Hot air and water NO PROPANE | FOUR SEASON VAN LIFE | EP.43

This week in order to get our hot air and water with heat exchangers we need to install the Glycol/Coolant loop system together into its compact little spot in or FOUR SEASON VAN named ROAMR.
This complete system that we purchased from www.rixens.comwas very expensive, but long term practicality, only needing one fuel source for everything in the van and the compactness of fitting the whole system under our fridge location was a no brainer for my custom build.
Hope you enjoyed the video, please COMMENT AND LIKE below, maybe even Hit that subscribe button to follow along as we convert this Mercedes Sprinter van that we call ROAMR into a 4X4 Four Season Van in which we plan to travel the continent with.. You will see all the ups and downs to a full build as I share mistakes, wins and everything in between.
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[@SoCalKevin]

I'm so glad you filmed the setup because I've been snapping my fingers for days and nothing happened.

[@samb8996]

Heavy snowfall can’t stop Dares Drives van build !!

[@DaresDrives]

Sam B you know it Sam!! Thank you for everything!

[@rosesmith5135]

Hello again Jeff I really enjoyed watching your very masculine muscles 💪 shoveling the snow !!

[@DaresDrives]

Rose Smith I am lost for words. You must be speaking of Winston? Unfortunately he doesn’t shovel though!

[@planetnicky11]

learned so much! Thank you! I will be copiyng you in my airstream build! Love your channel boss! Also love winston!

[@gregvittore5004]

Good job sir! I thought that the expansion tank should be on the highest point in the system to allow the air to come out...cheers

[@NK-dl2nc]

Don't use those twist connectors on vehicle electrics. They are crap in a house and come loose. Use WAGO connectors. Fire waiting to happen. Not sure why you would want to to have filtered hot drinking water? I would just put the filter Inline to the cold supply to the taps. I have a plate heat exchanger which is incorporated into the coolant system of the van. This allows me to preheat the van in the winter and aids cold starting. Much simpler and cheaper to do. Nice build and well presented.

[@jamesmasters1247]

New Year celebration woot woot

[@FoxtrotGear]

Not sure if you fixed this or not but the expansion tank needs to be flushed where the full line is with the top of the tank. This way you can actually use the tank to know when its low. This is how my Aquahot system is setup at the factory.

[@paulappicelli174]

Thinking the same

[@SRDragon1]

Love your dog!

[@mausie1967]

Thank you for your wise words. Saw it for the second time, but still learning.

[@harryt988]

Wow that was a very involved portion of your build Jeff but you came through beautifully as always !!

[@DaresDrives]

Harry T this one took a ton of sitting there in thinking chair and planning. But very happy with the end result. Let’s see if it starts now??See you on the next vid!

[@TheSecondWitness]

Dude seriously, you combine 4 unique and excellent skills, that individually are great, but combined together makes you the best van build KZbin channel by far. They are: 1) awesome, funny personality which you also have translated well over to your videos, 2) excellent video editing abilities, 3) expert knowledge of the components and systems, with excellent skills deciding which are best for each application, and 4) an outstanding ability to teach and convey this information to your viewers. Keep it up - you are very entertaining and we learn a lot. Thank you! You will eventually hit 250K subscribers, I really can’t see anything else as long as you keep doing what you’re doing.

[@ewetuber186000]

Good work. Good videos

[@rbarndt6483]

Jeff. Great series of videos. I watched every one in about 10 days. I applaud your enthusiasm. I am hoping that your videos continue after the build is completed. It would be GREATLY interesting to learn what worked well, what didn't work as you hoped, etc., as you put the van into use on the road. This could be even more valuable than the build information. Thanks for what you have done so far.

[@DaresDrives]

Hey super happy you are enjoying the series... Honestly that is the part I am most excited about as well. I really looking forward to using all these products installed into ROAMR then creating and sharing those "did it work" videos. I will then be able to spend more of my time doing what I love which is editing, creating and camping instead of building and researching... But this is still creating and is a necessary task to achieve the end goal. Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@gadois8674]

Nice and tidy install. Small upgrade: If you stick a three-way manifold after the furnace you can create three mini' closed loops - therefore, isolating and/or closing any combination of shower/domestic/fan heat exchangers as you wish (i.e. exchangers are in parallel). More efficient as you only heat elements you need. I have solenoid valves at manifold connections to control. My domestic water heater is in a small storage tank (calorifier) which has twin exchangers - allows water to be also heated by engine coolant whilst driving through another closed with another exchanger under the hood. so driving a lot, I find that I rarely use the diesel heater to heat domestic (sink) hot water (so can close that loop). Also can heat the whole van while driving without using Diesel heater new to your channel - I'm enjoying the content

[@DaresDrives]

Gadois awesome thanks for the input! Glad you are enjoying and thanks for joining!

