I like this guy, he's honest and doesn't talk in riddles. He said, this little Jackery will run your heater about 6 hrs. Well, I figure maybe 🤔 a bigger Jackery will run it alot longer and get me through the night 🌙 THANKS for being honest and sharing. Now,I'll be buying a couple Jackery's

Hi David. Thanks for another informative video. My take on a power supply for the heater is two 7amp hour lead acid batteries (14ah) ,solar charger for voltage display and usb output and charging. I use the heater to heat my tent on winter camping trips, and have a small wood burning stove for cooking. Cheers, Jim.

Mr McLuckie. Just when you have an idea somebody is already there, and in your case with a fun comprehensive explanation. This is great for camper vans. You can run your fridge and diesel heater from the cheapest jackery power bank , and you can charge the bank on solar. Cold for bear and heat for sleep and drying wet cocks, all on the cheap, my world just got better. Thank you my man.

Thank you! I’ve got the Vtoman 600 and do not want a whole new set up just for a heater. This gives me hope. Just moved to Scotland and planning ahead

A very helpful video, thank you. I wanted to know if this exact power unit would power a diesel heater, and you have answered that question perfectly.

hello David nice peace of work. and well presented. thank you for all of your continued help. in the running an maintenance of said device . all the best tone

I'm so glad someone finally answered my question as to whether my Jackery 240 could run my diesel heater. It can! Thank you sir!

keep up dave, very informal, great info.thanks for sharing

For the first 7 mins I was thinking "why does 3x 20 = 210?“ due to your magnificent handwriting on the bench

Took forever to find this video, so helpful! Thank you! Excited to hear my jackery 300 should run my DH without issue

Very useful video. But I found it after I ordered my Explorer 240 because of the seasonal discount code. My hopes are to use it to run a diesel heater, but that's going to take me a couple of months to buy the heater and other parts to build a system. My plans are eventually to put it all in a roof top box that I can mount to my car's roof and depending on how I run ducts and hoses, it'll be used to heat the car, garage or ice fishing tent Six hours operating the heater is a bit of a disappointment, but this is the only size I can afford for the time being so it'll be a good place to start. I guess I'll have to figure out the run time for having it on half and low power and seeing how it'll be at keeping a tent on the ice warm. But it sounds like I'll probably still run a propane heater probably during the non sleeping hours I'm fishing. As for in the garage, I'll probably get a 12V PSU in the roof top box to run the heater since I'll have grid power available there.

Many thanks for the video, just what I was looking for. I want a portable diesel heater and I'm trying to avoid the installation of a secondary battery (perhaps at the end is worth the investment). Regards

Thanks for your videos. I've had a lot of cigarette lighter plugs melt. They come in a wide variety of quality, mostly poor. This one looks like it's pretty good though.

Will it run on transmission fluid?

Very informative, thanks.

$260CDN in Canada. Thats 150 UKP. I always stay for the 70's game show music at the end;)

The power Oak couldn't run a diesel night heater off the 10 amp power socket, tested by Mel's Van Life. The Jackery did work just like you demonstrated so they're definitely not all equal 👍

How long does it take to charge the power station on mains or charge alternator?

This is an interresting video. im looking at getting a diesel heater for shed/greenhouse. I dont know if you have done a video on these heaters being run of a 12v battery, how long would a 120ah battery power these heaters on a worse case setting of 40w

I work with the German unit's quite a bit and i use edith as a diagnostic measure. The amp drop is your glow plug heating up and the German models are the same values you gave on the video. People pick up this unit and save money. ❤

Ok now it made me think of the dewalt 20/60/v 9ah running in the converter Will 60v be better going in would it last longer or will the converter just eat your power

I bought a similar spec portable battery which doesnt have the guts to fire up an 5kw on either its DC or AC with a PSU. I ended up getting a Y cable and connecting the heater to a 3 cell lipo and a lipo charger. The lipo battery handles the starting and stopping current. The charger which is powered from the bank is set to balance charge at 1.4A (depends on heater output setting). A balance charger ramps down its charging current as the battery voltage nears 12.6v. With the load of the heater it never reaches 12.6v so just continuously charges. Not an idea solution but I had the stuff on hand.

so the max it drew was 111 watts during the firing up of the glowplug ? Is this for the 8kw heater ?

