Episode 6 - Installing a diesel
heater
It’s November, and daytime highs are often in single digits
(Celsius.) I’m going to need a reliable heat source to allow me to
work inside the bus for the next five months.
In the Episode 6 video linked to below, I review several options
for heating a skoolie: electric heaters, wood stoves, portable
propane heaters, propane furnaces and diesel heaters. I settle
on this diesel heater (click to see the image larger):
While I did my best to determine a permanent spot to install the
heater, I anticipate having to move it a foot or two in the final
build. So the installation method I use involves the fewest and
smallest holes in the bus.
I’ve never done such an installation
before, so setbacks are inevitable, like
when I found I’d melted a hole in the
fuel line.
I have previously used my
Ecoflow power station to power a
water pump, stereo, lights and
power tools. In this episode I use
it to provide electrical power to
the diesel heater. This power
source has come in so handy.
Click the image below to see the episode on my YouTube
channel. And while you’re there, click the Subscribe button so you
don’t miss subsequent episodes.
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