[@flamingo2166]

I love you!! Ty Ty Ty thank you 🎉

[@kellytovsen1463]

I love your attitude! Always positive no matter what! You are a rare gem sir!

[@DaresDrives]

Perfect, thank you for watching and commenting!!!

[@ChristopherPetersonR2d2]

I’m glad I found these

[@angelgkd]

Great video! One problem I see is that during the summer when you are heating water the hot air radiator will get hot, and even w/o the fan running, will put heat into an already hot van. You need to have a bypass around the radiator for summer use. Keep up the good work.

[@DaresDrives]

Garo Dakessian good call, it is something I though of as well. Rixens assured me this is not an issue. I will see how it goes, luckily it would be easily modified to exactly what you are saying if this does prove to be an issue. I will definitely provide an update video on that particular thing once we are travelling if it becomes a problem!

[@functionalvanconversion4284]

Great point! We do have this issue especially since the tank is aluminum and dissipates heat very well. Fortunately we like taking cool showers when it's hot, so its not a problem.

[@FoxtrotGear]

Heat will rise so as long as the lines don't run directly up from the heat exchange you won't get much of a thermal siphoning effect. Adding a couple loops would probably eliminate most of the thermal siphoning.

[@jesseperez8805]

Those multi-tools are the best! Use them all over the place

[@SamB-fv6su]

Happy New Year Jeff Great advice in this video for those of us currently building a van - and even for those of us who can only dream about building a van !!

[@DaresDrives]

Sam B awesome glad you enjoyed and happy new year!! Great feedback, my thoughts are if I can help make someones van build easier or just inspire someone do something new and out of their comfort zone. I will feel like I did my part in Life.

[@CTStevens]

Super helpful. I know now that you bought this system from Rixens directly. They are the best! I am studying this video like mad to see if I can save on fittings and make it with the fewest parts possible. Thank you sir!!! Your recording makes things immensely easier for me!

[@paulmarsden2948]

Some great information and ideas jeff keep the videos coming and and happy new to you and your little helper.

[@DaresDrives]

Paul Marsden happy new year, thank again for watching and commenting. Glad you enjoy our vids!

[@cheangchikeong2042]

Funny, good explain and practical. I like it.

[@jamesrougeau]

Excellent tutorial DD! Just when I thought I had the big picture figured out concerning hydronics you come though over and beyond expectations. Thanks...

[@DaresDrives]

James Rougeau super happy it was helpful! Thank you for watching.

[@sherenahaigler6211]

Watched a few videos on your build. They are great! And your puppy is so cute!

[@jimdearborn2539]

I don't think your plan for a secondary expansion/holding tank will work. The small barbed relief fitting, on the filler neck, is behind the pressure relief on the expansion tank making it a one way fitting/valve. Also the secondary tank is below the main tank so no gravity feed and no pump was installed. I think what you have is a simple overflow collection tank. No return.

[@DaresDrives]

Jim Dearborn it works off the water pressure and the spring inside the expansion tank cap, no ball valve. Main goal is to have a safe place for it to vent without dripping inside the van. That was accomplished. An Added benefit is that it should work just like your car in which due to water/air pressure not gravity the fluid can pass either direction and will eliminate air pockets while doing so. Either way the main goal of “off venting” will go into the back up tank and not on the floor. Thanks for watching and provided input, greatly appreciated.

[@thetreyxturner]

@@DaresDrives I’m in the midst of an Espar hydronic install and about 50 steps behind you. I also don’t get the physics behind the 2nd coolant tank. As the coolant expands and contracts from temp change, won’t the water pressure increase and cause issues without a true air vent on the 1st coolant tank?