Hi David .. really informative so thanks again ... I am really interested but am wondering how would you go about installing the jackery to ensure it doesn’t run to a point that it doesn’t retain enough power to facilitate the correct suit down cycle? for example if you are using this configuration to run a night heater in a boat ? Kind regards - john

Would bigger battery booster pack work for this?

Great content mate. Would a Jackery be capable of running something like Bobil Vans hot water system too? They're pretty impressive, I'm thinking of getting the 1000 or 1500 and hoping it's all I need to run hot water and a diesel heater. Cheers mate.

Portable power combined with portable heat, rather handy stuff if it could be made to last longer (depending on use and requirements of course)... :D

Love to see if this would work with a bluetti eb3a power station

Does the heater really use more than 10 amps for startup? I'm looking for a 110v to 12 volt houe adapter, and not sure if I should get a 10 amp or 15 amp adapter. The 15 amp are much more expensive and common.

The lidl 4 amp hour tool batterys seem good and are £25 there getting them in soon

What is this jackery?

My diesel heater won’t turn on this way. I keep getting the overload error from my Anker 767…

What type of connector do I need for the power supply from the heater going to the dc12 to the power station. I have the ecoflow river 2.

David where did you buy your diesel heater from, was looking for one for my garage for working in it at winter,

Very informative, I just wanted to know more about the cigarette cable and what size fuse you used. Got the allpowers R600 and wanted to power diesel heater with it.

I have a diesel heater and set it up twice but it only stays on for A very few minutes. Can u tell me the correct cord to use from unit to Jackery as I feel this is my problem. I used a 12v cord. Is it different a page????? Nothing in instructions about amps. Thank you for your video.

Helloooooo....please let me know where you got the part that plugs in to the jackery...the crap one I bought melted. Thanks.

What 12v plug did you purchase? I'm looking for something to connect a diesel heater to a jackery 1500

Hey David, do you think the power supply can be connected to the wall while running the heater? I would like to use it for its 12v interface and not start with dapters and wirings. thanks!

So, realistically, how long on a full charge can you run a diesel heater off of this Jackery Explorer 240? full power for 10 mins on startup, full power on shut down, and low power/fan throughout operation? Thanks for any help you can provide.

Great video Dave, I have set up my diesel heater using the 240w jackery. I used the 12v plug that came with the jackery but my output doesn't go above 5w. I was wondering what 12v plug did you use or would it matter. I do have. E09 error but that's is probably because the sensor doesn't detect the fan . It doesn't seem to receive any power to start the fan, but it the jackery does work to prime. I won't your the 12v plug be the problem.

Hello, how did you get your heater to run on a jackery, I have an explorer 1000 and it won't run the heater? Thanks.

Could a 105ah Leisure Battery cope with running this heater on and off for a weekend or would I need a bigger battery? Many thanks.

Awesome, what brand of heater is this running and do you think it would run a lavanar?

I just purchased a diesel heater for ice fishing, I am worried that the 5kw heater might be to big, is there a way to lower it to 2kw if it is to hot for my application? And I bought the 5kw because of the case design it will fit my application the best and it is only offered in 5kw. Thanks

Hi, are the wires coming out of your cigarette plug thicker gauge than the rest of the wires going to the heater?

I have a Jackery 1000 pro. I tried to use it to power my 5kw diesel heater and the Jackery shut off after about 150w output. Any way around tbat or how did you work around that issue? Here is the kicker, I used my Jackery 300 for the same purpose - no issues at all.

Will a 500 watt jackery be able to startup and run a diesel heater? Just in the dc port?

Wow, I'm surprised the 240 battery handled the 5k heater. 👍

Nice test. I would love to get my hands on those wire union connectors. Can you supply the name or link.

