This Changes Everything! WIPPRO Diesel Heater - CRAZY Fuel efficiency and NO ticking!

[@RyaStream]

little warning. this same heater sprung an exhaust leak while it was running in my van after about a half hour. if i didnt have an alarm it could have killed me in there. PLEASE use an air quality detector if using this in an rv or van. these fail a LOT and youtubers who try it once and make a video wont tell you that.

[@Randy_Savage_ohyeah]

u saying you had the actual unit inside where you are sleeping and were venting the exhaust pipe outside?

[@RyaStream]

@@Randy_Savage_ohyeah no absolutely not. the heater was outside. the leak was coming from the unit itself and as air was passing thru it it was also mixing with the exhaust.

[@Randy_Savage_ohyeah]

@@RyaStream oh wow, interesting! Thanks for update

[@CoolBreeze640]

Were you able to repair it and stop the exhaust leak? It would be a bummer to have a trip ruined and have to replace the unit in such an event. And the whole dying thing.

[@larryscarr3897]

And you couldn't smell it? Sounds more like you didn't make sure the muffler exhaust was far from the cold air intake, or it fell off and exhaust was suckered in... I'd guess operator error.

[@Tonedog88]

The first diesel heater time test that is truly reflective of what one can expect. 30+ hours on low, and 11+ hours on high. Outstanding video, totally well-done and useful. Thanks!

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Thank you for the compliment and thanks for watching

[@ChrisCruz-gp6lo]

Great video no background music no drama all relevant factual information thank you this will help people in the Northeast and all over America to get through this winter and save money

[@Mstred]

You sir, give a great demonstration. You do not go off on tangents and talk nonsense for 15 minutes and then get back to the subject. You stay on track and give us what we want and need to understand the product. You are to be commended!

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Hey, thank you for the compliment and thank you for watching

[@kimmer6]

My improvement to my diesel heaters was to add a 12 volt LED light inside the case to illuminate the top of the fuel tank so I can see the fuel level from a distance. I also added a fuel filter on the pump inlet as I had 2 pumps quit by jamming up from dirt particles.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Thant sounds very useful, thanks for sharing and watching

[@Bobster986]

If you shoot outside in the shade, just make sure the sun isn't behind you. Use the side of your house as your backdrop. Good luck. p.s.: ...and always test your footage and sound before you begin.

[@jurassicjeepadventures2294]

Wow that's a great idea!! Thank you

[@Plasmastorm73_n5evv]

@@Bobster986 I made a similar comment. Kind of hard to see him and the heaters but still good info.

[@wendellbates4066]

In that same vein, that@@Bobster986mentioned, you held up something at the beginning of your shoot, we couldn't see it well because it was against your dark blue shirt - in the shade - with a bright background. Your camera's light meter was reading the bright background - which was perfectly exposed, but that was not the subject - you and the product were the subjects. The suggestion of filming against the house is a good idea or, if you wish to keep the same setup and position, using a strong fill light beside the camera would work, too. The beauty of the fill light is in the daytime, there would be no harsh shadow in the background to deal with! Great subject and test! Amazing how long that heat ran on low! I may consider it as an option to heat my garage in the winter - run it on high for a while then turn it down lower for the duration! Thanks!

[@jeffgrant7600]

Nice video. Pro-tip: Pressing the two left buttons on the heater controller at the same time puts the heater into "Alpine" mode. A mountain peak icons will appear on the top right of the display. This cuts the pump rate in half and is helpful to keep the fuel / air mixture lean at altitude or to reduce the heat on the lowest setting, when low is still too hot. My 5kW heater is too powerful for my old VW bus on the lowest setting so Alpine mode makes it just right.

[@curlymaple42]

Good to know as we have a tiny camper gear trailer. If we don't want to sleep in our hammocks, we can stay warm a toasty in the gear trailer!

[@erivon2234]

Lived in a cracker box house that eventually got tore down. Had a super cold drafty back porch. Bought a 8kw chinesium diesel heater. It worked so good my IR heaters in the rest of the house rarely turned on. The fan bearing finally went out. Moved out and tore the house down. 10 out 10 would recommend

[@portnuefflyer]

I know my diesel cab heater in my crane is unreal efficient! Love that thing, when i pull up to a job, first thing i turn it on, then set the crane up, and by the time I get back in the cab it's all cozy.

[@joshlower1]

And your on fire lol!!!

[@Icutmetal]

@@joshlower1Jokes aren’t your thing.

