17' Series Diesel heater blowing cold air

[michelle menzel]

Hubby just finished installing our diesel heater but it is blowing cold air, obviously its not igniting... Anyone else thats installed one had this problem? The controller included has no instructions included in the manual.
Help! We want to go away!

 

[achjimmy]

Hubby just finished installing our diesel heater but it is blowing cold air, obviously its not igniting... Anyone else thats installed one had this problem? The controller included has no instructions included in the manual.
Help! We want to go away!

Is the ambient temp cold enough? Try turning the required temp up on the controller.

 

[michelle menzel]

Have it on full, its 11 degrees here so should be working

 

[jvp]

Have it on full, its 11 degrees here so should be working

Hi.
Mine took at least 4 start cycles to prime the diesel tubing. You can see the diesel travelling up the tube from the pump. Depends on length of tube.
Can you hear the pump ticking?

jvp

 

[michelle menzel]

It took 2 hours to prime, can hear the pump ticking, still blowing cold air

 

[mccrlc]

The way the lights are on the controller that should work whatever the temperature outside.
Can you see diesel in the fuel filter?
Not much else can go wrong so it may be faulty, what type did you buy?

MCC

 

[michelle menzel]

Theres Diesel in the filter, we bought a 2kw planar from pinnacle wholesalers in Ballarat

 

[michelle menzel]

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[mccrlc]

That's the same as ours and never had an issue, plug in and it worked pretty much.
Might be worth a phone call back to supplier.
I'll try and think of anything else for you.

 

[michelle menzel]

Thankyou

 

[jvp]

Theres Diesel in the filter, we bought a 2kw planar from pinnacle wholesalers in Ballarat

Hi 2 Hours to prime is a lot of cycles. How is your battery voltage? It has low battery cut out warning on the control & other fault codes. Just check codes as described in manual & it might show you the fault.
jvp

 

[michelle menzel]

Battery has full voltage, the led light flashes slowly so i think it is fault 1 which says fuel supply but theres plenty of fuel. Fuel pump is ticking and can see fuel in filter

 

[mccrlc]

Given the above could there be a fuel line blockage, not allowing enough or any fuel into the heater?

 

[michelle menzel]

Will check again in the morning

 

[michelle menzel]

Thankyou

 

[Bluey]

Thankyou

ask @Crusty181 hes a wiz at these things

 

[dagree]

Did @Crusty181 get a diesel heater for his van????? :spy:

 

[Tone]

what are you using for the tank, if using the one from pinnicle if flat the suction pipe doesn't go to the bottom of the tank the pipe just goes straight in.

 

[michelle menzel]

We're having a tank made so just using a jerry can

 

[ShaneT]

Take the hose off of the outlet of the pump to make sure it is spitting fuel out. If its not put a short piece of hose on the inlet of the pump and put the other end of the hose in a small container of fuel and try again.
Maybe first loose the hose clamps incase you have over tightened one of them and blocked the hose.