Diesel Heater for winter warmth!

This is one thing holding me back. I want to put it on a tire table, and then route into the lower bed. But then how will the heat get to the “upstairs”

My only idea was to make a PVC tube vent and cut a small hole in the floor of one of the panels. I didnt want that to be permanent, but I suppose the vent hole could be plugged and covered when its not winter. I also do not want any tubing going through the windows.

I may act on this plan soon, but i am also redoing my dual battery setup, and the cold and wiring has me deferring the project

why not just leave one of the panels out and I believe someone on here shortened one of the panels by 2 inches to allow for a silt to allow the air to pass through… I remember seeing a picture of that floating around somewhere

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@TearingOut55 has a cool solution. 1/8 panel with vent boards

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Here is my latest creation. Using Kayak deck plates and a couple of 3D designed/printed parts. I bet using this could work great on the lower flip out camper door too.

I carry two lids. One just seals things up when not in use. The other has the heater duct attachment built in.

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I love what @keeganbuilds posted and this is the route I’ll be going with… will be mounting that in the area circled in red and I’ve already measured it so that when the panel is flipped up, it does not hit the Awning bag

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I just recently put my heater in. It didn’t actually take care of the dog venting issue like yours but it was simple and rather painless.

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He isn’t on this forum yet but I’ve been trying to convince Ben, the owner of Yona Adventure Gear to get on here and sell them as he already makes this attachment and I posted a picture of that in the other heater thread I believe…… the port that I will be installing is a Yona product

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Same pictures that were posted in the other thread…… this is Ben’s trailer and product and you can see where I circled in red


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I’m meeting Ben this afternoon to pickup my heater from him…I’ll make sure to ask him about that passthrough!

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@MBBME give Ben a socially distanced handshake for me….he’ll know exactly who it’s from!

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Things to pay attention to.

2kw heaters utilize a 60mm hose.
5kw heaters utilize a 75mm hose.

output temps on 5kw heaters will melt MOST plastics.

Dont use anything made from PVC due to heat releasing toxis gases

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the idea on mine is that in the summer time I turn my fan on and it pulls cool air through the whole tent. and since I incorporated a screen no bugs get in too.

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When you meet with him, see if he still wants to collab with me on building that portable AC unit together lol I know hes been traveling alot lately.

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For the sleek look, absolutely go with @keeganbuilds ‘s design…. I happen to like the chunky look and I’m more of a set it and forget it kind of person

excited to see what you come up with

Absolutely!.. I’m loving all the different ideas and perspectives on how to do this… I actually even had an idea the other day but this is 10000000x times above my abilities where we could take out the end plate on the lower frame (V2) and plug that with an adapter attachment for the hose in the D shape of the frame and then perhaps install a vent at one or two points along its length and that’ll give it “central heat” but I’m not sure how that would impact strength and integrity but maybe not that much as there are already two access holes on the outside edge for the clamps ( I already have those sealed up with plugs)… warranty would be fukked though

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I had an original idea of slipping a shop vaccuum head up between the buttons of the bottom part of the tent canvas. If anyone wants to try that idea

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Great idea! That would be for the V1 correct?

yup exactly what i was thinking

I wouldn’t want to drill anything on the door. Its more expensive than a cubby in the bed, to replace