Snugger diesel heater DIY install

[DannyG]

Running a diesel heater all night is not all that different to running a genny all night.
Just my experience.....

Now I definitely want a silencer......I don't want to be seen in that light

[Pete79]

Running a diesel heater all night is not all that different to running a genny all night.
Just my experience.....

Edit;
That was a bit harsh for this thread.....

Yeah they're the same. :|

[xcvator]

Running a diesel heater all night is not all that different to running a genny all night.
Just my experience.....

what sort of genny........................10vka ?

[GBC]

We have never run ours all night. Just kids bedtime and morning. Yes, on startup they get a fair old roar up, but at cruising speed (now) mine is barely audible. My 2kva Honda would need to be on a 60 metre lead and be hidden behind a tree to be at a similar noise level. But it is noise all the same which is why we are doing our best to kill it.

[Ben.Archer]

what sort of genny........................10vka ?

I want one of your generators, mine is the quietest I could find, but if they make them near silent like my heater I want one.

[Rumpig]

Running a diesel heater all night is not all that different to running a genny all night.
Just my experience.....

don't come camping with us then...we had 4 out of the 5 campers running them all night long last weekend away. In saying that, we were on a property with nobody else in sight. I can't here my heater running from 10 metres away, I'm yet to hear a genny that quiet, and bad luck to anyone choosing to camp that close to me I reckon.

[tryagain]

Always seems to be those without one doing the complaining 

[Ben.Archer]

Always seems to be those without one doing the complaining 

Interesting that

[GeoffA]

Where's the complaint??
Just stating my experience.....and it seems I'm not alone.
Looks like I've ruffled a few feathers....

 

[xcvator]

Where's the complaint??
Just stating my experience.....and it seems I'm not alone.
Looks like I've ruffled a few feathers....

 

[DannyG]

They are pretty quiet. Well mine is, Im not sure about others.

You generally cant hear it a few metres away, even in the dead of the night. The gent who said he thought he was camping next to a jet airplane did set up right next to the outlet and I mean right near it....as in 1 metre away!
Which was ok because it was a private function in a bush location and the flat spots near all the action were limited so he set up his swag pretty much against my camper........he must have thought that it was odd that the jet was running on diesel though...cough cough

[Rumpig]

They are pretty quiet. Well mine is, Im not sure about others.

one of the cheaper units being run at our camp last week was much noisier then the Webasto units that were running, but he wasn't running a muffler on his unit yet  as he had only just installed it that week, and I reckon it was still quieter then my Honda genny is. It didn't help that this person set up closest to the fire area as far as hearing it run went, but it's not like we had to talk loudly to hear each other over it's noise either.

[DannyG]

I dont want to take the op's topic too far away but the thing with noise's while camping is that everything is probably tolerable while your awake, its when you go to bed the problem starts..........I think there is nothing worse than a genny humming in the background so I fully understand why a person would be distracted from a diesel heater if they can hear it, even though they are quiet, it would still be annoying. I wear earplugs while I sleep with the heater on because I can faintly hear the fuel pump ticking and that is enough to annoy me!

Nothing is as annoying as thumping music though 

[GeoffA]

I dont want to take the op's topic too far away but the thing with noise's while camping is that everything is probably tolerable while your awake, its when you go to bed the problem starts..........I think there is nothing worse than a genny humming in the background so I fully understand why a person would be distracted from a diesel heater if they can hear it, even though they are quiet, it would still be annoying. I wear earplugs while I sleep with the heater on because I can faintly hear the fuel pump ticking and that is enough to annoy me!
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Bingo Danny.....

[The punter]

I dont want to take the op's topic too far away but the thing with noise's while camping is that everything is probably tolerable while your awake, its when you go to bed the problem starts..........I think there is nothing worse than a genny humming in the background so I fully understand why a person would be distracted from a diesel heater if they can hear it, even though they are quiet, it would still be annoying. I wear earplugs while I sleep with the heater on because I can faintly hear the fuel pump ticking and that is enough to annoy me!

Nothing is as annoying as thumping music though 

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