Nice! I got mine a month ago. Heater was installed today. Installing the AB next. So glad you connected with Ray. He’s so great to work with.

I ordered one a year ago and only just found the bloody thing after moving stuff round and now going to fit this weekend on my van, excellent video as norm, nice jobs bigman 👊🙌

Im running the Afterburner in my van, its such a huge improvement over the original controller. My chinese controller only worked half the time and the timers were broken too, so now I`m a happy camper.

Firstly David thanks for the unintentional comedy in the video. I love the way your exactly like me trying to make a explanatory video to help others but things don't all go to plan so you naturally revert to a natural state of normal you. Absolutely hilarious makes for a great watch. Oh and you make some interesting points in the process regarding the standard unit and the addition of the after burner. I think I will be buying one after seeing this. Looking forward to new vids from you. 👍

Thanks for all videos you made, I have bough this unit to my heater now, waiting it to arrive from down under. All because of your videos.

Cheers for the video on changing the bearings on the motor, i changed both bearings on a noisy motor and noticed the same play and noise when spun by hand. I tried a few drops of motorcycle chain oil and it solved the problem. Good byyyyyeeee

My heater works really good now and to improve it more would be sweet as well . Tks for what you show and hope all is well

Having it run for aprox. 1 year now. Still working amazingly well. Not for everyone I guess but when you want to get most out of your heater it is definitely for you. Even far better than all those Webasto, Eberspächer, Autoterm controllers I saw.

Ordered mine today and have a tracking number.. can’t wait for it to arrive! Ray seems like a nice guy & is actively developing the product so I’m looking forward to experimenting with it.

Took me about 6secs to spot the classic Impreza STi badges. Good man.

Another doozy of an episode. David, your candidness and down to earth presentations are such a relief from that vile corporate world of hype and half truths, lies and downright money grubbing arseholery. I've contacted Ray about the unit - thanks. I'm interested in the basic unit...no bluetooth, GPIB, wifi - just want better temperature control in my camper.

Congrats on buying one! They are great

Neat to see it uses the esp32. I'm just starting to learn about microcontrollers and thought that making a replacement controller for my heater might be an interesting project in the future.

I looked at this last year but despite my engineering knowledge, this looked too out of my depth, especially with the software side so glad you're covering it now 👍

I would also be keen to see a video on this working with that unit if it's compatible. See how it works with the water and the heat combind or separate.👍 😁

Another brilliant video 👍🏻👍🏻

I'd Be interested in seeing videos on setting it to auto turn on once the room hits a certain temperature. I want it to compliment my wood stove and have it run either in the night after the fire goes down and during the day when I am at work.

Been using that afterburner off ray for 4 months , i never used the cdh ecu, works great with a phone

Very informative David. Thank you 🙏

Afterburner is awesome! Been using mine for over 1 year.

Can you put up a video into setting minimum voltage on startup, as I have the same controller you did have but my heater will not produce heat unless van engine being run for approx 2 minutes. Thanks

was just looking into using a webasto climate controller on my jina heater. NICE

2 Questions: 1. Can you hook up a float sensor to this so it tells the controller when to shut off the heater, and will tell me how much fuel time I have left? 2. Could this make running the diesel heaters on Makita Battery/ies easier since it has voltage sense/GPIO input? I intend to use one of these for a backup heat/shop heater at home, and I thought about using it for camping if I can hook up about 3 or 4 tool batteries to pre-heat a tent or small cabin before I get a wood stove going. Sorry if these were already answered. It's funny because something like this oddly excites me.

David - just came across this. Can you get more heat out of these heaters by whacking up the frequency of the pump pulses?

Hi David Question when you connect the afterburner how long does it take to upload the settings from the original controller and when can I disconnect the original

Morning, you asked for suggestions as to questions or things we would like more information on... well ;-) First, I have all in 1 5kw heater similar to your red tall one. The tank fuel take off is 30mm plus up the end so it never uses all the diesel, ok now I know, what are the implications of heater running out of fuel (apart from the obvious) secondly I have a 2m plus temp exhaust pipe exiting the house via a cat flap and angled down, so no condensation build up. I am getting lots of white smoke / steam out of the end and some evidence of soot. I am looking to reduce exhaust length but could do with your expertise in showing / describing setting up the hz and blower settings and their impact on running. My understanding is up the blower settings esp in low to give more air and therefore better combustion, so less soot, but your indepth advice / demo would be great. Many thanks Paul

As always, love your videos. Would be great to know if you can set it to come on as a frost protection device when away from the heater eg in a camper. Also really REALLY keen to see how one would connect to it over the cellular network and what extra hardware is required. I’m just hoping my heater is compatible after all this lol.

