night heaters.

[tuggy]

ok after a short break i have started to fix the belly box that is going to house the night heater i fabricated some brackets and welded them onto the chassis as i wanted some good sturdy mounts so they wouldnt drop off or break off under heavy off road use so all fixed on with 8.8 bolts.. ..there still seems to be plenty of ground clearance . ...so next job is to mount the night heater in the box.....to be continued ... ..

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[RMS]

Looking good Tuggy - might be finished in time for summer

Then again, after some of the summers we've had you could be using it all year round anyway.
I've been known to kick mine into action on several 'summer' camps, but then again, I'm a softy

Cheers,
Robin.

[tuggy]

dont know about being finished for summer.. ..it will be finished for next week... .....all the hard work is done now,,,,,

i want to get away easter and then most weekends after that......and you can bet it will be needed....

[tuggy]

OK managed to finish fitting the night heater today drilled all the holes for the pipework and connected it up....just need to get a new battery and wire it all up might do it this weekend or monday
lets see what the weather says......

[tuggy]

[RobW]

Looks good. What's the ground clearance like (compared to steps etc)?

[tuggy]

ok got a new battery today and wired up the unit..... ......did its first test run up in the box and everything went very well it came up to temp very quickly i let it run for about 20-25 mins and nothing caught fire.. .. so thats a good sign. ..had to drill thirty little holes to let air into the inlet i didnt want to put big holes incase muck got in......switched it off and let the cooling cycle run its corse and everything was fine..still have to tidy the wiring up and relocate the switch inside the cab ..and nice and warm inside.....maybe to warm... ..

[RMS]

Tuggy, have you thought about taking another large hose from the inside to the inlet of the heater to make it recirculating? Then you wouldn't need the air holes in the side of your box.

Also, I can't see where your exhaust goes, but is there any danger of drawing the exhaust fumes into the air inlet holes?


Cheers,
Robin.

[tuggy]

cant recirculate the air as it needs cool air to run its shut down cycle and i also have to be careful as the exhaust comes out the bottom of the box and on cool down it smokes a bit so have to make sure it dosent suck the fumes in but i was watching it today and it seems ok. ..we are still on the learning curve so any adjustments can still be made its still a work in progress .... .

[RMS]

The Eberspachers/Airstreams these are copies of can be run in fresh air mode or recirculating mode, so I can't see why these can't

Patrick's and mine run in recirculate mode - the air taken from the vehicle is cool enough for the shutdown cycle

Personally, I would consider extending your exhaust - the fitting instructions for the Eberspacher says that both the exhaust and inlet to the burner box MUST be extended so the burner inlet doesn't draw exhaust in and upset the burning cycle, and also so the fresh air inlet doesn't draw exhaust in when in fresh air mode.
The length of the exhaust and burner inlet should also be the same length so they are balanced.

Or, you could just leave it and see how it goes

Cheers,
Robin.