Wabasco or espar diesel heaters
Hello everyone, new guy here. I’m in the early stages of planning my truck and tc purchase. I pivoted slightly from planning a van conversion build to the TC as we plan to explore more remote locat...
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I also had them or equivalent units on class 8 trucks dating back to 1982. The first was a Cummins "Thermo Star" system installed in my 1980 Peterbilt 359. The only issues I had with them was too small diameter fuel lines gelling at cold temps. This was cured by dedicated routing next to heater hoses in the system but was always on my mind while parked in extreme temps overnight to the point I would let the truck run at night when the temps got down in the 0-10 degree range.
All systems were plumbed through the big engine to ensure easy starts the next day. These systems all operated on 12VDC.
All were very fuel efficient including my last rig, a 2005 KW, in which I had a Pro heat APU unit installed. It was also wired with a shore power plug which converted SP to 12vdc to power the unit when parked at a location where SP was available or Idle-Aire installations at truck stops.
All systems were plumbed through the big engine to ensure easy starts the next day. These systems all operated on 12VDC.
All were very fuel efficient including my last rig, a 2005 KW, in which I had a Pro heat APU unit installed. It was also wired with a shore power plug which converted SP to 12vdc to power the unit when parked at a location where SP was available or Idle-Aire installations at truck stops.