[@barryyeatman5751]

i live in the uk i have three of these running in my home the heaters are placed outside in large plastic storage boxes you do have to drill two 75mm holes drilled in exterier walls. The heaters exhausts our vented out of the plastic storage boxes the hot air out is ducted into your home and the air inlet is vented out to via the holes and the air is circulated round and round heating the rooms very effeciently the 12v control is placed inside between the two vents it looks very neat on low alpine setting i get 7hours run time on 1litre of diesel

[@solo636]

Hi , is the air inlet also plumbed into your home?

[@goodoz9942]

I recently purchased this same unit and had similar results. My additions were/are: 200cm (78”) stainless steel exhaust replacement and an 8Ft insulated duct. My purpose was an emergency backup heat source for the home, though I may figure out a way to use it with our camper as it works really well and is quite portable. My testing (so far) has been performed indoors…and I agree about the quiet part. It’s not bothersome (for us) at all. My temp setup has the main unit elevated on blocks on a granite hearth located in the livingroom. Exhaust is routed out a nearby low window and is sandwiched in between two pieces of ceramic tile with the window pressing downward to hold everything in place. I’m running it right now…main house heat is off…it’s 35 degrees outside. Unit is set on 2.5 (which will run for 22 hours on a full tank). The unit is on the main level of the house (main level = about 1600 sq ft) and temp readings within a 15 foot radius are at 70-71 degrees. Temp readings out to about 25 Ft are at 67-68 degrees. Will this heat the whole house? Nope. Is it a fantastic emergency backup that will keep you comfortable and keep pipes from freezing? Absolutely (IMO). For anyone wondering, yes, I have two CO detectors in place…one is a few feet above the main unit and the other about 15 feet away…near where we sit in the living room. Thanks for your video reviews…I enjoy them! Cheers

[@i.wilson161]

Carbon monoxide is heavier than air. It will accumulate in low lying areas first.

[@midnitehound]

@@i.wilson161 CO is lighter than air and rises when warm. A CO detector should be fixed at eye level and away from the heating unit. CO2 is heavier.

[@dannyheiple7469]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS!!

[@rogermccaslin5963]

What do you mean it won't heat a whole house? How can this be possible. There are a ton of videos on KZbin showing a clay flower pot and a small candle heating a whole room. Are you telling me all those videos are lying? 😁 On a more serious note, what power source are you using to run the heater? Also, you said you put it on the hearth, why not use the fireplace for your emergency heat?

[@goodoz9942]

​@@rogermccaslin5963 I'm powering a similar way as Sherburn Outdoors. A while back I assembled a small backup power station for our living room. A few large 12V batteries in parallel and a small inverter (700W). All of that sits inside of one of those old style moving trunks so when the lid is closed, it actually looks like a decoration. The heater gets its 12V from there via a fabricated cig lighter plug setup. With 400AH of batt capacity, it'll run for days on a charge. The fireplace is a gas insert (no chimney). So long as the gas is running, the insert "will" heat the whole house...but if gas should ever be absent, the diesel heater is one of a few means of emergency heat. BTW, I have "not" purchased any clay pots or candles 😆

[@gsxr419]

I have one, the older narrower model, that I heat my shop with. Third season and I absolutely love it.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

They are great, I only use mine camping but it is a life saver

[@domading2759]

I'm currently running one in my chick brooder.. Has been running 24.7 for 3 weeks so far with no issues.. I've used as much as 1 gallon and 1 pint in 24 hours

[@MarkoMygun]

Feedback, next time you shoot a video make sure your facing the outside so we can see what your doing

[@cptcosmo]

These revolutionize winter camping (hot tent) when paired with a battery bank/solar array. I also am using one of these to heat my small house (600sf) and it works GREAT!

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Nice, thanks for watching

[@Plasmastorm73_n5evv]

I built a pull behind trike/bicycle camping trailer/tiny house and am looking to get one of these for winter trips.

[@HMFamilyLife]

How warm does it get in your house and starting from what outside temperature.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

@HMFamilyLife I only use this in a roof top tent and usually starting for 20-25 degrees

[@AndTheCorrectAnswerIs]

1 liter of diesel contains 10kw of energy. In order to put out 5kw that heater would need to burn half a liter per hour. 1 gallon of diesel contains 139,200 BTUs of heat, if a gallon lasts 30hrs, it's putting out 4,640 BTU/hr of heat. At 11hrs the heater is putting out 12,654 BTU/hr. Other diesel heaters are not less efficient....they merely produce more heat by burning more fuel. Some actually put out 18-19k BTUs/hr.

[@janhemmer8181]

You probably mean 10 Kilowatthours, that is the unit for energy, not Kw, that is for power.