Weird...I tested mine with the Bluetti EB3a (600watts) and it would not fire up even though the cig. lighter port is rated at 10 amps. How the hell did this ‘lower' unit do it?

You ever had any start up issues with the heater taking to many amps for the DC output. I want to get a solar generator but worried about start up. It says the heater can take up to 11.5 amps.

Hi, is the heater 5kw or 2 kw??

I've a 2kw diesel heater (came with van) connected to leisure battery with crocodile clips. Will this run of my jackary 1000 if the clips are changed to a suir the 12v 10amp socket on jackary?

could you show us how to connect the jackery to the heater

Hello can I run espar airtronic D3 plus on portable dometic PLB 40 portable battery?

Hi David thanks for the great videos Just wondering if you have run the heater off a ecoflow power bank Thanks Wayne

Hi David, I watched this video so many times it's been really useful as I'm looking into getting a jackery to power my diesel heater. Could I ask, the cigarette socket male adapter I need to purchase for connecting the heater to the jackery, I've seen some that come with a 15amp fuse or a 10amp fuse. Which fusing would I need for connecting the heater to the jackery? Thanks

But would it still fry the diesel heater once it ran out of juice as it has a Lithium (18ah?) battery and as you said would step down in voltage and shut down the heater and not go through its cool down phase?

I got the 240 Jackery and the 500 to me its cutting it kind of close with the 240 esp. you going to need the Jackery to run at almost full power when the heater shuts down. I wouldnt hesitate to use my 500 instead of the 240. Right now im using 2, Valence, U1-12RT @ 40 Ah each Lithium batteries.80Ah should run the heater as long as i need before shutting down with out any worries at all.

Might be a silly question, but i have no electric knowledge. If a power bank only delivers 12v 7.5a can i use it to run a boost converter 12v 15a to get a diesel heater running ?

How much power did you need left to shut it down? Did you do that ?

I have the Jackery 300. I will try it on my 5kw diesel heater. I believe Jackery's have a regulated 12 volt outlet.

Hi. Do you have any idea why my poweroak ac30 won't run the heater? It's 10amp and had more wattage than the jackery 240? Thanks

I want to do this instead of running a leasure battery in my van. My diesel heater is currently connected to my car battery. How do I connected the connector that plugs into the unit on the wires from my leasure battery. Do they require soldering?

so how long would a 110 lesure batterie last

Can you put all this diesel heaters from 12volt to 24 volt ? Or do you need to scange any glowplug or something?? Like all your video from norway

How long can the diesel heater work on this portable power station? EcoFlow river mini Capacity 210Wh DC Output 12.6V 10A

What are those connectors called and where do I get them and the 12 v plug?

I just bought an 8KW diesel heater. Using my Jackery 500 via the car jack. The jackery shows the heater pulling up to 130W on startup but then E-01 comes up and shuts off every time. I don’t know what to do now.

Im interested on the wiring and what i need to buy. I have no knowledge of wiring at 61 year old grandma. I have a 300w jackery and a 300w inverter although the inverter is not a puresign wave.

I have ordered a all powers 300 watt power station I wonder if it will power my 5 kw heater if not I will have to get a leisure battery.

10amps wasn't enough to power my heater. It uses about 11 amps on startup. Had to get a DC-AC converter with 15amp max to make it work.

Really the best way is go online to a rc hobby store and order a 4s lipo and a charger. If you want to save money, take the computer power supply out of an old/free computer tower. They typically range between 300-600 watts. Plenty of power for this application, and absolutely free.

What is heater kW? I have 5000kW but i don´t think it could ber used on 10A outlet.

Would my goal zero 200 x be able to run it also what diesel heater is that

Great vid, Can I run a diesel heater off a car battery whilst charging the battery at the same time ?

Another option is to go to your auto parts store and buy a 50Ah deep cycle battery for a fraction of the cost and connect it directly.

