Radiant kerosene heater 3 months review E1 code delete

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Bought the forced air torpedo or aka salamander heater with 80.000 btu a couple of years ago to keep the shop warm during the cold winter months ... it works good but got tired of that thing being so loud cant hear someone talk cant hear your radio or anything else for that matter.
So I found this 70.000 btu kerosene radiant heater and WOW ... its quiet and better on fuel and I almost want to say better or more heat or should I say different heat.
The salamander cost around $200 and the Mr Heater around $260 id say well worth the extra $60
So now after 3 months of use and burning 120 gallon of diesel thru it ... how do I like it now ??? Well the warranty sucks because it started giving the E1 code as explained in the video so a long story short I still love this heater because it is quite and on average I burned 1.33 gallon per day in a somewhat insulated shop with 1650 square ft of floor space and if I have to give it a good guess id say its at least half of what the salamander would burn. But since I delete the "computer/print board" its been running great again and once again I'm impressed with it
So what do you think? Love it ? Hate it? Share your opinion.
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@RandyGriffin-jx7uy 7 ай бұрын

Thank god you made this video . After two months mine started that e1 code I loved this heater run it every day in my shot now after watching your video I’m back running it without anymore problems thank you so much be safe brother

@CountryMileGarage 7 ай бұрын

I hear you I love the heater as well and was in the same boat as you were. Been trouble free after I did this mod 2 years ago. Once a year I have to clean the spray nozzle out and that's it. Thank you for watching my friend

@kenschmick4315 Жыл бұрын

just did this modification to my heater today. Thanks for the video!

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

I've been running it like that for a couple years now ... thank you for watching

@jasperjones6962 Жыл бұрын

Just finished doing this this afternoon the heater is running great again thanks for the idea.

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

That's awesome I'm glad I could make a difference. That is why I put these videos up ... thank you for watching and stay warm

@tommiemcleodjr.2174 2 жыл бұрын

YES!!! You my friend are a great man...I've been looking for a way to fix mine and ... BOOM ... thank you Sir.

@CountryMileGarage 2 жыл бұрын

glad I can help my man ... thank you for watching

@concretecurt 5 ай бұрын

One thing that the circuit board does is shut off the fuel if it gets hot, or loses ignition for some reason. By setting it up manually as you have done is great if it doesn't have any loss of ignition. If yours failed to fire it would just keep pumping fuel , which would be liquid /vapor unburnt fuel until the tank was empty. If pump continues to run without fuel it will be destroyed. The setup you created is best not left unattended, but I understand it eliminated the sensitive electronics and thus works.

@CountryMileGarage 5 ай бұрын

Once it's fired up you don't need ignition so the only time you'd have a problem is when you lose power and it comes back on. This was the best way I know how to keep this heater up and running instead of throwing it away ... thank you for watching

@concretecurt 5 ай бұрын

I believe ignition is needed before and during the time the fuel selenoid is open. Ignition is required during firing, it does not ignite or continue to burnt without an ignition source. And it continually needs an ignition source, if you cut ignition it goes out /if you cut fuel it goes out. But if you cut ignition only it will continue to pump fuel which then goes unburnt. I understand what you have done, but why do you think there is a complicated circuit board /control board in these units?

@CountryMileGarage 5 ай бұрын

@@concretecurt look here mister I have been running this heater for 2 years trouble free and it ONLY NEEDS IGNITION AT START UP look at the video again. I don't care what you believe I'm running this heater the way it is. There's no discussion about this if YOU don't like it or don't want to run it that is your call but don't tell me how this thing works or doesn't work !!!

@funone8716 Жыл бұрын

You can read all over the internet where people bought these and they are junk. I appreciate the hack and your skills tho

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

Ever since this heater has been great for me ... thank you for watching

@milekh6681 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video , Pro tip: I too ran into their warranty issues. I fixed mine by going to northern tool and buying a new one and putting the old one back into the new box and retuning it to the store for a full cash refund. Works awesome now

@CountryMileGarage 2 жыл бұрын

Yes that works lol good tip ... thank you for watching

@murph55 Жыл бұрын

i think i got your old heater, thank you

@ussweeneyd Жыл бұрын

Did you also take a ceiling fan back to Menards with the wrong blades swapped in the box?😂

@omara.fuentes3027 5 ай бұрын

😂😂

@neilmoore3856 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same issues with mine. Its been on the shelf for months. Hoping your idea will bring it back to life. Thanks for the info.