[@Richard4616]

The diesel fuel burns and the energy is turned into. He said the exhaust is 250 degrees. So half of the fuel is wasted by the hot exhaust and the other half is for heating. If it was built like a high efficiency home heater, you would get somewhere around 80 percent efficiency instead of 50 percent efficiency. But it still makes usable heat.

[@Walkercolt1]

In the US, "clean-burn" diesel has closer to 130,000 BTU's per gallon (6.6 pounds) and that's what you get at the pump. "Red" (off-road ONLY) has closer to 138 K of BTU's per gallon. The EPA mandated the "heavy ends" be removed from truck/auto diesel in 2018 or so. Some guidelines: A 1500 watt electric heater is rated at about 5000 BTU's per hour. The small unvented natural gas or propane wall heaters (bathroom sized) are usually 10,000 BTU's per hour, so 20-25% more on max. You CAN capture at least 50% of the exhaust heat with a little sheet metal work, so 16,000 BTU per hour is do-able.

[@seancahalinchristianbrothe1400]

I’m a truck driver and we use a modified version of this called a bunk heater The bunk heater that installed on these trucks use about 1 gallon of fuel in 8 hours I don’t think that 1 gallon would run for more than 24 hours unless it was like 50 degrees outside Based on what you are wearing, I would say that your outside temp is over 60 degrees maybe warmer Fuel consumption will definitely depend on air temperature That thing looks awesome Since I use them every winter on the truck I can tell you that it is a badass little heater

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Actually did some of it in about 50 and parts in about 25 degrees

[@ronaldbunk9007]

I use it to heat my house cheap. It costs me 80 euro's a month. When I use LNG it costs me 400 euros. And I have it 22°C all day. Don't care what the calories of diesel is. Just care what it cost per month. When the prices got crazy in Europe it saved me thousands of euro's.

[@calumrife]

I feel you, far away friend. A great way to keep people in poverty is to keep energy prices high - all in the guise of "saving the planet". Glad you found a solution!

[@rvyourway5718]

Just bought one and can't wait to try it out. I've been trying to find info on it the unit is weatherproof. I wasn't sure because of the display.

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

I would conger up a heat exchanger for the exhaust to capture the waste heat for hot water or additional forced hot air.

[@StepvanDan]

Yes sir i head my shower water with the exhaust .hi from MN

[@Snailmailtrucker]

I just started using my Wippro CDH last week. New unit never used bought last year. It started right up with no problem (no priming or anything). Next day I got a E-03 error but the unit started up and ran fine, except there is a smell of Diesel Fuel on Start-up....4 days later...same E-03 code but starts and runs fine ! Still have the Diesel smell during Start-up...but it does go away soon after. I am going to tear it apart to see if the Glow Plug is loose. Otherwise she is doing great ! I did just hook up my 18 gallon Barrel as a fuel tank ! (I only have to fill it up twice a year (older units) here in W. Central Oregon.)

[@davidmeeker7481]

Just survived 24 deg in low desert of AZ . Didn't use any heat overnight. Just blankets. Admittedly I did turn on propane heat for a bit in the morningt to take chill off inside camper( with ventilation of course) BUT normally survive single digit cold overnight in high desert where I live with NO heat overnight.

[@vladboy1]

Cool but uh that won’t work when the temp drops to 20 to -20 f for weeks at a time and snows every other day

[@robertanthony312]

We have a Webasto heater and a heat pump in our air conditioner installed in a 21’ off-road camp trailer. Unless the outside temperatures are less than 40°, we use the heat pump as the diesel heater cranks out some serious heat. Our Webasto is mounted in the front of the trailer and we routed a duct to the rear and insulated/enclosed the underbelly of the trailer. Floors are warm in the morning and no frozen water tanks or pipes. Diesel heaters are great!

[@timjulian1175]

I was intrigued by the "no ticking" headline, thought maybe someone had come up with a different type of dosing fuel pump. Nope. This one sounds exactly like either of mine until the high fan and exhaust roar drowned out the pump noise. Also in the product description from the provided link all they say about high "altitude" operation (they mean elevation) is don't use it above 9800'. This controller looks identical to one of mine which has an "alpine mode" to slow down the pump frequency at all settings, maybe this one doesn't have that. The blue controllers have an automatic elevation feature that seems to work. In automatic (thermostat) mode the unit will not shut down if the ambient gets too warm, it will only go to the lowest setting. This is a good thing because both the shut-down and start-up cycles use a ton of electricity and when your battery dies not only would you wake up cold instead of too warm, eventually you'll have a fouled glo-plug or combustion chamber. Adding a fuel filter is always a good idea.

