Installing a "True" thermostat for the Chinese diesel heater PART 2: Bureck CD Thermostat

[@gardeningfromscratch.]

I went the arduino (nano clone) route for mine which keeps my greenhouse frost free, settable is temp setpoint, hysteresis to prevent short cycling, also displays max and minimum temperature (until reset). hard wired to the heater display unit on off button, 2 second on / off pulse via relay and 5 min delay when sending off pulse to allow heater to complete it's cooldown cycle. Running now for 2 months without any issues. Good luck with your future projects Josh.

[@dsdfarms6872]

That sounds awesome. Where did you buy the cologne from?

[@gardeningfromscratch.]

Amazon :) 3 for 21 squid@@dsdfarms6872 I wish I'd have known about the CD before I started my project, would have saved many hours of crawling through programming the nano ( not my strongest skill ). the electronics was the easy bit. lol

[@JoshsJettas]

I bought an arduino with the plan to use it, but the learning curve is fairly steep. In the first video I used 2 w1209 relays which worked really well, I think adding a timer would of helped the flaws

[@gardeningfromscratch.]

Yep, I struggle with arduino C/C+ code but having done quick basic many years ago back in the dos 6.3 days there are some similarities. So it was a case of trying to simulate a manual button press that only lasts a couple of seconds and not getting out of sync with the heater state (on or off). Anyway I'm rambling so I'll shut up :) @@JoshsJettas

[@YamahaC7SRG]

Thanks! Just ordered one.

[@reubenk7331]

Thanks for showing this off! It appears my CDH isn't compatible with the Afterburner, and this is also a cheaper option!

[@JoshsJettas]

Yes not quite as in-depth as the afterburner but as a simple thermostat it works awesome, it’ll pay for itself quickly

[@reubenk7331]

@@JoshsJettas I bet! Vs blasting a heater and then turning it up or down or off.

[@theturcanstribe3684]

Thank you for sharing

[@dougshedshop]

I will Be adding a update video on my setup soon

[@KevinVerresen]

My diesel heater has no support for the afterburner , and the burreck thermostate. Thinking about this setup with the relay . ( using the heater in my workshop , around 15m2 space ) .

[@JoshsJettas]

Ideally I think it should be spliced into the on and off buttons on the remote, it worked this way but did have to be “babysat” at times.

[@davidconner-shover51]

If it could be manufactured to use the up/down controls, you could use the up/down controls to smoothly adjust the fuel flow, this would be a most excellent piece. using minimum electrical power to maintain a setpoint temp, likely better than the device itself. I have a couple of Vevor units that seem to be able to do this, but the unadjustable fuel/fan ratio controls make them unuseable at my altitude. I ripped the controller out of an older unit which seems to have fixed the emmissions/smoke issue, but not the smooth step up/down in output power the Vevor had

[@JoshsJettas]

What i did was use the "thermostat" function on the vevor and had it set to say 10C, it would stay ramped up until it hit the 10C then slow down to low until 15C. Im not as much concerned about consistent heat just something above freezing and that im not wasting fuel. I've heard theyre pretty bad at altitude, im not far off sea level and i dont plan on taking this set up anywhere higher.

[@dfhepner]

I built an interface between a thermostat to the 4 button remote. I thought it was too risky to interface to the on/off button of the CD heater controller. In my interface I designed in features that would monitor the charge on the battery so that it wouldn't ruin the battery. The battery is on a battery tender powered by the grid power. Now I did have some problems where the signal to start or stop was not received by the controller so I designed the circuit to repeat the on or off signal every minute or so. I did this about 4 years ago.

[@JoshsJettas]

Yes it requires some fairly fine soldering to get to the on/off switch. That sounds like it works nice, I should’ve went to the remote as I did have issues with it getting outside of the temperature range and commanding it “off” which actually turned it on and sent temps high.

[@navigatingthedestination]

Could you wire a RF or bluetooth switch the same way as those thermostats. My heater doesn't have a remote and it would be nice to have your set up but with bluetooth with a smartphone app control, if thats even possible. Great video thanks for sharing 👍

[@JoshsJettas]

I'd seen your other comment, the bureck is by far the easiest solution, id personally see if you cant find a remote on ali express or amazon cheap enough to be able to clone with the bureck. As far as wiring a bluetooth switch up thats a little out of my knowledge but im sure its possible. Household thermostat would be an option too if your well insulated but id be affraid of frequent cycling

[@tylergranger676]

how big is your garage? considering doing this. LxW?

[@JoshsJettas]

It’s in a trailer i use for mobile work, non insulated 6x12. Has had no issues keeping it warm even in -40C

[@JayRSwan]

15 with a 10 swing would be 5 and 25, right? Not 5 and 15? For that, do you want 10 with a 5 swing? orrr I miss hurd how the swing works.

[@JoshsJettas]

Swing might not be the correct term, 15C is the off temp, the adjustable “swing” adjusts the on temp. So 15C is the target off, 10C “swing” would make 5C the target on temp.

[@TheCritterWindow]

Is this working well? I ordered one today.

[@JoshsJettas]

Working awesome, I haven’t played with the timer yet but it’s doing it’s thing

[@dougshedshop]

Try burek t stat is amazing

[@JoshsJettas]

Works awesome, pays for itself quickly if using 24/7

[@RustyShakleford1]

​@@JoshsJettasyea!!! I estimate it pays for itself in one month

[@renelarsen9545]

why not just buy the Chinese Hcalory HC-A01 diesel heater, the thermostat is already built in and with app and bluetooth

[@JoshsJettas]

I think that was new for this season? Vevor has one as well, if I didn’t already have a heater that’d be a good route although the built in thermostat can be pretty inaccurate.

[@d.j.robinson9424]

I can't find this unit anywhere...

[@JoshsJettas]

If you look up hcalory or vevor if they have the colourful digital display I believe those are able to auto shut off

[@d.j.robinson9424]

@@JoshsJettas cool, thanks. 👍

[@TheMajictech]

⁠They are capable of auto shut off, but they only heat at about 1/3 of the power range. In my case epic failure, didn’t heat up the area nearly enough to shut off, or prevent freezing my tookus off while trying to sleep. I tried 3 or them with the same results each time.