I have a Planar portable diesel heater that i run from my 12v connection on my Jackery 1000W power station. It is a 2kwh heater. Upon start up it draws maybe 8 amps for a minute, and on the low setting less than 1 amp. I’d suggest you’d get more than 6 hours on that smaller Jackery. I’ve been using the heater for a year with a heavy duty cigarette plug and it’s been great.

What about a video relocating the heat sensitive components outside the case?

Can you connect the deisel heater to a battery charger and not use a 12 volt battery ?

Quick question is it possible to start the heater with a car battery and switch to a power station with a switch??

Good movie. Diesel heater are 5kw or ??

i have a jackery 500 but after i started my heater and the fuel pump kicked on i got a E01 error code for low voltage, do you know why that would happen? I think i have a 8kw heater, is it too much for the jackery? Thanks

As much as I love the idea of a power station. The comparison with a tool battery appears a little off except over price. Surely a comparison with a venerable jump start pack would be a more likely one. It too portable and similar capacity

Hi there , you have probably been asked and talked about how do you go about putting a 12 vault connection on the diesel heater ? . All diesel heater s come with positive and negative battery wire's instead of the 12 v connection to plug into the battery pack

I am having a time trying to set mines up like this. When plugged to the Jackery 1000 and powered on, 5k heater display lights up, motors/fans kick in, then display flickers for a minute then the whole thing cuts off. But when plugged into van 12 volt plug, heater works. Unfortunately I can't just leave the van on and run it this way as it defeats the purpose. I'm speculating reasons as to why it's not working but I need solutions more than I need reasons.

very interesting .. i can't help but wonder how this would compare to trying to run heater on a generic 12v jump-pack ( i doubt many could sustain the 8amps from their cig lighter )

Hi David what diesel heater did you use for the video? Thank you.

Heater, 20L fuel can, battery, solar panels etc. Battery has maybe 500 charge cycles if it is kept above freezing and below (?) temp and never totally drained or overcharged? Anyway thank you for all your work. I have come to conclusion to forget about all of the above and just get 2000 watt generator/inverter and electric heater. The out of pocket expense, longevity, maintenance and required dedicated space in a vehicle for diesel heater et al don't seem to make as much $$$ sense as generator/inverter. Open to being convinced I am wrong. Cheers.

I wonder....could you get enough power out of a Peltier plate(s) to offset the draw from the fan when up to temperature? Think stove fan on steroids!? You would obviously need an additional supply to get it up and running, but if you could generate enough energy from heat...the thing could run forever!

Can it jump start

Why didn't you sort it out before doing the video

And i run my heater on a 200ah renogy Lifep04 battery indefinitely - even only with 600w solar

Can the Jackery be hooked up to a Victron 220-12V converter and run the heater endlessly when camping while connected to wall power?

All powers solar generator runs a diesel heater on tick over all night no problems

So in your opinion, can a 2kw diesel heater running on a low setting off a Jackery 240, run for 8 hrs including shut down mode?

Just for everyone info. A poweroak ac30 with a 10amp 12v socket won't keep my 8kw labelled 5kw heater running past the combustion stage.

if it is not been moved about 2x 110ah leisure batterys would be better longer run time and cheaper some places you may even get a 3rd battery

9amps for 1 minute each time the diesel heater starts up or stops. So it is better to keep the heater running slowly at 1anp than it cycling on and off more frequent than every 18 minutes. in low mode the heater draws 1amp. at full speed its 2.7 amps. This is why it;s a good idea to go for a 2kw in a small camper van than a 5kw. Also the jackery has a boost converter to lift the Lion batteries that would be 11.6v at full charge up to 13v. As the batteries voltage drops steeply at the end the boost converter will need to pull more current to maintain the 13v until the current limiter will suddenly cut out the 13v Supply. As you say this would be bad for the heater as it will suddenly lose power without a chance to go through cool down. It would have been nice if you had proved or disproved it. Diesel heaters are designed to run off lead acid car batteries, So that they can detect a battery low voltage 11.6amp at glow plug startup. And then just shut down without injecting fuel. And while running the heater will detect a low voltage and go through it's shut down sequence.