_Thanks; I went straight to the Afterburner site from your link too, and sent out an email to buy one. The cost is a bit, but it's not if it does as you say. Again thanks!_

I think we’d all like to see it setup with the GPIO in combination with the bobilvans water heater kit to control water temperature :)

If you can do Video on using the diesel heater on a standard thermostat would be great like a digital thermostat I have a cabin and went to visit and seen my pipes froze. I use my cabin a lot so didn't think to drain the Lines as I wasn't gone long but would be nice to control the temp when I away.

Any idea on timescales for next Afterburner video? Great stuff, Geaham

The Afterburner unit is fantastic, much better than the original heater controller fitted to our RV it has enabled much better control over the Chinese heater with far more functions than the original noisy inefficient blown air LPG system.

Hi David,do these heaters turn themselves off,Safely, when or if they run out of fuel ?

Hi from Alaska, I’ve been using webastos and espars at work alot in the past, new to the knockoff heaters, I’m really interested in getting one of these afterburners, because both of the 2 different heaters I just bought don’t have very many functions at all which is kinda lame I thought they were all supposed to be the same between the brands and what not, I was looking at the controllers, what is the difference between the normal one and the GPIO?

Great vid as ever. I’ve just ordered an Afterburner from down under for my heater. Freeze protection would be great, also setting up the linear frequency temp control - and maybe seeing how much battery power it can save over night? Cheers

Hi David. Thanks again for your help in the past. Question, what is the easiest way to ascertain the core module type in a heater. Hope the answer will also be of use to others. Cheers. Jim.

Can someone please tell me how to set up the fuel usage Maximum/warning settings... I cannot figure out how it can know how large of a tank i am using to shut down and give me a warning before it runs dry.. I can not find, where to tell the unit what size tank i have ?

I just found your air/fuel tuning video. I seriously didn't know that I was causing the soot build up in my heater by running at the wrong mix... Anyway now I'm playing with my Afterburner's BT app to tune and monitor fan speed, pump speed, and comparing body temperatures as I don't have your fancy O2 sensor. I'm curious about the linear hz setting for the thermostat and if you can maintain a good ratio even as it approaches the target temp and varies the fan/pump speeds?

class video as always I took you advice and I ordered from ray . Friend have you any more videos on this

Yes ! More videos on afterburner. Thanks

Hi David, enjoy your videos, do you have make models of your heater as I have the afterburner on its way and need to buy suitable heater. One all in one for workshop install and one for van install. Thanks

I subscribed right after that Mrs. Doubtfire greeting. 😂

I bought one of these after seeing this video and love it mate 👍🏻 but have you tried running and eberspacher d2/d4 off one? I believe you can run d2 with a chinese ecu😮 would be interesting to see if the amazing afterburner can do eberspächer too 🤔

Just found this video, what a great upgrade for these heaters. Just a quick question does it turn the heater on and off as it reaches temp or does the heater constantly run like the original controller. I love your videos always informative. Thanks for sharing. Steve.

Hi I would love to see a video on you turning the heater on using WiFi only. So you can be miles away from the heater and see the settings and user interface.

I Like to learn also more on Chinese Diesel water heater ( like your vid recently)..my project want to pre Heat engine and second heat source for an installed Alde heater....

is it possible to run 2 dieselheaters on 1 controller maybe you can test it

Hello david. I'm in Spain. Is there any way to buy it here? thanks for your work on the videos

Try injecting kerosene I have been running mine now three years now never had to clean chamber only replaced glow plugs ,really enjoy the show.hope this comment goes to the right vid

What is the oxo flashing light for on the screen

Wow... how brilliant. This is as it should be.

