VVKB parking heater
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Usually the fuel consumption per hour does not exceed 0.5L
Chinese (5kw )air heater
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pvb
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Welcome to the forums! It's good to have another heater supplier on board to answer questions.
It seems from the specifications that your heaters are extremely efficient, with the Apollo-V2 using only 0.403 litres/hour at 4kW output, that's about 20% less fuel than the Planar 44D uses at 4kW output!
What's perhaps more interesting for boaters is that your heaters seem to use less electrical power. Your Apollo-V2 apparently uses only 23W at 4kW output - that's less than half the 57W which the Planar 44D uses at 4kW output. If that's an accurate figure it's a big selling point for boaters.
I see your Apollo-V2, which has a maximum 5kW output, is available on Amazon for £450, which is cheaper even than the 4kW Planar. As VVKB is relatively new to the UK market, many people might be wondering about spare parts availability. Could you perhaps say what sort of parts support there is in the UK?
VVKB parking heater
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First of all, I want to make a statement. As a practitioner in the heater industry for more than 20 years, I came to the forum to solve some problems for the users. It is also to learn some experience in order to better serve our users.
I don't know the structure of Planar and can't comment on them.
Here are the answers to your question:
The thermal efficiency of the VVKB benefits from the unique combustion chamber design and the response speed of the control program, allowing the fuel to be fully atomized and fully mixed with the combustion air as it enters the heater. This can greatly improve the efficiency of the fuel.
It is known from our experiments that most of the electrical power is consumed in the operation of the motor and oil pump and the program. The technology of the motor and the oil pump also determines the level of power consumption, but this does not make much difference.
The amount of power consumed by the control program can be reduced to a large level. The VVKB heater uses the most advanced CAN communication mode. First, it ensures the reliability of data transmission. Moreover, the CAN system needs to use a 32-bit chip, which is more energy efficient than a normal 8-bit chip.
By the way, if you encounter any technical problems or doubts, please send me a message, I will try my best to help you.
I don't know the structure of Planar and can't comment on them.
Here are the answers to your question:
The thermal efficiency of the VVKB benefits from the unique combustion chamber design and the response speed of the control program, allowing the fuel to be fully atomized and fully mixed with the combustion air as it enters the heater. This can greatly improve the efficiency of the fuel.
It is known from our experiments that most of the electrical power is consumed in the operation of the motor and oil pump and the program. The technology of the motor and the oil pump also determines the level of power consumption, but this does not make much difference.
The amount of power consumed by the control program can be reduced to a large level. The VVKB heater uses the most advanced CAN communication mode. First, it ensures the reliability of data transmission. Moreover, the CAN system needs to use a 32-bit chip, which is more energy efficient than a normal 8-bit chip.
By the way, if you encounter any technical problems or doubts, please send me a message, I will try my best to help you.
VVKB parking heater
New Member
First of all, I want to make a statement. As a practitioner in the heater industry for more than 20 years, I came to the forum to solve some problems for the users. It is also to learn some experience in order to better serve our users.
I don't know the structure of Planar and can't comment on them.
Here are the answers to your question:
The thermal efficiency of the VVKB benefits from the unique combustion chamber design and the response speed of the control program, allowing the fuel to be fully atomized and fully mixed with the combustion air as it enters the heater. This can greatly improve the efficiency of the fuel.
It is known from our experiments that most of the electrical power is consumed in the operation of the motor and oil pump and the program. The technology of the motor and the oil pump also determines the level of power consumption, but this does not make much difference.
The amount of power consumed by the control program can be reduced to a large level. The VVKB heater uses the most advanced CAN communication mode. First, it ensures the reliability of data transmission. Moreover, the CAN system needs to use a 32-bit chip, which is more energy efficient than a normal 8-bit chip.
By the way, if you encounter any technical problems or doubts, please send me a message, I will try my best to help you.
Heckler
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Welcome to the Forums. Can you tell us where you are based please?
braindrainoh
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Hi guys, I have a 5kw 12v diesel heater. Recently I had an issue where it started making a rubbing noise when the fan ran. I found the magnet was contacting the plastic. My solution was to heat up the magnet and push it back into the plastic housing. There are 2 magnets and 1 was flush so I assumed the magnet pulled itself out. Anyone have this issue and/or was this magnet supposed to be further pushed out than the other? Here is the picture of the rubbing magnet. https://imgur.com/C4zc4mp
MarcJ
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Never heard of that problem! 
ostra4
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Iv been following this with great interest and also watched lots of utube vids of installing the Chinese heaters, I'm about to order one and have picked up lots of useful knowledge from the folk on here , £109 delivered from Amazon for 5kw is worth a punt for me , probably won't use it much as boats in Greece but early and late season can be a bit chilly .
MarcJ
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Have a look here, if you haven't already seen it! https://www.facebook.com/groups/146837062640024/files/
guardian
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Two years on & both the workshop one and the one in my Sprinter all working fine, i bought three in all (have yet to fit the one for my boat) and when you add the cost of an eber exhaust pipe and clip for each all three 5KW heaters still come in at under £500.........................
boatmike
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er......Yes! I wonder what the "satisfaction rate" would be for the hundreds of people who have had Eberspachers fail only to find that the cost of spares is totally prohibitive.......
guardian
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guardian
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guardian
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anybody here?
otto_72
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I have been using a chinese 5kw heater in a bit over a year in a motorhome. It has been working above my expectations. Reliable and up to now maintenance free. The lcd display has faded slightly and can be a bit hard to see in bright sunlight. It has however constantly been on the whole year.
The heater settings can be adjusted, so you can have your preferred duct outlet temperature, by adjusting fan speed vs pump frequency. Mine has aluminum housing and not plastic. Can warmly recommend it!
The heater settings can be adjusted, so you can have your preferred duct outlet temperature, by adjusting fan speed vs pump frequency. Mine has aluminum housing and not plastic. Can warmly recommend it!
Steiner Olivier
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hello, i would need help, i bought a chinese 12v 5kw diesel heater 3 months ago and i use it 24 hours a day, after 3 weeks a ball bearing of the electric motor broke so I replaced it, but yesterday the heating stopped again, this time it seems that it is a motherboard error (error 06) but the engine works well and the magnets are in place everything looks good , but nothing to do it starts the engine 1 second then displays error 06, I am currently far from civilization and it is absolutely necessary that I warm up my boat quickly, if someone has already had this problem and that he knows a solution that would help me a lot
MarcJ
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Double and triple check the fuel supply, make sure that's working properly. Otherwise go through the documents in this group - Chinese Diesel vehicle air heaters - Troubleshooting & Parts sales.
otto_72
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A quick google shows error 06 to be Fan Motor Fault. You should probably start there. Is it stuck? If you can get to connections you can measure that there is resistance across the motor. Are batteries enough charged?
pcatterall
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Those T pipes for the water system seem to epitomise many Chinese products. A bit more time and care with bits like that would pay dividends.
asteven221
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I wonder. Every Ebby (three) on every boat I have owned has failed in one way or another. I had a brand new Webasto on another boat which also failed. Currently I do have an ebby on my current boat and although it hasn't failed at all, it does have a less than high heat output for some reason. Yes and Ebby spares are ridiculously priced as are the dealer prices to get them fixed. In my experience even they have difficulties in fixing them as they never seem to be able to get it right on the first/second attempt.
Maybe I have just been unlucky. FWIW I have no experience with the Chinese versions, but anyone who I speak to that has installed them, always tell me how much it cost and that they have not had any problems with them. Make of that what you will.