maXpeedingrods 5KW 12V Diesel Heater, App Remote Control, Super Quiet Running and All-in-One Style Easy to Carry for Car Trucks Caravans or Motorhomes

I live in a van full time and it was -5c and a weary 5am at the time of purchase.. went for this model as it was the only option for next day delivery to a drop off location (rare find for a "dangerous" item). So although it was slightly above the average price and not exactly van friendly*, I was happy it was coming with upgraded parts (no green fuel line, bag of bits etc)..Experience level: enthusiastic/bodger*There is an ongoing debate about whether these units are suitable for small "enclosed" spaces, because the exhaust fumes have the potential to leak at the joints. Please do your own research and make your own conclusions/take precautionary action on the safety of this. The traditional and argued safest approach fumes wise for vans/small enclosed spaces is to sink the unit flush to the floor/wall with a turret plate. I learnt all of this way after.With a CO detector, some exhaust paste, and a damp questionable existence, no power tools and no turret plate I took my chances.Conveniently there was a 40mm hole in the van floor already, so I LIBERALLY** pasted the joints, wrapped the exhaust, and ran the majority of the pipe through the floor. On the wall adjacent was 3 prefitted 60x40cm vents (read: breezy).**Liberal exhaust pasting - don't do this. It's not plumbers mait. Not only did it splutter a little white smoke on the first use ("normal curing" I told myself). But as I was to discover, I had reduced the 24mm exhaust to a mere 6mm jagged oval, so when the plumes of black smoke had me frantically googling CDH (the Facebook group is incredible - I used the search function as I was too embarrassed and too far in to the catastrophe to out myself) I had coked the entire unit up within 3 hours of use, earning myself two fault codes (E05, E10).What else to do, frozen inside one metal box and burnt out of another, but to arm myself with a tiny screwdriver and get to work on the four million screws holding the lude orange casing together. I got everything apart with the gentle guiding of a Welshman on YouTube (he hadn't done this before either) and when we got to unclipping the motherboard, I took his word that putting it back together is obvious - "there's only one 2 pin, one 3 pin, and one 4 pin". This is not true for this model. If you pin your pins in wrong, any number of things might happen, for me, 3 hours later, the fan wouldn't start. Take a photo of your own motherboard.My YouTube friend was a top notch tinkerer and so popped off to cut a slit in the metal tool to remove the glow plug? (Sorry let me just rewind, what?) I had a mince pie but already knew my gas bottle adjustable spanner wasn't going to fit (it is possible with a tiny spanner if you have one). But wait!! Who bought the premium model with the bag of bits? Ah ha. And a spare gauze, lovely.Unplugged the uncracked ceramic glow plug, gauze immaculate and hello, we now enter the chamber of soot. The secret of chimney sweeps isn't wet wipes. For the exhaust, it took a while to find something long and strong enough to chip off the interal paste without damaging the actual thing. Some kind of narrow crowbar/rod and some gentle whacking did the trick.Anyway. Three rebuilds later (motherboard wrong, fuel pump wrong) out came some hot clean air. But why, as I laid down on my pallet bed, were my eyes still itchy and my throat a bit tickley? And what was that awful chemical prang in my brain reminding me of nos ballons in the early 2000s?It took three (warm may I add) days, to figure out, it was the exhaust wrap. The sensory experience of heating up and inhaling asbestos laced fiber wrap. So I caved and asked for help in the form of "I need a hole in my van floor can anybody assist" and they did, and so casing discarded, plate installed, it sits flush and runs perfectly and I couldn't be happier. The soot and spilled diesel and mania has all just about dissipated. The unit itself gets warm to the touch but not scolding. The fuel pump is a bit loud but that's ok.The apps ok/a bit rubbish and the other features like auto off when temperature has been reached, who knows (some people say the sensor for this is inside the control panel that presumably keep in the space that's hot). Fuel efficiency is good, the little tank is a bit small and I'm a bit suspicious of the seams, so I might rig up a jerry can in the future.I personally put my air intake in the hot place rather than the cold outside. Remote control is good. I feel capable of servicing this unit in the future. Have fun enjoy, learn, try to stay alive, and if you want to see beautiful installs of these do go to the Facebook group, where people are also utilising the heat to dry out their houses and the exhaust heat to warm the bath water and experiments with running these things on cheaper fuel like alternatives.

Had a little problem to start with kept cutting out customer services sent a new control unit. Can’t afford them come in two days.. now the heater is working fine very happy with my purchase

The welding and joints on this item is cheap and flimsy and sharp edges everywhere.. I was wondering why they suplied gloves... the exhaust is dangerous the silencer box looks like it completely missed the welding line and was sent to me with spot welds that wasn't sufficient enough to keep the product together in transit. The return was only collected and I had to wait in until the collection was made and there was no option for me to return when and where suited me, which cost me a day's wage. Total disappointment. I can not leave a good review for the product at all. I contacted the manufacturers like it said with the link provided by Amazon and let them know my product was received damaged due to poor construction and transit. To be told they could not deal with me until I sent them my order number... so the direct link was pointless and as it took too long to get this reply I had already opted to return the full product as waiting for a replacement part was pointless and time consuming. Fast return of payment so good positive review for suplier. Thanks

As the air inlet and exhaust come out at the bottom, I built quite a large standoff base to allow the pipes to exit without much stress. My added base is 100mm tall. I used a 3 metre long exhaust hose to expel the gasses outside the room. The exhaust hose does get very very hot, and the longer it runs inside the room, the less energy we throw out.The positives:You have a key fob remote control with "on" "off" which turns the unit on and off, and "+" and "-" to adjust the power output, but you would not be able to tell the setting. You also have a phone app which allows you to set the temperature and on and off and it is much better. It uses bluetooth so the range is maybe 20m without obstacles.The heater works well, and the noise comes from the blower when on the high setting. At low fan settings you will hear the ticking of the fuel pump, I have the upgraded pump but it still makes noise. If you are inside a busy workshop you will not hear anything.The negative points:The instructions are well translated but inadequate.Quite hard to secure the jubilee clips onto the exhaust and inlet hoses as the heater's case gets in the way. I even used a small spanner to make sure the clips were tight.You need at least 12A at 12V when the machine starts up and tries to heat up the glow plug. That is more or less 150W so remember this before you buy a 12V adapter or PSU. Incidentally, some 12V power supplies are bad and do not hold their voltage at the rated power, so shop carefully.Another issue is the fan carrying on cooling the combustion chamber for a couple of minutes, after you switch the unit off. This is a crucial step - if you simply pull the plug out, the fan will stop, and the chamber being so hot will distort and break. There should be a small 12V battery in the device to make sure there is enough power for the fan after a shut down, power cut, or disconnection. It would add a bit to the price but well worth it IMO.Another issue is the placement of the fuel line right next to the exhaust outlet. This location is amongst the hottest on the device. It is situated under the device so in most cases you would not even have sight of it. Why run the fuel line a mere 10mm from something so hot defeats me! You are supposed to wrap the exhaust hose with fibreglass heat tape, but why take that risk?When I first started the heater it smoked a lot, there were clouds of very dense white smoke, a lot of it also came into the house and had to open all windows and doors! It smoked so much I thought it was broken. Eventually the white smoke thinned out and eventually started to run clean with only very little sweet smell of diesel remaining.As the heater does not have an onboard battery or electrical source, I suppose it is safe to unplug it and store it anywhere. I read a comment here on Amazon about a "spontaneous combustion" after the unit had been switched off and unplugged for one hour, but I do not understand how this could ever happen.