Building a Super Quiet Diesel Heater??

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@paulhein8136 Місяць тому

I put a rubber molded case on the fuel pump and made sure it was not touching anything. Also the piece you added is known as a accumulator. The green soft fuel line acts as an accumulator by softening the impact of the pump. I have done this with my heaters and the click of the pump is almost inaudible. The soft rubbery case on the pump is a must. Purchased one of the quite pumps and still havent had to use it.

@jerryp3551 3 місяці тому

Thanks for trouble shooting it! That’s the exact heater I was planning on getting for my overland trailer. The upgrades are almost as much as the entire heater but silence is priceless.

@classccat2586 3 місяці тому

If you take the old chrome muffler and add it to the air intake, cut off a short piece of the 1 inch black tube, insert the muffler add the short piece of tube back and then put on the original black plastic filter it will decrease the combustion roar considerably. I have a heater installed in my camper. With just the chrome muffler on the exhaust, I can hear the roar from 35 feet away. When I put a muffler on both the exhaust and air input, I have to get about 15 feet away begore I hear the combustion sound!

@TrailTraveler 3 місяці тому

I’ll give that a try, thanks

@BoCoOverland 3 місяці тому

Great job, Kerry. I just ordered those parts to upgrade mine. Appreciate you being the test pilot on this.

@jakemaughan3818 29 днів тому

I have this same unit and can say stock, its insanely loud. I would also suggest adding a fuel filter since these vevor units dont come with one installed

@FaithwalkerTodd 3 місяці тому

New sub. Great video, my current interest is these new diesel heaters even though I live in Florida. I get this feeling the powers gonna go out just when when it gets cold. Thank you so much for all this information. You have saved me a load of time.

@neilkearns7744 12 днів тому

Thankyou!

@guiman3731 3 місяці тому

Great video with a lot of useful info.

@paulyysmith5725 27 днів тому

Thanks great video keep up the good work.

@petedebo6906 3 місяці тому

Nice job getting your heater quieter the only thing someone needs to put together is a brushless fan motor

@NAVY_NFO 3 місяці тому

Same parts on eBay or AliExpress for a fraction of the Amazon price tag.

@loweredexpectations4927 3 місяці тому

Cool 6:14 I've never actually seen one of those used. Same as you, I've never seen the one before either. Great video.... Wow. That pump is impressive. I can appreciate all the time and effort that went into making this video 👍 Haha... yes, those original cheap "mufflers" don't' do a lot. They change the pitch and lower the volume a little. I was going to suggest hanging the pump from o-rings or springs... but it seems you have completely solved it without doing that. Have found a lot of the sound is transmitted through the mount ... but again... well done ! Quieting the air / fan would be more of a challenge. Some of that deadening material on the plastic housing may help a little, but I assume most of the noise is the air flowing over the fan itself and the fins on the exchanger. You could spend a lot of time filing and sanding every edge and make a little difference, haha. That being said... That insulated hose probably makes a difference.

@TrailTraveler 3 місяці тому

My biggest issue was more surprising. I was going to go cold weather camping and was running tests to see what setting I could run the heater at. At 10F, I had to run it on level 8 to get the tent to 50F and maintain it. Any less and the heat loss through the tent walls would drop the temperature almost immediately. I even ran a hose from the tent to the cold side of the heater to try to make the heater more efficient, it just couldn’t keep up with those outside temps.

@loweredexpectations4927 3 місяці тому

@@TrailTraveler I experienced a similar thing with the silly test I did recently with my inflatable suit, only I wasn't recirculating at all and I only used a 2kw heater.... and it was -20F ... Not a good situation. At 0F it could keep up no problem, -20 it was rough. This may seem like a stupid question, but Did you have a sealed connection at the air inlet of the heater ? The heater you show is in a case so I picture perhaps a hose to the metal case instead of to the housing of the heater. I'm kinda surprised by yoru results... but with a decent size tent and no insulation I suppose there's a heck of a lot of surface area to lose heat through.