[@DaresDrives]

treynacioustee I appreciate the input and is an interesting point. My thought process comes from an automobile that when you have a radiator that expands and contracts you provide a tank that it can feed into with a certain amount of fluid in. This prevents air from entering when it is contracting by sucking the coolant in instead of air, and the opposite it offers a canister for the fluids to enter when it is expanding instead of losing it on the ground. This is also the same process that happens that helps ensure proper fluid level from the separate container, hence the hot and the cold fill lines. I am also confident the canister chosen is more than large enough that it could not create enough pressure to affect anything. Off memory I think the tank was max 50-60psi so venting would be very low PSI.

[@carlredmond3642]

But in the automotive examples you describe...also found on motorcycles, the expansion tank is higher up than the main radiator body...not the case here

[@functionalvanconversion4284]

Nice job and video. I installed this system a few years ago and you did a better job on both the video and install. We ended up filtering our shower water also as you absorb more toxic stuff through your skin than your mouth since kidneys and liver don't get a chance to remove stuff as it hits your pores (correct me if I am wrong). Keep the videos flowing:)

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

Winston isn’t stupid. he knows you’ll give him a treat whether he does any work or not

[@hoogabooga9736]

good job. the tank is aluminum. You said stainless steel and thus the first time i picked mine up i almost through it through the roof expecting the weight of stainless! :-)

[@arthurquinn7515]

i like the heater its like a bus heater

[@Snarge22]

I finally got caught up Jeff! So hitting the notification bell now. :-) I find your dual water system interesting, but I think I'll go simpler with a single system. I tell you though, I'm thinking about a good stout Lithium Ion Phosphate battery / solar panel system with the addition of alternator charging and shore power connection. With that I'm thinking of a conventional 6 - 10 gallon 115vAC electric only hot water heater with an on/off switch. Figure any kind of driving will heat up the hot water for my (solo) needs, the solar can help to keep the hot water hot once parked, and anytime I have shore power available I'll have plenty of hot water then as well. One concern I do have is the durability since I don't figure there are any electric-only units designed for the rock & roll + vibrations of a van. But I think a compliant mounting would mitigate that problem. Anyway, keep up the top-shelf super high quality videos you've been producing. I and others are really enjoying them! (Thanks!)

[@DaresDrives]

Snarge22 awesome super happy you are enjoy the build series. Yes lots of different ideas for a build and really brings out the creative side. Good luck with your build!

[@kurtiswagner]

Probably will hear about the aliens 🤷 Happy New Year bud! Great work as always. I'm highly offended when you call me friend though hahahah 🤪

[@DaresDrives]

Kurtis Wagner hahah My friend why so touchy?? Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed!

[@samb8996]

Good comment Bud ! Umm ... I mean Mr Wagner !

[@cali-donrose746]

Just rang in the new year with you!! By the way.....I am from the future and the aliens never came.

[@cali-donrose746]

You do a great job of breaking things down into achievable understandable steps. I'll be right back after these messages.

[@drewbradford7608]

Great job, thank you very much!

[@jncolligan1]

You add Value.

[@DaresDrives]

Joseph Colligan thank you

[@richardj66]

Was such a great video, so well done.....then cracks open a Coors light 🤦🏻‍♂️ Lol Love your content!

[@DaresDrives]

Yeah sometimes the garage fridge gets a little low and need to use the back up supply!!!! Super happy you are enjoying, thank you for watching and commenting!!

[@user-cr6ki4qs4y]

Thank you for explaining things, I now know how it works! I'm gonna get the kit but in the gasoline/petrol version.

[@brokenarrow3485]

Few beers in but I’m more scared of that than the lithium

[@thebenson1983]

Enjoy your videos. Too much work get a Diesel heater and a Bosch hot water heater. Save a hell of a time and a lot of money.

[@DaresDrives]

Going with two different systems could save money and time up front. Long term value with this set up is only relying on Diesel that I already have to lug around for the van, having on demand hot water instead of heating a hot water tank and never worrying about having propane inside the living area or having to refill propane all the time are all massive perks to this system!! Thanks for watching and commenting, glad you are enjoying the series.

[@danbiggie4113]

Awesome work Dares 👍👍 Your work is top notch.

[@DaresDrives]

Thank you very much!

[@throbadelica]

if the Aliens do arrive i hope they meet you first.... happy new year Mr. Dares

[@DaresDrives]

throbadelica hahah. I will be the first one with video of them!! Let’s hope they are nice!! Thanks for watching.

