Planar Diesel Heater Review - Keep warm on a cold night!

[@jeffreya998]

Good review. I'm running straight kerosene in mine, runs cleaner and you don't have to worry about gelling.

[@crawl207]

I appreciate your feedback and the tip about running straight kerosene!

[@RussianPlanar]

Thank you from Russia 🇷🇺

[@aallan8830]

I have a the bigger planar heater on my boat (4D I think it's called) and when it's warmed up and running mine only draws about 1 to maybe 1.3A so I was curious when you said that smaller one draws 3 to 5A. Do you think that may have been a mistake? Thanks for this review by the way, I do love the one I have on my boat enough that I want to get a portable one for winter tenting but I may go with a Chinese one that has a much better build than most, obviously the cost of Planar is steep as you mentioned.

[@crawl207]

@@aallan8830 The heater location and temperature were the main factors regarding amperage draw. The heater was placed on the ground outside next to our vehicle with temperatures hovering around 0 Fahrenheit.

[@aallan8830]

@@crawl207 Ok, I thought that only the glow plug and the fan draw current, so that once the unit is ignited and the glow plug shots off, the remaining current is only what the fan draws. Is the temperature of the intake air also a factor in current draw?

[@PatrickGuerin-j7h]

Who makes the heat chamber ??

[@larrylindsay1588]

I believe Autoterm is the manufacturer.

[@bearlycamping]

How do I run one of these on my portable power station cig plug

[@crawl207]

You can't....typical cigarette lighter output is usually 10 amps max. On startup it requires 15 amps. Once running it only pulls 5-7 amps.

[@bearlycamping]

@@crawl207 right but I can get a 15 amp AC DC converter

[@bearlycamping]

So basically the only way to power this thing is a battery

[@crawl207]

@@bearlycamping you are correct....the convertor would more than likely overheat or blow a fuse.