In November 2023 we made the game-changing decision to instal a diesel heater in our Static Caravan. We’ve been full time in our Static Caravan since August 2020 and have gradually been making upgrades. The main upgrades we’ve made have been to improve our life in the winter months.
Over the years, we’ve made some YouTube videos highlighting our upgrades including:
- Installing Double Glazing
- Fitting underfloor insulation
- Installing a Diesel Heater
We’ve had lots of questions about what parts we used to install a Diesel Heater in our Static Caravan, so here’s a blog post all about it!
Which Diesel Heater did you use?
After a lot of research, we chose the Lavaner Pro 5kw for just over £200. It’s a middle of the road diesel heater which kicks out some good heat. If you’re looking for a diesel heater you’ll see a lot of very cheap Chinese ones from under £100. At the other end of the scale is Webasto / Eberspacher where you can pay over £500. It’s our opinion that you get what you pay for, so we opted for a Lavaner as the reviews were good and the parts are better than the cheapest ones on the market.
Lavaner Pro 5kw from Ali Express: https://www.aliexpress.com/i/1005001337909671.html
How did you take the warm air outlet into your Static Caravan?
We used various parts to duct the warm air to four rooms in our Static Caravan. Some of the links to items we bought from Ebay and Amazon are not live any more but we’ll give some examples below. One thing you need to consider is using heat resistant parts. Don’t compromise on this as you could end up with things melting.
Ducting Pipe
Each Diesel Heater comes with a short section of ducting pipe. To take the heat further, you’ll need longer ducting the same diameter. We found aluminium flexible ducting pipe on Amazon which was about £8 for 2.5m. When it arrives, it’s compressed so you need to stretch it out to make it nice and long.
T Junctions
To take the ducting along the length of our Static Caravan we used Eberspacher / Webasto T Junctions which are heat resistant. We got ours from Ebay for about £8 each.
Reducers
We also bought a reducer for each of the three T junctions that we bought. This was because the inlet hole into each of our four rooms in the Static Caravan were narrower than the original ducting diameter. Again, we got these from Ebay for about £11 each.
Elbow junction
At the end of the line from our heater, we had a 90 degree elbow to go into the final room. Again, this had a reducer on it to take the ducting size down from wide to narrow. This cost about £6 from Ebay.
Narrower ducting
From the reducer up into the floor of each room, we used narrower ducting. We found heat resistant flexible hose from Amazon for about £18 for 2 metres.
Hose Clamps
We also used a bunch of hose clamps to fit the larger diameter aluminium ducting onto our T junctions and Elbow junction. Plus we used them to fit the narrower hose onto the reducers and the pipe coming out the floor of each room. Lots of different sizes and options are available on Ebay. The more you buy, the cheaper they are.
The Results
So all the parts above were purchased in addition to the Lavaner Diesel Heater. We can honestly say that for the winter we’ve just been through, it’s been an absolute game-changer. It’s saved us from using expensive electric radiators and means that we are much more comfortable in the coldest winter days and nights.
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