[@barrysoutthere]

Nicest system out there. Nice work !

[@DaresDrives]

Barry Sweitzer awesome thank you!!

[@madmax041]

DD, you're bleeping awesome! HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🥂🎊🎉😉👍🏽

[@DaresDrives]

MadMax041 hahah you bleeeping rock!! Thank you for watching and commenting!!

[@koningbolo4700]

Hello (I understand your name is) Jeff, a word of caution to this very well designed and executed system. The use of a heat exchanger puts you at risk of contaminating the "drinking water" side of things with the chemicals present in regular coolant (antifreeze). Although plate exchangers are robust and build to last you don't want to run the risk of digesting contaminated water. The results can be quite damaging to your health, particularly to the kidneys which confronted with enough of the glycol chemical will shut down never to start up again. So please (oh shit I just sound like a safety Nancy) be careful with glycol based coolants. There is though a special food safe coolant available but it is pricey stuff... Please see if your water filter removes glycol if the filtered circuit heat exchanger has a failure of some kind...

[@alis.4121]

I like your content

[@DaresDrives]

Thank you for watching and commenting

[@najo8330]

Awesome Video!!

[@DaresDrives]

NaJo thank you

[@weldondares3664]

Great video for the new year! Looks neat and should be good to go for years on to the next project and have a good new year!

[@DaresDrives]

Weldon Dares awesome thanks for watching. Happy new year!

[@garenkarapetian709]

Just discovered this channel. Loads of interesting stuff. Maybe I'm missing something here - what's the point of this system if it's gonna be using the heat from the diesel heater, and not from the engine to heat the glycol and then air and water??? You might as well use a simpler system like Bobyl. I thought there's actually a system that heats air and water and subflooring using the glycol from the engine.

[@haybine]

Nice system, great description! Happy New Year Jeff!

[@DaresDrives]

C Pare thanks for watching. Hope you had a great New Years!

[@vivekbharadwaj867]

You are a good man! Good tutorial and happy new year

[@DaresDrives]

Vivek Bharadwaj thank you for watching and commenting!!

[@robpivato4227]

LEGEND... How many galons of diesel per hour ? We are looking into coolant heater for our 16' diesel box truck conversion. Webasto said to make 61dB of sound and National pParks tolerate 60dB. Seeing loys of complaints regarding the Espar; that they should have just stuck with their old design... The Walrus 5000C from Montreal seems interesting but so does your system... Any inout welcome!

[@Robtrampuh16]

Nice work... as always ..! Happy New Year🎉

[@DaresDrives]

Rob Trampuh thank you for watching and commenting. Happy new year!

[@johnplyler7054]

Why the two heat exchangers? Looks like one heat exchanger could do both your sink and shower. I really like your video's. Thanks John

[@johnplyler7054]

Really all three, air, sink and shower.

[@rbarndt6483]

Jeff. Did you consider putting another heat exchanger connected to the cooling system of the Mercedes engine, which would allow you to heat the water while driving? Maybe have a 4 to 5 gallon hot water tank that can be heated with the diesel furnace, or, heated with the engine coolant heat, that way when you stop driving, you have a certain quantity of hot water waiting for you.

[@DaresDrives]

R Barndt yes I have, broke that into a separate video which you will see coming up!

[@simracingmontreal1038]

Hands down the best DYI Van build videos out there. You are amazing. Have you considered a hot water tank instead of the mixer valves? Vanlifetech is pushing that approach. Not sure why though. Also, did you consider a heated floor? Keep up the great content. Hope to see you on the road soon.

[@joshseim4211]

Happy New Years dares !!

[@DaresDrives]

Josh Seim thank you

[@cambreaezell7346]

You're awesome! Can you put the coolant reservoir and heat exchanger under the van?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Great looking set up. That should work great for your planned shower system! The recirculating system shower system ( videos about it in my channel :) ) in my van are also heated by heat exchanges but a very different types and using a Air diesel heater ( popular kit made here on a small scale in the UK ) for the heat source. Work flawlessly but if I was ever to do the whole van system again I would probably look into a hydronic system. Enjoying your build!

