100% Efficiency Used To Be Cool - Diesel Heater Exhaust Heat Exchanger

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  @OverlandOne · 1 year ago

  3 degrees F where I am camped tonight.  I am relying on my Vevor diesel heater to continue to keep me and my cat warm in my van.  This is my second cold winter on the road full time using this heater and I love it. I am very grateful for all of your videos because I am now much more familiar with my heater, and its operation and maintenance.  You are helping a lot of people out here, more than you will ever know.  Thank you.

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• RI

  @rizzey73 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Hey! As a fellow Calgarian I appreciate your videos.<br><br>I am a plumber, and I can tell you the condensate will destroy the copper coil. It&apos;s not so much about pH as it is the make up of the condensate. It is an electrolytic sulotion and the condensate is carbon based. Electrolysis will destroy any copper or brass fairly quickly.<br><br>Over the years I have had several employees couple condensate drains with a brass or copper fitting. It will be completely eaten away within 6 to 8 months.<br><br>If you want to do an experiment, put a few ounces of condensate in a Pyrex cup, add a copper fitting. That would be a really interesting time lapse, actually. Measure the pH along the way.

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• MA

  @mattschamel6550 · 1 year ago

  First time viewer here! You earned a sub! <br>I&apos;ll be digging through your videos every chance I get!

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• TH

  @throngcleaver · 11 months ago

  I rarely watch videos over 30 minutes long, but this was worth every second of my time. &nbsp;Plus, it earned my subscription.<br><br>Thank you! &nbsp;😁

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• UR

  @UrubuFPV-666 · 1 year ago

  Keep the good work. Your own way to test and explain all this saves us a lot of money and testing. anything you play with I&apos;ll be here watching

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• SH

  @shpoople96 · 1 year ago

  Cast iron objects are known to stay warm for a long time because they are usually much thicker and heavier, allowing for much more stored thermal energy overall. Also, you&apos;re getting thermal conduction mixed up with thermal radiation. While cast iron is a poor thermal conductor, it is an excellent radiator, having significantly higher emissivity than either copper or aluminum.

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• IW

  @IW4DBX · 1 year ago

  ❤ As a boomer I can keep the focus on the whole video.<br>I&apos;m using the welded steel radiator in my house, it&apos;s not accumulating much heat but it&apos;s able to dissipate all the heat.<br>It may work with a cast iron type but I don&apos;t have it to try. <br>I really like your scientific method and skills

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• ME

  @memadmax69 · 1 year ago

  I think of the cast iron radiators like a battery.<br>Takes an hour for it to charge and lets out heat for an hour.<br>It has its uses for certain applications.<br>Our diesel heater is not of them as its running 24/7 at this time. So there is no heat cycling as the cast iron is meant for.

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• TH

  @TheZigZiggy · 1 year ago

  Very cool experiments. Thanks for taking the time to do them.

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• CL

  @clarkfamilyvideo207 · 1 year ago

  Truly appreciate all your work. &nbsp;I’ve learned a lot of great information. &nbsp;Thank you.

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• RI

  @richardduke9788 · 3 weeks ago

  Diesel heater time again &nbsp;😊 !

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• TO

  @tomirwin4819 · 1 year ago

  Hi Joel, I installed 3 Vevor Diesel heaters in the bays below my 2016 Tiffin 36’ Motorhome … I am 4 season now and have been running with full water, etc. nice, quiet, smooth. My 2 propane furnaces are back ups and refueling is only a very short trip to the gas station.. Michigan 👍

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