Good idea. Cheap chinky pipe cracks or rots through cos of condensation and poisons your man inside. I bet the radiator idea is a winner too.
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Just beware what you buy.
Suffolk Trading Standards Imports Surveillance Team have detained 973 diesel heaters at the Port of Felixstowe over the last two months. All products were found to be unsafe, with listings for all sellers removed on eBay.
Consignments arrived at the Port in October and November and were stopped by the team, with samples sent to a test house for assessment.
Each of the products did not meet the requirements of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 because they could present the hazards of fire and death due to poor supporting installation information.
Manuals supplied with the products failed to give measurements for installing and did not give the minimum distance the exhaust pipe can be installed from flammable material, or material that could give off poisonous fumes when heated, such as insulation material.
No warning was provided about heat and dangers to the user if installed incorrectly.
Large parts of the manuals were written in poor English and had incorrect words used. The intended meaning was, in some cases, difficult to understand.
Additionally, the products and instructions did not have the name and address of the importer or manufacturer, and did not included the required Declaration of Conformity (DoC). A DoC is a formal declaration by a manufacturer, or the manufacturer's representative, that the product to which it applies meets all relevant requirements of all product safety directives applicable to that product.
If you have purchased a product that you think may be unsafe, stop using it immediately and report it to Trading Standards via Citizens Advice Consumer Service on 0808 223 1133.
You can google for a link yourself.
Suffolk Trading Standards Imports Surveillance Team have detained 973 diesel heaters at the Port of Felixstowe over the last two months. All products were found to be unsafe, with listings for all sellers removed on eBay.
Consignments arrived at the Port in October and November and were stopped by the team, with samples sent to a test house for assessment.
Each of the products did not meet the requirements of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 because they could present the hazards of fire and death due to poor supporting installation information.
Manuals supplied with the products failed to give measurements for installing and did not give the minimum distance the exhaust pipe can be installed from flammable material, or material that could give off poisonous fumes when heated, such as insulation material.
No warning was provided about heat and dangers to the user if installed incorrectly.
Large parts of the manuals were written in poor English and had incorrect words used. The intended meaning was, in some cases, difficult to understand.
Additionally, the products and instructions did not have the name and address of the importer or manufacturer, and did not included the required Declaration of Conformity (DoC). A DoC is a formal declaration by a manufacturer, or the manufacturer's representative, that the product to which it applies meets all relevant requirements of all product safety directives applicable to that product.
If you have purchased a product that you think may be unsafe, stop using it immediately and report it to Trading Standards via Citizens Advice Consumer Service on 0808 223 1133.
You can google for a link yourself.
Aha - sure, they can burn multi fuel.
Sorry I misunderstood you. Thanks for the confirmation.
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Just upgrade the pipe and have an alarm in the room.
PS Wasnt my idea BTW.
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Don't do that with any fuel burning device.
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Is it correct that no burner was tested and it is purely a question of incorrect paperwork.
Wasn't knocking you mate on those suggestions. These things will end up killing someone if they take off. Mind you, can't find the gas reg that suggests bodging your own flue is OK with a CO alarm present lol.
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I know nothing, I'm from Barcelona....
It does look like it, however given that the paperwork is substandard it does lead to to be concerned about if the build quality is also substandard.
Most of the youtube reviews on the Chinese Diesel Heaters seem positive and satisfactory.
Do you have links to any negeative review videos on them?
Do you have links to any negeative review videos on them?
This is an excellent review on the diesel heaters. I think the youtuber is in Sweden.
I thought you were on about burning paraffin in the diesel heater.
If paraffin is cheaper than diesel, it would be good substitute. I cannot mind how much they are now.
Last time when I bought a bottle of paraffin from B&Q, I am sure it was about £8 per a 4L can.
So it canot be cheaper than diesel I guess. Maybe similar. It must have gone up by now I guess.
£11.89 for 4L
Last time when I bought a bottle of paraffin from B&Q, I am sure it was about £8 per a 4L can.
So it canot be cheaper than diesel I guess. Maybe similar. It must have gone up by now I guess.
£11.89 for 4L
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Keep to diesel unless you want to get intimate with your burner.
Diesel seems still cheaper.
Yes I would reckon it would be cleaner burning than paraffin too.
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