geezer
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Hope somebody out there has worked of Ardic heaters.
Took our Ardic diesel, forced air*heater out of the boat and and decided to see if we could get it working in a safe environment.* Set it up on a bench outside and found a loose wire in the controls and another on the pump. Tightened everything up and inspected the hot plug which looked OK, and made sure it was getting fuel and hooked it to a good battery.* The controls seem to work properly, and after the hot plug heated the thing fired off.* It put out a good amount of heat and the*blower motor worked well.* Two things do not look right--first there seems to be an excessive amount of smoke*and there are flames coming out the exhaust for about three inches.* we had the insulated exhaust pipe removed so the flames would not be seen while hooked up.* Is it getting too much diesel causing the flames or is this normal?* And what is causing the excessive smoking? The thing is old but looks like it was used very little--if we can safely use it we can save a bunch on a new heater.
Thanks for any advice. Geezer
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Took our Ardic diesel, forced air*heater out of the boat and and decided to see if we could get it working in a safe environment.* Set it up on a bench outside and found a loose wire in the controls and another on the pump. Tightened everything up and inspected the hot plug which looked OK, and made sure it was getting fuel and hooked it to a good battery.* The controls seem to work properly, and after the hot plug heated the thing fired off.* It put out a good amount of heat and the*blower motor worked well.* Two things do not look right--first there seems to be an excessive amount of smoke*and there are flames coming out the exhaust for about three inches.* we had the insulated exhaust pipe removed so the flames would not be seen while hooked up.* Is it getting too much diesel causing the flames or is this normal?* And what is causing the excessive smoking? The thing is old but looks like it was used very little--if we can safely use it we can save a bunch on a new heater.
Thanks for any advice. Geezer
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