[@DaresDrives]

Mispronounced Adventures awesome glad you are enjoying the build! Yes I looked at the airtronic heaters as well, but decided on this hydronic after much debate. Thanks for watching.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

@@DaresDrives Fully understandable if I was to redo my system ( nothing wrong with it works perfectly ) I would probably go down the slightly more complex hydronic route now. That’s probably because I’ve now got the skills and confidence in them to do it

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

@@DaresDrives Any best of luck with the recirculating shower system having one is great! Became some of the most popular videos on my van build on my channel!

[@DaresDrives]

@@MispronouncedAdventures I did decide against the recirculating shower because of wanting a Four season van, couldn't find a way to make it loop without water being under the van.. More info on my idea coming soon.. Thanks again for watching and commenting.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

@@DaresDrives ah I see. mine is a Fourseason van for full time living in scotish winter so any outside pipes would freeze. Because of this I’ve kept the whole recirculating shower system internal.

[@zacharycocker3602]

Can you post a link to the video of the (diesel?) heater you mounted under the van? I need more info to understand all of this. Thank you

[@jncolligan1]

Mate, can you please get a patreon service sorted!! so I can give you the money that makes it worth while for you to get out of bed to offer me a one hour consultation call!? I’m building a toy hauler for my motorcycle with 8020 (all detailed in Sketchup) and was already designing in a marine calorifier in my build; but now I feel like I’m just rubbing two sticks together based on the magic you’re working!!

[@DaresDrives]

lol I wish I had the time right now to do such a thing. Once my build is complete I would be more than happy to help in anyway. Thanks for watching.

[@scottweikert5189]

There's practically zero info on this kit on the Rixen's site, especially pricing; can you share how much that whole kit set you back? Thanks!

[@DaresDrives]

Scott Weikert yeah calling them is best. Jim at Rixens is very helpful. I think the price varies depending on your set up but this is by far the most expensive part of the build, I saved for a while on this one! Close to $7k CDN for full set up.

[@scottweikert5189]

Holy crap! I expected the price to be fairly high but not that high. Did you get a price breakdown of the whole set of gear, item by item? If so, I'm really curious about that glycol tank (Comfort Hot). That thing appears to be something Rixen's produces and sells exclusively, so I expect that was a fair chunk of the total right there.

[@gdufour1]

@@scottweikert5189 I agree I'll be buying the components separately with just a non-heated expansion tank should save a bunch$

[@et9230]

I had no problem finding pricing on the site. In my opinion, the most expensive component is the furnace.The kit saves you 10%.

[@vacation2372]

Hi Happy New Year Jeff Hey I'm curious to the make and how many plates does the heat exchanger have?

[@DaresDrives]

vacation2372 hello and thanks for watching. I am not able to answer that question unfortunately. Exchangers have no brand name on them and I have never had one apart.

[@dchaplin69]

Probably should have configured with a 30 amp RV shore service. That heating system is nearly everything you can get out of a 15A service

[@jlcain100]

What exactly are you refering to, this heating system runs off diesel and very minimal electric?

[@ourvanlives4736]

How many plates do you have for the heat exchangers and how hot does the water get going through the exchanger? I'm curious if I need to get an exchanger with more plates.

[@dannylam075]

👍

[@DaresDrives]

Danny Lam 👍

[@des2610]

Hi Jeff, I've just installed a similar system in my sprinter van and my coolant pump is very noisy!! Is yours noisy? Can you tell me the make of the pump please?

[@joaolima-DronenasObras]

hello Doctor Dares! happy New Year! started out great! a detail that I have been thinking a lot about for the conversion of my van is: what if a traffic accident occurs and crumples part of the van! how to disassemble the internal part to fix the dent in the bodywork? I am commenting on this because I saw in this video that the wood base of the heat radiator was glued to the floor and the aluminum structure, making disassembly difficult, what you could have done was to attach it with the angle brackets to the 80/20 profile itself. a question: why did you choose the diesel heater instead of the gas heater? what will be the system to run your refrigerator, electric or gas? a detail in your heating scheme: isn't an outlet for the shower in red? just a few comments, from those who are very interested in your beautiful work. hugs (sorry for my english, i'm brazilian and i'm living in portugal, where i intend to convert a van) TKS

[@DaresDrives]

João Lima hey thanks for watching and commenting Lots to address here. As for a traffic accident that is a worse case scenario and will be insured to reflect some of the issues your addressed. As for glueing or screwing the fan base is a very valid point and I debated this a lot. My fear was being a fan that if you give it room to vibrate..... it will. The fan can still be removed with the four screws so not really a concern. You could break the glued base and replace if needed. Diesel heat was chosen because my sprinter runs off diesel so was the available fuel source on board. Hope I answered your questions, good luck on your build and your current location is my goal destination once the build is complete if travel like that is possible again!