[@d.whaire469]

I have had these types of heaters rigged in on some of my pickup trucks up North here in Alberta...The ticking noise in is the igniter and without that the flame will go out. I plan to try one of these potable units for my RTP or Teepee tents and see how they do. Thanks for the great video :)

[@RyaStream]

its def the pump not the igniter. you can see the fuel pump pumping if you open it up.

[@Icutmetal]

That’s not the “igniter,” c’mon now. Thats the pulse fuel pump.

[@chip6954]

I'm selfishly glad you used the AC180 to power it 😆; I have an AC180 and have heard mixed reviews on whether or not it would run diesel heaters and through dumb luck, stumbled onto your video!

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Glad you found it, and I love the AC180. Works great on these heaters, never had a problem

[@BigChia710]

I really enjoyed this review video and your tone of voice was excited and passionate. Made me feel like this is the better of diesel heated products thank you!

[@jamesm568]

Had these in my rigs for the last 20 years.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

They are great, thanks for watching

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

You must have the webasto unit?

[@jamesm568]

@@geraldhenrickson7472 Yep!

[@BillyPowell-p5f]

Had these in my rigs for the last 20 years.. Had these in my rigs for the last 20 years..

[@sherburnoutdoors]

They work great for there purpose, thanks for watching

[@michaelmccotter4293]

Get the Bureck CD Thermostat that replaced your wireless remote. It will clone the remote and now you can set temps to turn on/turn off. $50 to $70 depending on which one you choose. Bureck is an Idaho company.

[@PaulaDTozer]

You, my friend, post sensible videos that demonstrate you are a man of substance and integrity…a truly good human being - the best you can possibly be. I hope other white guys and gals take note when honor speaks.Thanks for sharing your perspective.

[@ManiacRacing]

"Other white guys and gals" Wow. Do you not understand the irony of someone like you using the word "honor"? You, my not friend, post racist comments that expose your mental aberration.

[@stellacatfish]

You just helped me make up my mind. My shed/ Man Pad is new insulated and ready for this puppy. Great video!!👍✌️

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Glad I could help! Thank you so much for watching

[@jacobsmithjr]

That looks alot better made than other heaters I've seen.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

It is a good unit, I am testing out the tall and skinny 8kw version this week, expecting similar results, thanks for watching

[@bjohnjunior]

Thanks for the excellent video and review. I just bought one of these (slightly different WIPPRO model - 8kw) and am looking for the best way to exhaust it from my finished/ insulated 1200 sq. ft. shop. Based on your review I think it should take the chill off of it pretty quickly!

[@big6pun07]

An idea i get immediately would be to take the exhaust pipe and coil it 9 or ten times and then have it exit your area if the exhaust is 231 degrees that would generate a substantial amount of heat

[@cookiedough5374]

Run it through a bucket of water. That will pull the waste heat out of it

[@tipetu]

Yeah, I have 6m exhaust running along the wall in my garage. The end where it exits the wall is luke-warm and all the heat dissapates before. I have a video of it too.

[@DTA-me3kv]

Was about to say that

[@Plasmastorm73_n5evv]

@@cookiedough5374 and melt the bucket where it enters unless you use a metal bucket. I think maybe a Jerry Can might be a good option.

[@Plasmastorm73_n5evv]

@@tipetu That's a great look at your exhaust system. Where did you get the long exhaust hose from?

[@mfgc2610]

Two thumbs up. Having read a bunch of comments, dont say "gas" for this unit. Some of our more knuckleheaded viewers may confuse diesel as the fuel with gas! Huge danger if someone puts gas in a diesel "anything". Boom! Diesel only.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Thanks, mistake on my part. I corrected it in the newer videos. Thanks for watching

[@canadianwarrior2108]

These actually run fine on gas. You can even buy a new controller for them from the factory to run them on gas. Or you can crank up the pump and use as is. All the gas version is, is the exact same heater with a much faster pump hertz

[@Nomaswearefull]

​@@canadianwarrior2108Alot of people would love to see you do a video to prove what you say

[@somedude3423]

Very interesting video. Would be nice to investigate what makes this heater quieter. A little disassembly maybe ... ?

[@raymondj8768]

Great video I cant believe how quiet the fuel pump is there stepping up the game !

