Album: Heating

     Album:Heating

Diesel Furnace Heater System
Provides heat for:
  1. Bus interior
  2. Drivers seat
  3. WVO heating
  4. Hot water

  • valves Manual to start, but hopefully solenoids at some point. WVO valves are two-way (selectors) and interior valves are one-way (on-off)
  • Thermostats (t-stat in diagram) - wired in multiple to turn on Proheat and to open valves when I convert to solenoids.
  • Hot water - I might eventually add a tank with a heat exchanger to store small amounts of hot water (perhaps with a small 120V element) so that I don't have to turn on the furnace to do things like wash a few dishes. Until then I'll just control the hot water manually.
Many suggest using a heat exchanger between the heater and the engine, but since I'm using a selector valve to switch between engine heat vs. proheat then a Proheat coolant leak can only lose the amount of coolant actually in the WVO system, so they are mostly isolated from each other.
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Heater System Diagram
( comments) 		The Proheat arrives,
filled with dirt and rust. Uh oh. ( comments) 		I grind rust off the enclosure,..
( comments) 		..in prep for painting.
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Oops. I realize
that the rustoleum I used was not high-heat. I grind it down again. ( comments) 		The base, reground.
( comments) 		I cleanup the inside of the cover.
( comments) 		And paint.
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The rubber feet
(back) were all rotting and decayed. I called ProHeat, and they wanted $50 for 4 replacements. I did some searching and discovered they are called bobbin mounts and are common,.. ( comments) 		..so I measured them
and got a set of exact replacements for a few bucks. Screw you ProHeat! ( comments) 		Newly mounted feet.
( comments) 		I find an old balloon-filling tank
which I modify to be a coolant tank. ( comments)
Prepping the tank
to weld on some new fittings. ( comments) 		Diagram old
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