@CountryMileGarage 2 жыл бұрын

So far it has worked great ... I felt I didn't had much to lose with it. If you have any questions let me know. Thank you for watching

@dbabb2484 2 жыл бұрын

I’m gonna do this I guess, I’ve had one for 3 winters now and the first winter it worked great, second one was ok had to adjust the fuel now and then, but this winter it’s been nothing but problems, can’t get the thing to stop throwing me the E1 code, calling the tech line from mr heater is like calling your local elementary school and asking for a random 2nd grader on the phone, I know 10x more about this machine than they do apparently. But I love the hater when it’s working, puts out great heat, burns clean, and isn’t that loud

@CountryMileGarage 2 жыл бұрын

I feel the pain lol I still run this same heater and love it for the same things as what you pointed out ... hence I made this video save people some grief and money and keep running it ... thank you for watching

@shawnhorne9296 Жыл бұрын

Very Very good 👍

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

Thank you and thank you for watching

@seaox2109 3 жыл бұрын

That is great! I have the same heater and I use it outside in 20° weather and the only way to properly shut it off was to turn the thermostat to 41° which doesn’t work because the outside temp is colder than that. I put a fuel shut off valve on it so I can run it out if fuel and the cool down fan will still work. I love your idea and will modify mine once it starts acting up. Great heater other than that though.

@CountryMileGarage 3 жыл бұрын

Yes feel the same about it works awesome but all that safety stuff was killing it lol. There's a electric fuel shut off valve on it btw

@gustavomaciel787 Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

thank you for watching

@wooddawg4868 3 ай бұрын

Mr heater should look at your setup and take some notes

@CountryMileGarage 3 ай бұрын

LOL wouldn't that be great, but I doubt they will ... thank you for watching

@lobatomeee1 Жыл бұрын

like a Boss!

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

LOL ... thank you for watching

@MrKlymaxer 2 жыл бұрын

Its sad so many people have the same issue with this heater. Mine has been working fine for months, this morning its been running, hr later it lit and then throws E1. Now its just repeat E1, I did all the things. I cleaned everything I could find, adjusted fuel pressure, still E1. Lit for a few seconds and shutoff.

@CountryMileGarage 2 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way ... but I really like this heater a lot so therefore I did the modification and I still run it this way as of today. Thank you for watching

@jasperjones6962 Жыл бұрын

Hello I removed the wiring harnesses an the circuit board from my heater. The fuel pump has a heavy blue and yellow wire coming from the main body. Screwed to the top of the pump with the fuel feed line hooked to it is a cylinder shaped device with two small red wires going to it do you know what this is for?

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

I think that's the fuel shut off valve to keep the fuel pump primed ... thank you for watching

@nathan3856 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a simple wiring diagram for this new setup?

@CountryMileGarage 2 жыл бұрын

No I do not sorry ...

@jasperjones6962 Жыл бұрын

Mine runs for two minutes and shuts off I did everything in the troubleshooting section did absolutely nothing. Did you discard the electronic eye as well?

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

Yes everything you don't need I ripped out and wired the fans the ignitor and fuel pump. Thank you for watching

@svrperformane964 2 жыл бұрын

Im confused. Please let me know if I have this right? Fuel pump, fan and ignition all have 2 wires going to it. One goes to neutral and the other one goes to one side of the switch. On the other side of the switch I have power spliced from the black hot wire coming in..

@CountryMileGarage 2 жыл бұрын

That's correct David ... thank you for watching

@svrperformane964 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply. One more question.. how do I know which wires are neutral and which one goes to my black (hot) wires?

@CountryMileGarage 2 жыл бұрын

@@svrperformane964 if my memory serves me correctly it was the white ones

@user-tm4ji9en8h 10 ай бұрын

Mine has the ignition wires. What to do with main power wires? Do they need moving? Tripping my house fues

@CountryMileGarage 10 ай бұрын

It's been so long ago I can't quite remember how I did it to be honest with you ... thank you for watching

@jasperjones6962 Жыл бұрын

Is the blower motor and the cooling fan wired to the same switch?

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

yes both fans hooked up to one switch ... thank you for watching

@sethsmith3802 Жыл бұрын

Do you have 3 white wires together, I can only find 2

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

There's two in the heater but the third white wire is from the wire that you plug into the wall. Thank you for watching hope this helps

@bartonganigan5783 6 ай бұрын

Does this unit give off the kerosene smell and burn your eyes while in your garage after having it in for about 1/2hr or so?

@CountryMileGarage 6 ай бұрын

I run regular diesel in it and never a smell or burning eyes. Last year during the artic cold snap I even used it in our house for a day and no problems. Thank you for watching

@chrisFamo 7 ай бұрын

Mines is getting E1 code,, I’m following your steps but getting confused on the wiring ,,not much light and wires being zip tied together hard to see ..also maybe like 2 wires are a different color than yours

@CountryMileGarage 7 ай бұрын

I'm sure after all these years some of the wiring colors have change. Just separate the wiring and look where has to go where and hook it up. Thank you for watching

@rolm7877 Жыл бұрын

I need your help please, bought two of these, second day of using both stop working

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

First of thank you for watching. Is it giving you a E1 error code already ?