[@sherburnoutdoors]

No kidding, out of the box, very quiet. Thanks for watching

[@bronxbrothers121]

Before this video I hadn't even considered a diesel heater...I am now. Thank you

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Glad I could help

[@socal33]

Good information. I'm on the fence as to which one to get. Also, as a video note, maybe use a fill light or reflector so we can see you better. The bright background washes you out :)

[@melquisedecrivers-suarez4618]

I have one permanently installed in my van for 5 years still working $120

[@Lordlindef]

Secret menu 1688. Put hz at low to 1.6. And topp at 3.6hz. Litle up on fan. And you have same heat and much lower consume. User of this 24/7 365 for 3 years

[@brooklyn_autumn]

I wonder how the Silvel brand compares. My daughter got a Silvel and I was impressed. U barely hear the ticking and it threw heat. Not sure on gas efficiency but she said it was good. I'm still deciding. Then I see your video. Lol. So now I'm debating in this, Silvel, or Vevor. I do know I want the 8k version. People hear the pump clicking on so many videos and I did during video calls with my daughter but i went up to see her and I just had to see it for myself. Nope...barely heard the clicking. People's phones enhance the clicking that the phone hears, but in person it's so quiet that u don't even realize it's clicking. They run soooo smooth.

[@jgdcontent]

For $10 you can buy a funnel that has a filter and a fuel water separator highly recommended using anytime you’re pouring fuel from a can into a small engine and especially something as sensitive as a heater

[@Canuck777]

I got the same unit great unit

[@CC-gt3ro]

Online people say it leaks diesel in the heated air going out in the vent, and that some people started to get headache.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Never had an issue

[@Droneviews24]

Badly put together by operators most likely

[@rjright7373]

I’m in a 2010 Transit Connect with a steel barrier between cab and back so even on Alpine mode it would produce so much heat I had to open a door for a draft especially above -15C weather. (South East Canada) My biggest issue was power, I ran out of power (12v car battery) to operate it and the biggest issue with that is it didn’t allow the thing to cool down and risk cracking the core and leaking exhaust or worse. At 9 volts it will shut down and maybe not allow it to cool properly. I’m investing in a solar pane, charge controller and deep cycle battery and trying it again this weekend but the weather has improved. I’m going to be too hot even on Alpine mode. My exhaust is also wired up so it can’t vibrate loose from the bottom of the heater. I have 2 x 24V lifepo4 25ah power packs with 24v 700w inverter to charge my battery but it’s pushing the limits of the inverter and very inefficient.

[@joecummings1260]

30 hours on a gallon of diesel comes out to about 4,500 BTU hours input. That's roughly 1.3KW

[@thatyoutubeguy7583]

And you would get as little as 50% of that

[@herbb8412]

Do they make one with an included battery? That would be great.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

It would be but no

[@Budvb]

Think how efficient this thing would be if they could capture that heat they letting escape from the exhaust

[@helpful5539]

I had read how people say the exhaust gets real hot and they are not kidding. I am kind of a conservationist/efficiency type person. I think there is quite a bit of heat being wasted. This should be fine for me, saving over using electric for my shop for now. But I am thinking about playing around with saving some of that heat. Just running a longer exhaust pipe safely inside would let some of that heat stay inside. I am wondering if I could find an auto heater core and run the exhaust through it with a small electric fan blowing through the fins to get heated air from it. Most heater cores have a smaller size pipe than this. They wouldn't have much restriction to this units flow even on high, but I am not sure how touchy this is, if a small amount of exhaust restriction would cause a problem. Like I say not a big deal now early in my diesel heater career, but I am thinking.

[@franknelson2164]

​@helpful5539 maybe a small intercooler from a tractor or other small turbo

[@TreeLBollingTreeMan]

@@helpful5539 I tried a 10ft (304cm) exhaust pipe and it caused too much back preasure which created carbon build up in the burn chamber.

[@helpful5539]

@@franknelson2164 Yes, thanks.I think turning that exhaust into more forced hot air would probably be best. I had thought of starting an exhaust reclamation discussion here, but first I saw this is all over youtube along with days worth of videos and information on everything. I have no way of measuring, but judging by the amount and temp of the exhaust there is definitely a lot to try to reclaim. May not work on it for sure now, but being off work season I may be working on this all.

[@helpful5539]

@@TreeLBollingTreeMan You mean and of the same size diameter? Doesn't seem like it would do much of that. Not saying it is good, but it appears truckers run longer exhaust pipes for their installations. And I would think they would know what does and doesn't work. I do know from auto work about what causes back pressure and what doesn't.In fact on internal combustion engines (different of course) a certain amount of back pressure can be beneficial or necessary.

[@petersimms4982]

I've got exactly the same set up on my boat ! Absolutely amazing 😊

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Great to hear!

[@martyy2294]

Heyy have you tested using alpine mode on low and high apparently it slows the fuel pump down to allow more air for higher altitudes but it also works at lower altitudes and saves fuel while still putting out the same heat :)

[@KevinBowman-u3x]

Interesting. I used to work on whole house oil furnaces in the late 1980s in Wisconsin, and there were no variable output oil burners. Now there are these little units. How times have changed.

