/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2025166
Heat exchanger and a blower, but it's pretty fucking stupid to do.

>>2025166
If your heater is working properly then its ok to use indoors.
Usually, people use kerosene indoors because it burns cleaner than winterized diesel. But expect to pay a lot more for kerosene

As far as capturing heat, I guess you could build a heat sink like a brick wall and warm those. No issues with fire or clearance issues.

>>2025184
>pay a lot more for kerosene

that's why I'm asking about diesel

>>2025166
No.
If you do this you will die.

Pony up the cash for clean burning kerosene to not kill yourself

>>2025182
>Heat exchanger

im thinking run a pipe from the heater to a cast iron wood stove and use the wood stove as a heat sink and use the wood stoves vent, inb4 why not just use the wood stove to burn wood? just because. but what problems would i have if there's blowback back into the heater itself?

>>2025288
no exhaust, no problem it'll be vented through the wood stoves pipe

On a webasto style diesel heater like what youd find under a bus or RV the combustion occurs in a big steel (probably stainless) can with its exhaust venting to the outside then cabin air is blown over the outside of the can then carried back inside the cabin. maybe you just need to figure out the can?

Also, we use these heaters (like OP pic related) inside our workshop all the time and havent died from it yet. Big workshop though (fits 10 busses) so idk how it would go in a smaller building

Used kerosene often indoor, not sure about diesel.

>>2025289
Fill oil barrels with water and blow on it to heat.

>>2025304

I use diesel to heat inside, but it is a big building as well.

kerosene

>>2025166
pony up $5-$6k for a furnace and some ductwork boy

>>2025166
diesel, propane and karosene are all suitable for enclosed spaces. ask anyone with an industrial job.

>>2025166
I used offroad diesel (no road tax) in torpedo heaters for years in construction as it is by far the cheapest option, but the smell always lingers in the finished building so I doubt it's healthy. Go propane or get something with exhaust ducted outside like pic related. The heat output of this particular unit isn't nearly as high as a typical torpedo heater unfortunately.

If it burns oxygen it requires ventilation. Those heaters are intended for use in buildings which are not well sealed.

>>2029615
This. Any "fire" will release some levels of carbon monoxide.

YOU WILL DIE