Hi guys,
Long story short, I put an Espar, Hydronic M10 on my truck within the last week. I had previously set in up in my garage using test equipment to do fuel flow analysis, and amperage draw; the heater worked awesome. I finally got around to plumbing into the truck. I retrofitted a jobbox in the bed of the truck and kept everything in it. I've got a 7 gallon fuel reservoir mounted inside as well. I plan to run kerosene in it during the cooler months. I tested it for a few days before permanently installing the power wiring and switch wiring. It worked flawless for three days, probably 8 hours of run time. I decided to finish my install by adding the switch to the cab, and adding the power wires up to the fuse box rather just a standalone battery in the truck bed. Once I had it permanently installed, my problems never quit. I had trouble starting the system. It would click on and then off really quick. The green light faded like the water pump was bogging down and then shut off. I would need to start the truck and run it or else the water pump would just bog down and shut the system off. But after I started it with the truck running, I left it run for 30 mins after that. So the system worked great. I tried a restart, and it would do the same thing, no be able to spin the water pump. I tried several more ideas, all resulting in the same thing, nothing. I think now I am in a controlled lock situation from attempting too many times to do a restart, because it won't do anything. Literally nothing. The green light comes on on the switch but nothing on the unit will respond. I read undoing the power does a full reset, but that hasn't seemed to work. Any ideas?
I've emailed ESPAR, but haven't gotten a response.
Long story short, I put an Espar, Hydronic M10 on my truck within the last week. I had previously set in up in my garage using test equipment to do fuel flow analysis, and amperage draw; the heater worked awesome. I finally got around to plumbing into the truck. I retrofitted a jobbox in the bed of the truck and kept everything in it. I've got a 7 gallon fuel reservoir mounted inside as well. I plan to run kerosene in it during the cooler months. I tested it for a few days before permanently installing the power wiring and switch wiring. It worked flawless for three days, probably 8 hours of run time. I decided to finish my install by adding the switch to the cab, and adding the power wires up to the fuse box rather just a standalone battery in the truck bed. Once I had it permanently installed, my problems never quit. I had trouble starting the system. It would click on and then off really quick. The green light faded like the water pump was bogging down and then shut off. I would need to start the truck and run it or else the water pump would just bog down and shut the system off. But after I started it with the truck running, I left it run for 30 mins after that. So the system worked great. I tried a restart, and it would do the same thing, no be able to spin the water pump. I tried several more ideas, all resulting in the same thing, nothing. I think now I am in a controlled lock situation from attempting too many times to do a restart, because it won't do anything. Literally nothing. The green light comes on on the switch but nothing on the unit will respond. I read undoing the power does a full reset, but that hasn't seemed to work. Any ideas?
I've emailed ESPAR, but haven't gotten a response.