[@mikejohnson7768]

Hey bud I have the same diesel heater in 24 volt but I'm looking to go full-time in the van.I'm hoping to utilise around 800 watts solar on the roof but now that I see the power draw on your heat exchanger ,that may not be possible.Can the diesel heater be used just for hot air without the water system?

[@stevey500]

Stellar videos man! I've been wanting to do a single heat-source dual purpose install in my tiny trailer SO bad, been trying to rig one of those portable propane water heaters to do this job but it's turning out to be a tad challenging as the output isn't enough to provide hot enough water to heat both water and the interior, so I am attempting to modify the sucker to make it more efficient. IF THAT FAILS, I am going to consider one of these units. Do you think the 4kw models would be plenty to heat water and warm a small space? I mean, that translates to like 12k BTU's of energy, that sounds like plenty!

[@DaresDrives]

stevey500 not sure how big your trailer is but 4K will pump out a lot of heat. Especially if you insulate properly so it can retain the heat. Thanks for watching.

[@sampep]

Looks awesome!! Could you just use one heat exchanger and run both shower and hot water via a T fitting? Also, how does the fridge copes with having that hot glycol tank beside it?

[@simoneboschin]

Thank you ... I'm about to install the same system and you are the only one here on KZbin who described and made it easy to understand. One question about the Blower ... if you would like to redirect some hot air into your shower/Bathroom .. is there any chance to do that? Thanks and looking forward for the next video. Greeting from Switzerland

[@DaresDrives]

Simone Boschin thanks for watching, yes you can buy an attachment so you can hook hoses up and direct the air to wherever you want it. Hope this helps!

[@simoneboschin]

@@DaresDrives Thanks ... I'll check it out

[@donmoroz5502]

Use "3 conductor wire" to avoid saying "wire wire".

[@omjaye]

it's called "cable" that holds wires ... so 3 wire cable

[@Thousandairee]

Couldn’t you run filters on the way to the drinking water and use one exchanger?

[@magdatomek]

The best hydronic lesson here on YT. Is the heat exchanger plate double wall 10 or 20 plates? 3.5"x8" ? . Thank you

[@DaresDrives]

Super awesome, glad you are enjoying and it provides value... Not sure on the number of plates? If you call Rixens they may be able to answer that question for you.

[@Itsmecoolgurl]

So what's the difference between this system and the Wabash (Chinese diesel heater) they seem to be kinda the same to me🤔

[@drewellis2098]

Great job JD!! You’re always entertaining while you do the videos. Love your assistant BTW.... so sexy! Hilarious watching Winston showing up for work! Haha And no aliens. Sorry 😂

[@DaresDrives]

Awesome thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed!! Good thing about my assistant is that he never talks back or disagrees!!! As for Aliens I’m definitely not praying for them, just think it would be fitting to our crazy world today!!

[@HuntandFish]

That tank is definitely aluminium alloy and not stainless steel. You can tell by the welds

[@sukrugokyar2200]

Great video! Thx. I want to ask you about the Glycol? Which type of glycol you are using in the system propylene glycol or ethylene glycol? What is the concentration ? Thank you.

[@memine6422]

Happy New Year to you and Winston. Enjoyed another great video. Could you tell me the details of the circulation pump?

[@DaresDrives]

me mine glad you are enjoying, thanks for watching. It’s just a simple 12v vein pump not much to it.

[@joaolima-DronenasObras]

I have searched and watched many videos of van conversions and seen many ideas, some good and others not so much, if you want to discuss any issue related to any details about van conversion, feel free, it would be a pleasure to help you! !! In time, see my comment in the previous video! hugs!

[@DaresDrives]

João Lima excellent, thanks for watching and commenting!

[@yorotirb3941]

You keep talking about diesel because it drains batt so fast but never show where it hooks or how it works to use it instead of elect.