@rolm7877 Жыл бұрын

@@CountryMileGarage I have different brand call Master brand, looks the same , but have no codes, I would like to take all that build in crap out, and install switches

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

@@rolm7877 before you take it all apart personally I'd like to know why it's not working first. But it's your heater so you can do what you want with it lol.

@hermangarman177 Жыл бұрын

If you use it in you're shop maybe you can hook a thermostat up to it

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

I could but this is simple and it works for me lol ... I like simple lol. Thank you for watching

@gustavomaciel787 Жыл бұрын

Besides this issues. This heater good. How does it due on fuel

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

Heater does great been running this modification for 2 years now getting ready for the 3rd winter lol. Probably about a gallon or so on average. Thank you for watching

@TJ-hd5ym Жыл бұрын

You should sell your diagram, I ran 2 gal. Brand new next day E1 code second heater both the same problem

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

That sucks they broke that fast for you. Hope this video will help to get them up and running again. Been running it like this for over 2 years now and still runs strong ... I love this heater. Thank you for watching

@ussweeneyd Жыл бұрын

Had mine a month and the fan off delay has never worked. I guess I’m gonna need to start cutting wires 😂

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

LOL that is up to you ... thank you for watching

@pittsburghhustler412 Жыл бұрын

Did you use 110v switches I'm guessing?

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

No basically regular 12v toggle switches it's the amps that burns them up not the voltage. So get the 20 amps or so and you should be in good shape

@pittsburghhustler412 Жыл бұрын

Ok so I wired it the way you did. I have fans. I have the ignitor working and I have fuel. All 3 switches work. But the heater still won't ignite. I took the heater apart a step further to see the nozzle. I can see a fine mist of fuel when I turn the fuel switch on. The I hit the igniter and it wants to light but won't. Any idea's?

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

@@pittsburghhustler412 double check fuel filter and take the nozzle apart and clean and blow that out. And you may need to mess with your fuel pump settings. It's hard to say what's wrong with out seeing it if you know what I mean. But not enough fuel or fuel pressure to make a fine enough mist could be the problem

@bradforddunn9453 2 жыл бұрын

Mine arrived today. Put it together, put in half a tank of kerosene turned it on, ran for 20 seconds then shut down. Shows an error code of E7 according to the book is motor speed fault. Anyone else ever experienced this? Of course it’s late Saturday afternoon and Mr. heater is closed. Guess I’ll find out how good their warranty and service department is on Monday.

@CountryMileGarage 2 жыл бұрын

I have no idea to be honest with you ... let me know what you find out. Thank you for watching

@Android_Warrior 2 жыл бұрын

Well?, any luck with MrHeater???????

@staceyellis9193 Жыл бұрын

You probably picked up the one the other fellow returned .

@karrar55 4 ай бұрын

Can i do this on a dyno glo radiant heater? The insides look similar

@CountryMileGarage 4 ай бұрын

I'm sure you can on the end of the day the same principle applies. As long as you have somewhat of a understanding on how electricity works I'm sure you can get it going again ... hope this helps and thank you for watching

@karrar55 4 ай бұрын

@@CountryMileGarage ty sir

@karrar55 4 ай бұрын

So I got it all wired up and the pump seems to not pump any fuel, i hear it pumping, valve is working but no fuel, it was firing up yesterday but not anymore

@CountryMileGarage 4 ай бұрын

@@karrar55 have you tried to let the pump suck fuel out of a cup bottle or bowl with a hose ?

@karrar55 4 ай бұрын

@CountryMileGarage yea I tried that, so I removed the valve wires and it fired up, I go to put it all together and it doesn't wanna fire up lol I did unplug hoses tho

@Stroem14 Жыл бұрын

Would of been nice if you could of actually showed the wiring better or had a diagram.

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

I feel like if you don't understand some of the basic things of electricity you shouldn't tackle this job. But thank you for watching

@jameshood3692 Жыл бұрын

@@CountryMileGarage your reply was a disappointment, some people need more than others and that's okay, no need to drag him dude

@PIGGEBANK Жыл бұрын

@@jameshood3692 and this isn't the time for clueless people to have their hands held making a literal bomb. The channel owner doesnt want to be liable for others' ignorance, because it's dangerous.

@jpbarley Жыл бұрын

They should of built it this way from the factory. all this electronic junk anymore on everything

@CountryMileGarage Жыл бұрын

You are 100% correct and I agree with you. It's probably the biggest reason why half the stuff gets thrown away ... but then again a lot of people don't want to fix things anymore either ... thank you for watching

@bartonganigan5783 6 ай бұрын

So I see the reviews. It sounds like this is not worth it unless your some kinda handy man technician or electrician

@CountryMileGarage 6 ай бұрын

This video is several years old now I hope they have the problem fixed by now, but I don't know. Been running it with that mod for years now and 0 problems I love this heater. Hope this helps and thank you for watching