@TrailTraveler 3 місяці тому

I was using the newer Hcalory heater and the stupid thing is assembled with rivets so, with the time I had, I couldn't drill out all the rivets to make a sleeve inside to get a more sealed system. I was also hoping that letting some of the recirculated air into the case would help keep the diesel from gelling up in the cold. I was thinking that I might be able to tweak some settings and maybe increase the temperature and lower the blower speed. At the end of the day, the lack of insulation in the tent is my weak spot.

@loweredexpectations4927 3 місяці тому

@@TrailTraveler They may put something in our diesel here in Calgary, but I didn't have issues with freezing at -40F the past week, so you should be okay. If you can create direct recirculation, I would imagine this makes a huge difference. Sort of like a chain reaction. As the chill comes out of the tent, the air going into the heater will be warmer, meaning the air in the tent gets warmer, and so on. There are plenty of anti gel agents as well as "home remedies" like a few percent acetone, I believe. I want to experimenting with some tent stuff just out of curiosity, but I don't know that I will have time as I have so much on the go.

@TrailTraveler 3 місяці тому

I'm going to drill out the rivets in the Hcalory case so I can get into it. Then I can seal up the air intake, and do they quieting mods to it. Then I want to figure out how to put it back together with bolts so it is serviceable in the future. Probably will have to use rivnuts.

@jackbrower9034 Місяць тому

Hi there, I have watched a few of your videos. I was curious out of all the CDH’s you’ve tried, which one would you suggest overall. I would assume accessibility of parts to deaden noise would be a necessity.

@TrailTraveler Місяць тому

My go to is the hCalory SS2. While I did need to do some mods on the case to make it serviceable, the form factor is the best of them all and I have had zero issues with it.

@PRBB25 3 місяці тому

Awesome

@user-hridoyda 2 місяці тому

outstading

@user-vw5qh1tq5o Місяць тому

Thank you, Sir💕💕💕💕 So is normal dad bad nose of the fuel pump. maybe I change it a day, But for now is ok. I turn it off when I go to my sleeping bag♥♥ I pay that price to buy a good electric blanket.

@Yourdesiner 3 місяці тому

Hey Kerry, I just watched your video and I must say that it was really nice and well-made. I was wondering if I could help you edit your highly engaging thumbnails which will help your video to reach to a wider audience .

@TrailTraveler 3 місяці тому

Give me a quote, email is on about page

@loweredexpectations4927 3 місяці тому

Hello sir. Where do you get the long hose seen in your thumbnail and what is it called ? I have been looking for something like this.

@TrailTraveler 3 місяці тому

Link is in the description

@loweredexpectations4927 3 місяці тому

@@TrailTraveler I apologize... I was rushed ... I should have looked. Thank you.

@TrailTraveler 3 місяці тому

Just noticed your username, I have been watching your videos lately. Lots of great info.

@loweredexpectations4927 3 місяці тому

@@TrailTraveler Heh... Yup, it's me ! I've been wondering if this hose would stand up to the temperatures. There are a few cases where it would come in handy. I saw your thumbnail pop up and thought "I should ask this guy" haha.

@TrailTraveler 3 місяці тому

I probably have 30 hours on it and most on level 8

@SmartBusN 3 місяці тому

We're do you find that long ducting tube

@TrailTraveler 3 місяці тому

Added link in description

@FountainGuru 2 місяці тому

I saw a video where the guy showed the heater blew out considerably hotter air when the intake was taking in warm air. Why not put a stainless pipe on the intake and then place it side by side touching the exhaust pipe which would warm the intake air ??

@TrailTraveler 2 місяці тому

A stainless pipe is too bulky for us to take with us everywhere. My simple solution is that I have both hoses next to each other under a moving blanket.

@FountainGuru 2 місяці тому

@@TrailTraveler It’s the same size as the current flexible intake.

@TrailTraveler 2 місяці тому

@@FountainGuru Got a link?

