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diesel furnace in trailer. works well

hansenmac

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I bought one of the diesel heaters that is usually used in semi sleepers and i installed it in a 7x12 enclosed trailer. I had spray foamed the walls and ceiling maybe half inch thick which made a huge difference. The heater i bought is self contained with the tank and pump and heater in a metal brief case looking package. Its the 8kw version which is the largest i've seen. I have had the trailer in the mid seventies, and ive ran it for 8 or so hours and it mabe burnt a quart of fuel on the medium heat level. with the final install i used a suburban furnace vent to route the exhaust outside and i used 3 inch pvc with a sweep T closest to the funace and a 90 at the end of the pipe near the rear door. another thing i did was put hooks above the pvc pipe and drilled some half inch or so holes in the top of the pipe so if there is something on the hooks it will get warmed and or dried. I think in a larger trailer you may need two of these heaters but the install is very easy and they are only 8 inches or so wide. also when on a trip you will always be stopping at a gas/diesel station for the fuel. one more thing i believe they only draw 2 or so amps while running.
 

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I have a diesel heater in the trailer as well. It works VERY well. Uses very little fuel too.

Draws about 9-10 amps at startup, then 1-3 amps after that, depending on what speed the fan is running at.

Just be sure to put additive in the fuel so it wont gel up in cold temps.
 

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was out today and it started at -20 and the high was -5. had it running all day at some youth snocross races we were at and it kept it around 60 in the trailer. had it on high all day probably 9 hours and it used about a gallon of fuel. In a larger trailer i would install 2 of these furnaces, but there so easy to install and relatively cheap that wouldnt be a problem. Also having two could simplify ducting as you could place one heater in the rear and one iin the front or whatever you want. I wish they made one that was was little larger mine is an 8kw but so far i am pleased with the results.
 

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Im guessing they are talking about something like this.



There are a ton of vids on youtube on these heaters. I was kinda looking into them. Most people are using the Chinese knock offs you can get off amazon. There are some more spendy versions and stuff that isnt quite so stand alone too.
 

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There was a really great write up on these heaters last year on here. I read it then installed 1 in my enclosed. Works great!
 

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Set up in my 8.5x24 with a 6'8" ceiling height haulmark steel trailer. It also has a direct vent 18000 btu lp gas furnace for the really cold days/nights.

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I've never been able to keep any my diesel heaters running more than a 3 or 4 days above 5000'. They run way to rich at altitude and soot up. I'm pulling them out and putting in an LP furnace.
 

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I've never been able to keep any my diesel heaters running more than a 3 or 4 days above 5000'. They run way to rich at altitude and soot up. I'm pulling them out and putting in an LP furnace.
You need to adjust the fuel pump hz.
I had 1 soot up after a couple weeks because I forgot to adjust the fuel pump for the elevation I was at.
My other heater I remembered to set the fuel pump for elevation and it has worked good and most of its use has been above 8,000ft running for a week or 2 never shutting down.
LP heaters will also soot if not set up properly for elevation.
 
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