 years old there so much i can't do anymore. and i dont have the tools any ways. i will find someone maybe a local mecanic. thank you for your tips.
$ ? Decisions German. Vs. Russian. Vs. chineese extra Snuggler. Vs. Chineese. ... I bought the. Woo chineese version to have at home. Then I bought the absolute cheapest Chineese version. $80 for. Sprinter. Ya. $80 If I planned all my travels in cold weather I might have gone Esbar. But I am planning warm winters So I allocated the $. Into more solar and electronics. Max oak Bluetti AC200 and AC50S. And EB240. Makes it so simple. .
$1,000+!!!!??? Are they worth it for you? Or the cheaper options like the Chinese Diesel Heater would have been good enough? If you can do it again, would you buy that same one?
Hey Ron, yes the price tag isn’t cheap but I don’t want to have to worry about it this winter when we really need it so that’s why we went with it. I’d probably buy it again cause it definitely helps with reselling the van plus it’s got the automatic altitude adjustment
Mathers On The Map, thanks:) has it always been this expensive? Is the one step lower or last year’s model about same price? For some reason I was thinking around in a couple hundred, not over a thousand:)
spoiler: chinese diesel heater does the same trick for 1/4 of the price, works good no problem from my own experience, the internal components of the expensive ones are made in china, the same ones, you just pay for the brand.
Stopped watching when you said you were going to exaust it at the step of your side door. THIS is how you introduce CO into your living area every time you open the door with the heater on. It may not be enough to kill you but it can make you feel sick. You should consider having the exaust go over to the driver door so when you are parked, the exaust is on the opposite side of the van.
Hi Alan thanks for your concern! I looked into this a bit and here’s what we concluded to feel safe enough to do it the way we did... Usually when the heater is on we never open the sliding door, that would let so much cold air in it would defeat the purpose of having it on, we often close off the cabin with a curtain to help keep the heat in. When we exit/enter we go through the cabin. Second we looked into moving the exhaust which would require an exhaust extension. but you have to worry about carbon build up especially if you have to route the exhaust in an upward direction which you would likely have to do in order to get around the components underneath the van. This would likely lead to issues with the heater. Hopefully you reconsider watching the video/videos! Happy new year!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video! Gave me the confidence I needed to DIY install a heater
This old video just came in super clutch. You should write a book called Van Electrical for dummies.
haha thank you!! I don't think im qualified to write that book unfortunatley!
you guys have done a hell of a job i think none of that is as easy as it seems
I just wanted to thank you for all the videos you have posted about your van build. They have been very useful to me. It’s also nice that you have been honest about some of the mistakes you felt you made. We all make them. But it is an honest representation of the problems you can run into and how to avoid them. So, that’s really helpful too. I hope you are enjoying your finished product and have many happy miles of travel ahead of you.
Thank you Gordon! Best of luck with your build! We are very much so enjoying ours!
thank you for the video
Thank you for your detailed explanation, it was very helpful.
Hi Kevin - we have bought a used 2014 VW Crafter here in Germany (a Sprinter W906 basically, with a different drive train) and our S2 was already dealer installed in the same spot. As it's hooked up to the starter battery and we need to route some cabling to the leisure LiFePo4 battery, your video will help us locate the fuse under the captain's chair and wire appropriately! Will edit, as soon as it's installed and report.
Thanks for the video and stay safe! 🚐☁🍀
Thank you hope it goes well!
Just wanted to thank you guys for this video. I installed my Espar heater this week and followed your instructions. Extremely helpful to me and just wanted to say thank you!
You got it Scott glad it helped!!!
Thanks man, very useful !
Thanks so much for taking the time to put this together. You have the same model as I do. The final wiring had me baffled, but with your vid I knocked it out in 10 mins.
You got it Marty glad it was helpful! Best of luck with your build 👍🏻
Really thanks for sharing. We just both a van and your youtube will help me a lot.
best of luck with the build!
Thanks just want I needed!
I really appreciate you taking the time to document the install. Heading to the auto parts joint for the extras now. This shit's giving me anxiety! Haha!
Haha you’re welcome and good luck with your install!!!
Thanks for the details and tool sizes!
You got it thanks for watching Simon!
Awesome! I'm just completing my install now and you helped clear up the wiring confusion! I would say about the 'standard' under seat location. If you are dealing with real winters I have a number of long term van lifers switch the location more mid-van, in front of the rear wheel well. This helps get heat towards the back of the van. For those of us with a platform style bed, the heat from under the seat will not get to the garage area and that area will be cold and stagnant without any direct airflow from the heater. Just my 2 cents. Thanks again for the awesome video
I’ve noticed that when we used it up in New York two weeks ago! I’m thinking about getting a water tank heater or something to keep the water compartment warm for winter
Very nice video!
Nice keep up the good work
Very detailed info! Thanks
You got it thanks for watching!