[@acadian101]

at the curent diesel price here in canada , thats close to about 8$ a day (roughly 2$/ liter) for 1 gallon. 30 days to a month and thats about 240$ for 30 days of heating. I think a well insulated building would probably be better to go with a supper efficient heat pump/ mini split with a seer level of about 25 or higher and hspf rating over 12 and that mini split wont cost you more then 100$ a month to heat a 24x24 insulated garage plus you would have AC for the summer with the same unit . But when electricity isnt readily available , then these little heaters work fine

[@williamfaulkner7005]

So you save 120$ a month. 1440 every year. Cost of the diesel heater with modifications is about 200$. Cost of your heat pump and house is probably 170,000$. You better plan on keeping that house for 100 years.

[@rickvia8435]

One gallon of diesel for 30 hours - That equates to about 5,400 BTU/ Hr or 1,700 watts. Most 120V bathroom space heaters are rated at 1,500 watts. 5,400 BTU will heat the interior of a small RV or good-size tent pretty well.

[@ericneering6357]

How many square feet can these do? My camper is 7‘ x 32‘ with 7 foot ceilings in been all re-insulated heavier than factory my propane heater recently started working like a cold furnace and I was wondering if one of these would heat my whole camper in the winter time thank you. Good video too.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

They say 215

[@jochenherrmann6000]

Thanks for you video. Very interesting. But in which height above sea level have you done your test ? The air pressure is important to calculate the consumption.

[@spuriouseffect]

That's what I don't like about those Bluetti type generators, they simply don't have enough capacity to justify the price. You can get a 100 Amp hour LifePo4 battery for around 225 bucks. But that heater is da bomb. You could heat a camper with the exposed exhaust pipe alone. LOL Nice test, thanks!

[@chip6954]

Well, to be fair, for the extra $425 of the AC180 vs a 100ah batt, additional to the 96 AH capacity of the AC180, you get an 1800 watt (2700 watt surge) pure sine wave inverter, an MPPT solar controller (good for 500 watts), all of the ports you need, a good app, a portable 30lb footprint, 5-year warranty, and my favorite - 90 minute charge time from 0-100% (often charge at coffee shops/laundromats or use my small gas generator). Yeah, I could piece a DIY together and maybe save a few bucks but that's extra $ for cables, ports, enclosure, cost of time to source/build, longer charge times and no warranty on the final build. I started with/still use a 200ah LiFePo4 batt bank (2x mini power queens in parallel) in a milk crate but ended up getting the AC180 for the ease of use and charge time. Probably re-wire my power queens (awesome batts, btw) in series to back-feed my AC180 at 24v.

[@spuriouseffect]

@@chip6954 I would rather have two more 100 amp hour batteries to go with the inverter I already have for that 425.

[@andrewscotti1136]

ive had 3 diesel heaters and real world test is 2.5 gal for 24hrs. yea you can run them on dead low but they will clog up very fast.

[@capthappy345]

Excellent review! Gonna get 1. Thanks

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Hope you enjoy it! They are great, thanks for watching

[@bakeredwards]

I have just fitted one into my garage, I thought it'd be handy for when I didn't want to use the log burner, perhaps I wouldn't be in there long, but in comparison it's crap, sod all heat and noisy. I have a smaller one in my camper which is great, but for a big space it's not the best choice.

[@kevinsublett5878]

Hello Nice video. Could you do a video of the inside and pump. I would like to see if they use the standard pump and how they have mounted it to make it quiet.

[@weldchip]

you are lucky my bluetti ac180 wont put out quite enough watts on the dc side to get the glow plug hot enough to start, i have to give it a little boost with a 7ah 12v lead acid battery to get it going then its fine after that just running off the ac180.

[@pegmon9088]

Watched the video. loved the reviews and way you did this. Went to go buy one and I can not find them anywhere! What is up with that?

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Check this one out, it is exactly the same amzn.to/3TpOnUN

[@markwarren3535]

If you were usung in a house, like a power outage, you cound blow a small battery fan, like the Ryobi 6 inch along the exhaust line to the window.. Even get an extra long exhaust.

[@escoson555]

Great video! Very informative and well done.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Glad it was helpful!

[@NAVY_NFO]

Excellent test! Thanks

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Thanks for watching

[@Athrunwong]

We should do something about the exhaust and capture the heat that is usually wasted.

[@dncook1955]

Great job, very helpful and informative. Thanks for sharing and taking all of that time to help others.