Quick question - possibly to be included in a future video: my heater (as probably all heaters) will drop the battery voltage considerably while the glow plug is on - say from 12.4V all the way down to 11.5V. Now I don't mind that, because I know it is temporary, because of the increased draw of the glow plug - as soon as the start up is completed, the voltage goes back up. However, during normal heater operation, I wouldn't want the battery to drop much further than, say 11.9V - as that would really mean draining the battery, not just a temporary voltage drop. Can you find out (or test) if the Afterburner is intelligent enough to distinguish between the two situations - because it wouldn't be of much use either if it aborts the start up when the battery drops during the glow plug activation - or the opposite, if it would let the battery drain all the way down to 11.5V during normal use. I hope the above makes sense.

i wonder iff you can tru to save more from the exhaust form webast like put on some radiator and fan

Can the Afterburner be operated offline via Sonoff ZigBee to turn it on/off?

Hi David. I would like to see you test out the GPIO functions. I'd like to see how you wire in a digital input using a switch at the tank when you refill it (mine is outside) to reset the fuel used figure in the afterburner, or any other cool features you can think of. I'd also like to see you set up the MQTT broker and see if you can access the AB using just your cellular signal or from a remote location. That I'm really interested in. I'd really like to see Ray add on an API call to allow you to link it with Alexa for voice commands. Love your videos by the way. One last question. I'm running my heater with a 12V power supply and want to incorporate the relay in one of the videos you did, to switch to a small battery in the case of a power failure. I just want to use a small battery just powerful enough to allow the fan to run while it goes into cooling mode before it shuts down as I'm only interested in protecting the ecu from frying. What's the smallest battery I can get away with in terms of amperage as I don't want to use a massive great big car battery. Also would I need a trickle charger on the battery whilst it's on mains power. Again space is at a premium so I want to use a small profile charger. Any suggestions?

Just keep making videos like you do now, they're all interesting. The Aussie voice should end each phase with "Cobber".

Hi David I have a eberspacher hydronic for heating my water in my van and a cdh for heating the air. I can turn on my hydronic through WiFi with a nest thermostat using the yellow wire on the heater connected to the hot water supply switch. Is there a way to turn on the cdh with the 12v supply wire from the nest thermostat? I love your very entertaining and informative videos and would value your advice on this. Thanks

I own an 8DM PLANAR diesel heater. Will it work for that!? Thanks. Can you set it to make the heater burn more efficiently !? Where do I buy one...and what's it called.

Glad I'm not the only one that gets the screws in backwards

Hi David and Merry Christmas from the US! I have a question. These diesel heater's temps sensors are prone to failure. What are your thoughts about the temp sensors characteristics and how a better quality sensor might be adapted?

Looks pretty good i would like to know more about the frost mode what it can do and how good it is in frost mode and if you can set the desired temperature to come on

Very much enjoy your videos. Sounding like my 2 favourite KZfaqrs (Clive and AVE) talking about my current obsession

There doesn't appear to be a buy page on the website. How did you get your hands on it? I recently bought a RF device that I have synced my remote to. So I can turn it on and off, up and down the heat but nothing to this extent. I should had done more research!

I have a question for you on afterburner. In thermostat mode while in start / stop... The controller reads start/stop at the top, then 32 degrees ( I have mine set for Fahrenheit), then -1 for where it is supposed to start back up. My question is... what is the 32 degrees for? I have my desired temp at 50 degrees Fahrenheit so I don't know what the 32 is. I have mine set to go 2 degrees past the desired temp of 50 degrees... but it still stops when temp hits 50. Any idea on this. I also turned the >-1 degree setting to off because I didn't want it to go a degree below my desired temp before it starts up. I would really like this to be efficient and not go through startup and stopping as much. So I would like to have it go the full 2 degrees before stopping. Any ideas?

Read a bit about this controller on their website. Some might find this funny, but as a ‘ yank ‘ I really appreciate that it can operate in Fahrenheit 🤠

I just ordered one!

START AT PAGE 1 AND KEEP GOING LOL I JUST BOUGHT A HEATER LIKE YOURS ALL IN ONE IT HAS A ALL ALUMINIUM CASE AND A 4 HOLE OUTLET I WAS BLOWN AWAY ITS ALL ALUMINUM LOOKS GREAT CANT WAIT TO HOOK IT UP !! THANKS FOR ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE BUDDY !

Hi everybody, I'm totally brand new to these type of heaters can anyone point me in the right direction of which model is the best to buy, there seems to be so many! And of course where to purchase from, thanks.

Do you have a link to buy one of these does anyone have one for sale in uk please cheers kye

Mine came in the mail today!