Another excellent video, I'm going with a propex heater but the designs and concepts are pretty much the same. Always a thumbs up for the video 👍
Thank you J.G.!!! Is that a propane heater?
@@MathersOnTheMap its a propane heater very similar to the diesel heaters.
you are doing another great informative video..keep it up..one thing worries me is the exhaust for the heater is right below the side door..
Thank you!!!! When the heater is running you don’t want to open the side door due to how much hot air will escape!
You made it look so easy. What’s your background?
Great video. Thank you.
Thank you (it’s not that bad) background is corporate IT, but I watch a lot of TH-cam and read a lot of blog posts! Haha
We’re you getting a lot of bubbles in your line? I did the same setup with a T1n, but using a Chinese diesel heater and I get a lot of bubbles and not getting enough fuel if the van heater wasn’t also turned on. (Still getting bubbles in either scenario). The tee again is in the same location right before the auxiliary heaters pump
Great video! What size fuel hose is that ~6” section between the Sprinter fuel tank and the white fuel connector pls?
Hey Chipper! I’m not really sure it came with the espar!
I just installed my Espar heater and needed to buy a 1/4" interior diameter fuel hose for the connection between the fuel tank and white fuel connector. It did not come in my kit of parts.
Have you considered any chinese heaters? Am looking at the Espar one but they are like 12x the price! Worth it?
Very helpful!
Thank you!
Hi! Since you used the inline fuses, what size fuse did you use at fuse block? I run only solar generated 12v through a yeti goal zero solar charger.
How did you tap the fuel line?
First thing to start with is cleaning that passenger seat. This is by far the best espar video I have found. Very detailed and Perfect walkthrough. Thank you!
Question, you don’t need to use the espar fuse block if you are connecting to Bluesea, correct?
Thanks Jason! Really appreciate it! I guess not but I just left it, doesn’t effect it if you keep it
Thank agains!!!!!! This was a breeze because of you. I did run my power/ground wires straight to blue sea and used the fuses included in the Espar kit.
I used to have one of those haters they're great but you got to be sure to keep them on level ground
Bill Blecher if not what happens? Just asking out of curiosity
@@MathersOnTheMap what happens is the heater has to be level in order for the fuel to flow to it right they may have fix that problem since I did I was a truck driver
One thing these videos don't tell us is what is the install time if we go straight through the process - these videos are based around making a video so it seems like it takes a lot longer.
Nice video. Thinking about installing one of these in my carpet cleaning van to keep my machine from freezing. Any way you can estimate the fuel consumption of the heater?
Thanks Justin!! It barely moves the needle even if we run it all night... not really sure how much consumption but we have 10 “bars” for our fuel meter and it will never drain more than 1 bar if that
Thanks for your video, really easy to understand but have one question regarding the muffler, is it important which way the muffler goes, lying down or on it’s side?
Thanks Deborah! I don’t think so!!!
Cheers, we were told it needed to be up on its side like you installed it because apparently they have a small little hole in them and the hole needs to be either the top or bottom (can’t remember)
Two quick questions as I watch this - 1) as you are wiring it you keep saying wiring to the water pump but you mean fuel pump right? 2) unless I missed it I couldnt really see how you connected it into the fuel tank - I see how you put the pump and blue lines in but the actual connection to the tank I seem to have missed - can you explain that in more detail please? Thanks - My wife and I just bought a 2019 4wd 170 3500 sprinter cargo van and your videos make us very confident in the buildout process. Thanks for doing them and doing them so well - Robert
Hey Robert, sorry about the confusion, I’m referring to the fuel pump. We connected to the fuel tank via the van’s auxiliary supply. Not all vans have them but I’m hoping you’re does considering it’s a 2019. If you crawl under the van on the driver side you should see a little tap with a lid that you can pull off. Good luck with your build!
@@MathersOnTheMap thanks and no worries! Appreciate all the work yall went through to show everything
Wipedout63 you got it 👍🏻 thanks for watching!!!!
Hey Kevin, I've installed the same heater in the same location, the same way, but I keep running into a P000220 fault code indicating a electric motor - interruption/ short circuit. I was wondering have you ran into this issues, or any other common faults, with your fan? I'm concerned the mounting location being slanted is causing the air fan to rub or drag limiting the fan speed and causing the fault.
Hey Jason, I’m not sure, are you using the same wiring harness did you add additional wiring to extend the wire harness length? I’m not following how the air fan could rub or drag
Hey Kevin - Jeremy here. Great video. Nice work. I am going to do this install on our 2019 sometime before Christmas. Do you happen to have links for the reducer as well as the aux fuel port piece you mention as an additional purchase? I’m sure I can find the JB weld and already have the hole saws and torx bits. Thanks!
DOH! Just realize they’re in the description. Thanks!
Haha I was going to say I thought I put them in there!! Haha best of luck with the install and merry Christmas!