[@helpful5539]

I like the idea of a battery in the system so in case of a power failure there is power for the proper cool cycle. So for continuous running there would be two ways to do it. One, a battery with enough juice to do the start and a psu to furnish the constant juice for the run mode. Or a small battery with enough juice to run the cool down, in other words a failsafe, and a large enough psu to do the start and run modes. How many amps at 12v was this needing to run in the high mode after it has fully started? And did you see what it requires during the shutdown cycle?

[@jaybanks7718]

I bought a 12v power supply with 30 amps. It starts and runs it just fine. I think a 20 amp would work. My heater came with a 15 amp fuse. I just plugged the power supply into a UPS battery backup, so I didn't have to fool with a battery and charger. It only needs about five minutes to cool down, and I won't leave it running while I'm not around. The UPS should easily keep it running for five minutes.

[@helpful5539]

@@jaybanks7718 I had thought of using a ups as of course it is in fact a backup and it recharges itself. And if it dies it still lets 110v through, you just get the alarm going off that its battery has died. They aren't too expensive. I am mostly finding people say it takes like 8 amps maybe a little more to start and like 2a when it runs or shuts down. So you are good on all of this. Thanks for your info.

[@jaybanks7718]

@@helpful5539 The only thing I can add is that the power supply I got has a fairly loud fan on it. When the heater is running, it makes no difference. When it isn't, it's kind of annoying. I'm just turning the power supply on and off with the UPS to kill the fan when the heater isn't on. I got a great deal on the PS at Amz. It was less than 20.00. If I was inclined to pay full price for one, I would get one with a power switch on it, or no fan. Other than that, turning it on and off with the UPS works, too. It's just that I have to let the heater cool off, then go back over and kill the power supply.

[@G-ra-ha-m]

I use a car battery with a 7-stage charger plugged in, that keeps it charged.

[@smartysmarty1714]

I wish he would have discussed the exhaust/venting requirements for this unit. It looks like it came with a flexible sleeve to run the main flex hose through?

[@sherburnoutdoors]

The exhaust is just the metal tube, the other piece is the intake, it is pretty short, if you are looking to go a distance of more than a couple of feet, you will need to get a longer version

[@mikeespo7728]

Anybody know how long these will run before needing to be maintained... And what does the maintenance look like ie. Replacing glow plug...?? cleaning out the carbon ??

[@TheWingnut58]

I've been using a similar heater for three years and haven't needed to do anything with the exception of clearing some water from the fuel line and tank that I accidentally poured in....and add fuel as needed of course.

[@shamsshams20261]

Great analysis . Thank you so much for sharing it.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Thanks for sharing! And thanks for watching

[@shamsshams20261]

@@sherburnoutdoors You welcome !!!

[@truetech4158]

Seeing as its that super efficient and its been keeping your warm for about 3 years now outdoors, can you crank it up a bit to heat things up here in ontario canada?

[@sherburnoutdoors]

You can crank it up a lot. On high, you will be running out of the tent. It get hot!

[@truetech4158]

@@sherburnoutdoors I sometimes Like my comments, is that why you have 2 Likes though? haha Anyhow, people generally do like what they say. That heater seems very efficient, as if cheaper to run than a electric heater, and that is interesting to me to become aware of. Cheers captain

[@josephsalinas7067]

I will be winter camping for 5 days. What is the best way to recharge your power source quickly and effectively?

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Really on 2 ways, you can drive around or use the car running to recharge or use solar.

[@coolop16]

I'm getting me one for my garage........Thanks.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Enjoy it

[@sumguy-gj7ny]

Does it need blocks in order to have enough clearance or is there a way to use it on the ground?

[@sherburnoutdoors]

It needs blocks or something to elevate it if you are looking to sit it on the ground

[@1falconron]

could you use half old cooking oil and diesel, filtered of course?

[@sherburnoutdoors]

No

[@harleydriverpdtnm3996]

Very informative, and professional . Thank you sir . I loved the dog looking through the door window ! Keep him in other videos 😂 Again, thank you sir . Subscribed 👍🏾

[@graystone3048]

Some have commented on Amazon about the use of that dryer vent on diesel heaters. They claimed it’s only rated for like 270 deg. Have you noticed any smells or melting of the pvc outer shell ? Any trouble at all?

[@sherburnoutdoors]

No, but I did move to the 4” hose

[@mjc4942]

I think i would have sent the heatt into the house. Looks like it was cool enough outside.

[@euonymus1980]

Nice video! What is the 12-volt purpose for just to start it? Do they have models that run off of 120 volt? That way I don't have to worry about a battery Bank

[@sherburnoutdoors]

It runs the electronics, fan and glow plug. I do not think there is a standard 129

[@vhateverlie]

If you want 120V buy a 5 or 10 amp battery charger and the cheapest car battery you can find, then it'll still run for a bit when the power is out. They don't have good luck using wall power supplies.