[@ttirrell]

Do you have specifics on the air matrix? I need to buy one, but still trying to figure it out.

[@ttirrell]

I already have the espar gas heater I bought separately.

[@dimitylong792]

Hi Jeff, You make everything look not only possible but easy...a gift that comes naturally to you! You are one great instructor and teacher! Plus your awesome personality and humor! Keep your faith strong and face mask too! You are loved and adored Jeff & Winston 🎶💗🙏 See you next time I see ya ... 🎆🎇🎊 Have a great New Year my friend 🤗

[@DaresDrives]

Dimity Long hello and good to hear from you again! Glad you enjoyed and thank you for the encouraging words!! Let’s hope travel is a common thing again by the time ROAMR is complete!! See you on the next vid.

[@mmmhhh.]

have some questions, is there any method that when coolant heats up, it hot coolant shoots up and heats water while the relative cool coolant is sent down to the rad and loop continues? without need of pump on coolant and only pump is needed for water only. Thanks for the videos.

[@DaresDrives]

They are two separate coolant loops for heater and engine heating... It uses the pump to circulate heater coolant through under mounted exchanger which heats up the heater coolant when engine is running... Hope this helps answer your questions. Thanks for watching!

[@mikedixonphoto]

@2:18 "Stainless steel" - um, that's aluminum.

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

I never noticed how fast you talk before

[@DaresDrives]

Lots to talk about on this project and trying my hardest to keep the videos as short as possible!! YT struggles!! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@noont3447]

Is the comfort hot expansion tank mandatory?

[@DaresDrives]

Yes, this is where the coolant is able to expand while heating and the cap provides a venting point to avoid building too much pressure in the lines. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@gdufour1]

why not bolt heat exchanger to 80/20 with t nut

[@DaresDrives]

Heat transfer is the easy answer... If mounted to Aluminum the heat from the exchanger would travel through all my aluminum framing that is connected to it.. And they get pretty hot.. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@TheMajictech]

That expansion tank is not stainless steel 😅 it’s aluminum dude.

[@michaelandrade1213]

Meet the aliens.

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

Canadians complaining about snow. What’s the next episode? Jeff in Mexico complaining about the heat?

[@DaresDrives]

I am building a van so I do not have to deal with the -40 anymore.. But there are extremes on both sides that become intolerable at times.. Thanks for watching and commenting!!

[@hoogabooga9736]

idk why you have two heat exchangers....T the water prior to the heat exchanger for the filtered water, unless you want to drink hot water?

[@michaelwas8549]

Great build but I dont see how this is practical for boondocking considering this unit draws like 12 to 15 amps.

[@DaresDrives]

Hey thanks for watching and commenting... The 12-15 amps is only at start up when the glow plugs warms before firing.. Once running it is only a couple amps...

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

I’m starting to think that you and Jarrod Tocci have the same drug dealer ; )

[@DaresDrives]

Not knowing... LMAO

[@kylemccolm730]

Becare with this install video, it is not done according to the manual. pumps are not suppose to be mounted horizontal

[@DaresDrives]

You are correct. Check out the next video, we address that issue.

[@tztz1949]

If your on shore power just get an oil heater or two. Cost, 100 bucks.

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

NO PROPANE in all caps. Why is propane such a bad word in van videos these days? Lithium ion batteries can bring down jetliners and Teslas as do electrical fires in general. A Webasto heater will kill you too if not properly installed. The government recently released a statement that it can take up to 20 tanker fire trucks full of water to put out one lithium ion battery fire in a car where is it only takes one tanker to put out a regular car battery fire.

[@jlcain100]

Its a bad word for several reasons. The propane Must be kept outside of the vehicle and not in the living space. Alos all the divices that use propane no must alos be vented outside. Another consideration is fill of the propane. If its a mounted tank you now have to find a filling station to fill your propane. It also seems to always run out at 1 am. If its used for an interior heat or cooking it puts a lot of water in the air. The lithium batteries are actually very safe, most fires come from cheap toy batteries like hoverboards there are millions of them in use and only small number catch on fire.

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

‘Thermal heat”? “Sediment deposits”? Is KZbin paying you by the word?

[@daytonadrian5794]

I'm Alone 😍😥

[@DaresDrives]

Dayton Adrian me too!! Haha.