Definitely the best Espar install video I have come across! I have been following it with the ease of a lego set instruction manual while doing my install. 😂 One question though, and maybe I just can’t find where you talked about it but, what size wire loom did you use to protect the fuel line? I notice that the kit doesn’t come with it and I don’t remember seeing it at the beginning of your video. Thanks again for your thorough video!
Just kidding, I found the link in the description! Thanks again 🙂
You got it! And glad you found it helpful!!
Hi Kevin, thanks for another awesome video. What size fuel hose did you use to connect with the fuel adapter? 5/16" or 3/8"?
I'd be lying if I told ya, sorry I don't remember!
Thanks for the video. Question for you..mine is an Espar knockoff. Looks almost exactly the same but mine also comes with a little fuel filter. The instructions suck. They seem to say to put the filter between the pump and the connection on the heater, but its hard to say. Did yours also have a fuel filter and if so where did you put it? Thanks
Hey Mike thanks for watching, I don’t recall installing a fuel filter. Not sure if the fuel pump has a filter built in or not
There’s a tiny fuel filter on the inlet (or outlet?) side of the fuel pump.
Nice work, appreciate the detail and filming under the van - must've been a pain in the arse. I haven't got mine yet but will make sure to follow along when I do! Cheers!
Thank you!!! Good luck with your install, it’s really not too bad!
Awesome. How do you install a diesel tank?
Diesel tanks are already on sprinters otherwise you need an accessory tank and use it
@@MathersOnTheMap Great thanks! You are highly skilled at pedogoy. Have you worked as a teacher? If you can please offer a few pointers, or a 60 minute video, on diesel tank installation under a RAM Promaster 2500 van. Dum question: can you put the tank inside the van?
whats the name of that white fuel connector you need?
Hey Jason check link in description! Universal hose connector!
Is there a thermostat tat you can set ?
Yes with the easy start pro (which is what we have) not sure if you can with the older models
Funny, you kept saying, Water Pump?
My EasyStart Pro stopped communicating w/ my diesel heater. I've got power to the controller but nothing happens when I try and turn on the heat or the fan. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Do you have power prior and it stopped communicating at random?
Check for blown fuse. Also a multimeter is worth its weight in gold.
You need to secure your fuel line better. That loop you left where it connects into fuel auxiliary, that is going to get torn off by brush.
I know! I had it secured better but it crimped the line and stoped fuel from flowing. Need to get down there and do it again
can you install it in my van please?
Hahahaha come on you can do it!
@@MathersOnTheMap i wish, as a 60 years old there so much i can't do anymore. and i dont have the tools any ways. i will find someone maybe a local mecanic. thank you for your tips.
$ ? Decisions German. Vs. Russian. Vs. chineese extra Snuggler. Vs. Chineese. ... I bought the. Woo chineese version to have at home. Then I bought the absolute cheapest Chineese version. $80 for. Sprinter. Ya. $80 If I planned all my travels in cold weather I might have gone Esbar. But I am planning warm winters So I allocated the $. Into more solar and electronics. Max oak Bluetti AC200 and AC50S. And EB240. Makes it so simple. .
Makes sense Espars are expensive!!!!
$1,000+!!!!??? Are they worth it for you? Or the cheaper options like the Chinese Diesel Heater would have been good enough? If you can do it again, would you buy that same one?
Hey Ron, yes the price tag isn’t cheap but I don’t want to have to worry about it this winter when we really need it so that’s why we went with it. I’d probably buy it again cause it definitely helps with reselling the van plus it’s got the automatic altitude adjustment
Mathers On The Map, thanks:) has it always been this expensive? Is the one step lower or last year’s model about same price? For some reason I was thinking around in a couple hundred, not over a thousand:)
@Bryan M ahh alright. Yea, I eliminated the Chinese Diesel Heater as my option. Deciding between Espar vs Webasto.
spoiler: chinese diesel heater does the same trick for 1/4 of the price, works good no problem from my own experience, the internal components of the expensive ones are made in china, the same ones, you just pay for the brand.
Stopped watching when you said you were going to exaust it at the step of your side door. THIS is how you introduce CO into your living area every time you open the door with the heater on. It may not be enough to kill you but it can make you feel sick. You should consider having the exaust go over to the driver door so when you are parked, the exaust is on the opposite side of the van.
Hi Alan thanks for your concern! I looked into this a bit and here’s what we concluded to feel safe enough to do it the way we did... Usually when the heater is on we never open the sliding door, that would let so much cold air in it would defeat the purpose of having it on, we often close off the cabin with a curtain to help keep the heat in. When we exit/enter we go through the cabin.
Second we looked into moving the exhaust which would require an exhaust extension. but you have to worry about carbon build up especially if you have to route the exhaust in an upward direction which you would likely have to do in order to get around the components underneath the van. This would likely lead to issues with the heater. Hopefully you reconsider watching the video/videos! Happy new year!