[@mannys4036]

Excellent Video. This would be my go to model and form of heat for my cargo trailer. You did an amazing job explaining it functions and add ons to improve the product. Thank you.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Thank you for the nice words, Glad it was helpful

[@AndyBloor-b1w]

I am in Europe and do not see any availability of the Wippro heaters, but I do see what looks to be an identical product with the Hcalory brand name. Is this one of the same ?

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Most likely, I think most of these use the same components and built in the same factories

[@thelpw2608]

In your testing, what was the temp outside ? that was the air temp going INTO the heater. If you had been taking intake air from say inside your RV or tent, fuel consumption would have been even less and more impressive. At least thats what I have been reading about. I wasnt sure how cold it was outside during your test. Maybe I missed it somehow.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Was about 45, since I use a tent, I always have these sitting outside

[@JoppeOSL]

The math tells us that this is a 3,5 kw/h heater on max and 1,2 kw/h on low with 100% efficiency. So with the exhaust routed outside my guess this is a 2kw/h heater. It is as about efficient as any other 2 kw diesel heater. Diesel contains a set amount of energy per unit (gal/liter/kg) and longer runtime on a set volume of fuel just indicates its producing less heat. But as long as it produces enough heat for the room you are in it's doing the job.

[@jb5music]

That's what I was wondering about. And why do you have to run a Bluetti power bank with the diesel fuel supply? I must be missing something.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

@@jb5music diesel heaters require a power supply to power the electronics, fans and glow plug

[@dncook1955]

Thanks for the math. I dont need a 5-8, I am happy that the true low is 1.2 as my 80 sqft DIY wood box RV at R-10 doesnt need much heat. @@JoppeOSL

[@MyTentLife]

I seen this video a few days ago and I just clicked on it to find the brand again because I forgot what it was. It is currently unavailable. I believe they took it off the market because of the exhaust leak a few people complained about. I wanted it for the price and the long run time.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

It is not off the market, they just have a new 2024 model coming out and depleted inventory

[@MyTentLife]

@@sherburnoutdoors I don’t know but I looked on Amazon and their website and everything is currently unavailable it says.

[@MatthewPike-z6u]

Nice lighting

[@sherburnoutdoors]

This was a miss on my part, I have sense purchased light boxers. Sorry

[@mmlentertainment]

How lobg will a diesel heater work on low with a 12v, 130ah leisure battery?

[@glynpayne4393]

Impressive test. First time viewer and new subscriber!!!

[@scottkolaya2110]

Great demo. I guess I don't understand what's 5 or 8kW about it. A gallon of diesel has 37kWh of energy. If it were 100% efficient, that would be 37kW for an hour's output. Clearly, it's not 100% based on how hot the exhaust gets, but maybe they are talking about input and not output. But even with input, if it runs for 11 hours on high, the most it can be is about 3kW (37kWh/11hrs) not 5. It's a great heater though. Maybe I'm missing something.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Great point!, I am no scientist, they send them, I try them out.this one is pretty good, I took it camping in 25 degree weather last weekend

[@theredpilldougmckinzie]

Awesome, I want one for my van.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

You should! They work great

[@Trevkongable]

Very interesting, thanks for the video, I just subscribed

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Awesome, thank you! And thank you for watching and subscribing

[@craigdarby9533]

You look like you're doing one of those hidden whistle blower interviews.

[@fredrenberg9596]

Good review.

[@Horlokx]

Did these go bad? Unavailable on Amazon now. Was going to get it for the altitude function, but might just get a vevor

[@betto79]

Just noticed that my diesel heater controller came with temperature setting to Fahrenheit instead of Celsius, which is great cause I’m in the US , same Wippro heater but the skinny one .

[@iceman256]

Great unit and very efficient. I have a Energizer Arc5, 500 watt solar generator..would I be able to run this diesel heater?

[@sherburnoutdoors]

Does it have a 12VDC port?

[@leeisenberg]

Awesome, thanks for sharing. - take care

[@robertorzech8922]

Great lighting !

[@JTBryan62]

So, with the Bluette AC180.... it had no problems with just being 12v 10amps.. The Wippro data sheet has it at 12v 15amps. Interesting... I've been looking for a Solar gen/battery that had more than 10amps for the 12V usage.

[@sherburnoutdoors]

No problems, been out on two trips when I was in the 20’s

[@phonemd1]

if you're in a small motor home. how do you vent it outside?????

[@AndTheCorrectAnswerIs]

Many people use a marine exhaust thru wall fitting for the exhaust pipe. Others put the heater outside and run a flexible duct into their camper or even a tent.