Budget 5kW Diesel Heater Kit

Budget 5kW Diesel Heater Kit: an economy diesel heater kit, honestly described.

Diesel heaters, water heaters and the parts to fit and maintain them, including altitude kits, extended exhausts and controllers. This part is not van specific, and the listing says where the mounting position matters.

Specification and fitment

• Fits: Transit, Transit Custom, Sprinter, Crafter and Transporter builds, and most other panel vans
• Van body: not van specific
• Years: current range
• Specification: 5 kW nominal air heater
• Quality: economy import, tested by us before sale
• Power draw: about 1 amp running
• Wiring: fused 15 amp feed
• Installation time: about 6 hours
• Regulations: the exhaust and combustion intake must be outside the van and a carbon monoxide alarm fitted inside, which is included
• Weight: about 8 kg
• Warranty: one year

What arrives

• Heater
• Tank
• Exhaust
• Controller

Fitting

A diesel heater must have its exhaust outside the van, its combustion air drawn from outside and a carbon monoxide alarm fitted inside. The very cheap heaters sold online work, but they are not built to the same standard of fuel metering, exhaust sealing or control, and we sell both with that stated plainly rather than pretend there is no difference. Conversions are heavy. Batteries, water, furniture and insulation can add 500 to 800 kg, and a van that starts at 3.5 tonnes gross can end up overweight before anyone has packed a bag. Every listing states its weight, and it is worth weighing the empty van at a public weighbridge before the build begins. Tell your insurer about the conversion as it progresses, not afterwards. Since 2019 the DVLA has been strict about reclassifying vans as motor caravans on the V5C, and most specialist insurers will cover a converted van as a camper whatever the V5C says, provided they know what is in it. We supply and fit camper conversion parts for panel vans, and we build and live in our own. We are not Ford, Mercedes-Benz or Volkswagen and are not appointed by them; the van names describe fitment. Everything here is chosen for vans that get used all year, including the British winter, and we say plainly where a cheaper part would do the job.

Which version to buy

Standard is the specification we fit in our own vans. There is one version of this because it is the one we fit in our own vans.