@FountainGuru 2 місяці тому

@@TrailTraveler Am i off with using the same flex stainless pipe for intake as used on exhaust and running them side by side touching until the end of the intake where angling it away so as not to melt it? the two pipes coukd be wrapped with aluminum foil or some other heat sinc. Any addituonal heated air going in would benefit as long as the air was clean correct?

@TrailTraveler 2 місяці тому

@@FountainGuru If you are referring to the intake and exhaust of the diesel motor, this could cause overheating problems. I was referring to the fresh air hoses. I run the hot air hose up to the tent, then another one coming from the tent to the cold side of the heater. The warmer the air going into the heater, the warmer the air coming out will be.

@flybobbie1449 3 місяці тому

My comment was deleted. As an experiment i found one inlet silencer was quite noisy so i placed the exhaust silencer on inlet and seemed quieter than the black plastic silencer. Some of them have a roar sound.

@flybobbie1449 3 місяці тому

My first inlet silencer on van had foam inside, the second i bought was empty. Now third has mesh inside. Mesh one just fitted noisy so put unused exhaust silencer on it.

@johnnyh4666 Місяць тому

I honestly believe some people are just extremely sound sensitive. I have spent several nights in the middle of no where with one below me in my RTT. I find the "sound" from diesels pretty much white noise and sleep like a baby.

@TrailTraveler Місяць тому

The sound of the blower puts me right to sleep, but the tick of the fuel pump was driving me insane

@LegendLength 3 місяці тому

db measurement would have been nice though

@TrailTraveler 3 місяці тому

I tried to order a meter but you can’t get anything with any accuracy for under $2,500. The cheap stuff on Amazon is wildly off.

@klm404 3 місяці тому

Have you had any problems with the unit when at altitude (~10,000)?

@TrailTraveler 3 місяці тому

Haven’t been able to go that high yet, too much snow

@PainterD54 3 місяці тому

For $90 it should be quieter! I just made sure my pump wasn't touching the sides (that's half the problem) and just wrapped it with insulation and I don't hear it at all.

@MHLivestreams Місяць тому

90 is cheap. That's why it's simple, and a bit noisy. I don't ever remember being able to buy anything like this 20-30 years ago for this kind of money.

@FWCaptain-kv6sm Місяць тому

i dont hear any difference from here? tick tick tick wrap it in styrofoam insulboard

@youmebornfree 12 днів тому

STOP saying it!! Just make a great video and people will do what they want. I purposely don't sub to anyone that says that shit.

@TrailTraveler 12 днів тому

The odd thing is that I never say it, I’m not sure why I blurted it out in this video

@youmebornfree 12 днів тому

@@TrailTraveler That's funny. Ya when you watch every one say it I guess it got you... I watched a pro golfers channel last night and I really liked his style... He said "Hey if you like what you just watched we are going to be doing a lot more of that on this channel stay tuned." not the like share and subscribe... even typing that it makes my head hurt.

@TrailTraveler 12 днів тому

@@youmebornfree For sure. I think it was some crazy hour in the middle of the night and my brain wasn't functioning fully. I may say something like you can find the GPS files on our Patreon, but usually I just say "stay safe out there, we'll see you on the trails"

@swm-sm6cu Місяць тому

I don't like to be critical, but since I would like you to continue living I'll take a risk of upsetting someone. Your heater exhaust is blowing into your shop. Maybe you have plenty of air flow, but in case you don't, please be careful of carbon monoxide! The lady that bought my father's house got in her car and warmed it up. Her husband found her later, still sitting there, dead. I don't want that to happen to you!

@TrailTraveler Місяць тому

Thank you for your concern. I did have the garage door open while filming. HOWEVER.....I actually ran the heater as a test, inside the garage (3 car garage), with all the doors shut, for 6 straight hours and monitored it with a carbon monoxide sensor and the levels never went up. Lowered Expecations did the same test in a much smaller garage.

@2Big2Sexy 2 місяці тому

The company who makes the first silent diesel heater with even more control of fan speed and temperature will take over the diesel heater market those Chinese ones are so loud !