I'm planning on getting diesel heaters for a couple of my rigs. Is there one that you would recommend that is compatible with the Afterburner?

Thanks David - I was having a mare of a day and your use of the C words cheered me up no end! I went to the Afterburner site but confused to if the 8kw or 5kw vehicle heaters could be used - there is no real way of telling which controller board I'd get from an Ebay advert! anyone know?

Great video! So, is the afterburner android app mostly a monitor with limited control features, or does the app offer the same controls as the main afterburner module(?)

Thank you for your superb no nonsense content. What diesel heater are you using here? I am keen to get one which is compatible with the Afterburner. Thanks again.

How or where do I buy one? Couldn't even find it on the afterburner site. Thanks

How are people in the UK getting hold of these? I see that Mr Jones doesn't ship here ??

i would be interested in, if you run the afterburner in thermostat mode if it has fixed the issue that the heater runs always just in lowest mode and highest mode. it would be nice if it could adjust the temperature smoothly!? thx

Hi David! Where can I buy a genuine Afterburner?

Have Chinese diesel heater with the same stock controller that is mounted on your heater . The problem I'm having is the heater still runs on low heat mode when the set temperature in my RV is satisfied. There for overheating the RV making it very uncomfortable, have to shut the heater off manually and turn back on when he is needed ( not a good design) does the afterburner shut the heater down completely and then restarts at when heat is needed again . Like the thermostat does in my house . Please reply ASAP thank you George

Just ordered one and reading the manual ready for when it arrives Messages with Ray he seems a real nice guy and verry helpfull Can anyone tell me the easist way to set the "Frost Mode" Its for the greenhouse so I want it to maintain 12 Deg C It looks easy enough to do but any help is appreciated Thanks in advance

Hey, what heater is that in the background? Or is it a custom stand jobby?

Hi, Love your vids, can you tell me the model of your heater and where available please, Again thanks, from a fellow Scot.

I'm looking to fit one of these heaters to my small workshop to maintain a reasonable temperature in it. Any idea if the afterburner can take inputs from other sources? Either physical connections or over wifi. I want to integrate temp/humidity sensing, de-humidifier and heating in to a smart home solution but i've no idea how i would trigger the heater to start/ stop remotely.

Good shot making this video, I was about to buy the Challenger ACLS sells, if my holmebuild setup fails. But now I will go for the Afterburner. 1. It's not a copy of a aftermarket bit. (4th party thing?) 2. Seems to have better features and reviews.

Are the delays the same as the lcd screen or can you set it to start every morning before work/shower?

Will it work with webasto evo?

Can one use The fan in it without the heating with it?

How can i get one shipped to northern Ireland?

Does it have a feature where you set a temp and it'll switch its self on rather than having it on tick over?

Could this also be used to control the 16kw diesel water heater ?

Great informative vid my friend. Thank you. I wonder if you have an idea on how well these China heaters would work on long-term use. I'm needing constant running heat for weeks or longer at one time. With a larger fuel source and being able to refuel live I will be hoping to operate at a continuous cycle. Let us know if these heaters are good to run long term with no shut downs!

Hey David, the term you were after at the end was Hysteresis :-)

I'm dying to know if this can be made to work with the combo air/water heater model! Worst case just the heater part and wire up a switch manually for the circ. pump.

hallo aus österreich, wo kann ich den afterburner kaufen ?

I'm pretty interested in how well Afterburner does actual temp control. Stock 5kW does it so that when outside is -2 to -5 and inside is set to +20°C, it runs full steam to exceed set value, then idles until drops 1 degree below set. Then full steam cycle to idle. For that exterior temps, my campervan does two cycles per hour. That consumes way much more battery charge than needed and likely also more fuel. Really working PI control algorithm would learn the control response and just raise a bit fuel pump bpm and speed up fans accordingly a bit. If Afterburner does that, it'll be excellent replacement. I'm just little worried that heater control board is too much responsible for controlling temps...

Cool! Can you show us how it can be connected to a WiFi network so the heater can be controlled like this.

It would appear shipping to the UK is not possible, according to the website :-(

Is this compatible with the Eberspächer? My 4Kw Eberspächer came with the basic rheostat rotary controller.

I'm going to use the exhaust to preheat the fuel to 130c for better combustion what do you think about this?

Hi. Can u make a vid about frost mode and timer?