DIY Air Heaters! MY 33 DIY Air Heaters! (10 years of heaters!) - All Run Off-Grid! Survival Heaters

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This video is a compilation of all 33 of my "DIY Air Heaters" that i've made over the last 10 years! All Are Easy DIY and all run "Off-the-Grid". I'll post the links to each full-length original video below. a few of the fuel types used include: isopropyl alcohol (70% and 91%), bio-ethanol, ethanol fuel, ventless indoor fireplace fuel, candles, candlewax, even "hot water" (plus my 12v power ones). The 12v ones can be powered in several ways including: 12v solar panels, 12v batteries, a cars' 12v power socket, or an AC to DC transformer (if you want to run them on "wall-current"). i've also included 5 extra videos (#34 through #38) that are technically indoor cookstoves and ovens but work very well as air heaters too (due to their large amount of thermal mass). be ready for the winter! prep/survive/prepare. note: i also have many different DIY Solar Thermal Air Heaters on the channel ~ but decided to put those in another video. the links to each of the full-length videos (showing the builds) are listed below...

1.    • DIY Air Heater! - Brick-Pile Radiant ...   - (the brick pile heater)
1a.    • Homemade Brick Air Heater (an update/...   - (the brick pile heater) (max temp video)
2.    • DIY Indoor Ventless Fireplace! peacef...   - (indoor ventless fireplace)
2a.    • DIY Ventless Indoor Fireplace! (ext. ...   - (indoor ventless fireplace (extra burn footage)
3.    • DIY Survival Air Heater! 300w/450w of...   - (3 pots 3 bricks 9/10 tea lights)
3a.    • DIY Survival Stove! uses no electrici...   - (doubles as a stove) - this is the stove video
4.    • Candle Powered Air Heater - DIY Radia...   - (clay pot heater - large floor model)
5.    • Candle Powered Space Heater - DIY Air...   - (small flowerpot heater *with no fan)
6.    • Candle Powered Heater! (Improved!!) -...   - (small flowerpot heater *WITH A FAN)
7.    • DIY 12v Ceramic Air Heater (w/fan!) +...   - (12v ptc ripple radiator air heater)
8.    • DIY Ceramic Space Heater! - New/Impro...   - (12v ptc ripple radiator with wooden stand)
9.    • Solar Electric Air Heater! (100W 12V)...   - (12v 100w ptc solar electric ripple air heater)
10.    • DIY Solar Electric Air Heater! 200W 1...   - (12v 200w ptc double size ripple air heater)
11.    • DIY Thermal Brick Space Heater! - Ove...   - (12v ptc 2 brick heater - with 3 heating tablets)
12.    • DIY Ceramic Space Heater! 20+Lbs Ther...   - (12v ptc 4 brick heater - with 6 heating tablets)
13.    • DIY Flower Pot Air Heater! new design...   - (12v PTC flowerpot/gravel heater with 6 heating tablets)
14.    • Awesome Air Heater!! - The "Stack Boo...   - stack-boot air heater (original) 4" model - with fan
15.    • Homemade Heater! - The JUMBO "Stack B...   - jumbo stack-boot air heater (6" model) - with fan
16.    • DIY Stack Boot Air Heater! New design...   - 4" stack-boot with "tee pipe" at the top (with fan)
17.    • DIY Air Heater! Hot Air Furnace! (bri...   - large black "stove pipe tee" air heater (with fan)
18.    • DIY Air Heater! Hot Air Furnace! ~ 68...   - fire furnace "silver stove pipe" tee air heater (with fan)
19.    • DIY Room Air Heater! Bio-Ethanol Air ...   - large black stove pipe tee with bioethanol and fan
20.    • DIY Air Heater! Tee-Pipe Heater Impro...   - raised silver stove pipe tee up to 500F! (with fan)
21.    • DIY Air Heater! indoor/outdoor "chimn...   - gallon can with vent cap (powerful air heater)
22.    • Homemade "Steel Can" Heater/Stove! - ...   - cotton ball air heaters (works as a stove too!)
23.    • Homemade Heaters! - The Metal Can "T-...   - t shirt air heaters (works as a stove too)
24.    • Homemade "Metal Can" Air Heater! - Su...   - metal can air heaters (toilet paper is the wick!)
25.    • DIY Survival Heater/Stove! New/Improv...   - metal can heaters with thermal mass (tp is the wick!)
26.    • DIY Air Heater! The "Hot Water" Air H...   - small "hot water" air heater (with aquarium heater) and fan
27.    • DIY Air Heater! Heat Air with Water! ...   - medium size "hot water" air heater w/8x8 heat ex. & fan
28.    • DIY Air Heater! "Hot Water" Air Heate...   - large size "hot water" air heater w/12x12 heat ex. & fan
29.    • Powerful DIY Air Heater! (Hair Dryer/...   - hair drier hack with pvc pipe
30.    • Candle Powered "Stoneware" Air Heater...   - crock pot "stoneware" air heater hack
31.    • Homemade "TIN CAN" Air Heaters! - Sur...   - cardboard/candle wax air heater (use outside only)
32.    • Solar Powered heated blanket! 12v 55w...   - solar powered blanket
33.    • Homemade "Copper & Steel" Heat Exchan...   - experimental DIY heater with copper coil and downspout

🟢 these final 5 are "cookers" but they work very well for air heating too! (lots of thermal mass)
34.    • DIY Smokeless Stove! 3 Burners! (Low/...   - smokeless cookstove - uses ventless indoor fireplace fuel!
35.    • DIY 12v Water Heater Boilers! - heats...   - 12v ptc ceramic water boilers
36.    • DIY Flower Pot Oven! 12V Clay Pot Ove...   - 12v ptc flowerpot oven! (w/3 pots & lots of thermal mass)
37.    • DIY Stove Can Cooker! (Boils & Bakes!...   - Steel can 12v ptc cooker/heater (2 cans w/lots of tm)
38.    • DIY Stove & Oven! Cook in a can! (boi...   - Stainless Steel 12v ptc cooker/heater (2 cans w/lots of tm)

🟢 okay.... two more
39.    • How to use AC power to run all of my ...   - this is the AC/DC converter video i made (lots of info)
40.    • 5 DIY Solar Air Heaters! (Solar Air H...   - this is a previous video of mine showing 5 of my DIY solar thermal air heaters. (i've made maybe 10 of those in total). if interested in making those, check channels 'video page' or check my 'solar air heater' playlist.

*btw, if i screwed up any of the links above (and they don't go to the right place) please let me know 👍

All Comments (21)
  • @2kruimels
    Thanks for that!!! Very pertinent now with all the energy madness! Maybe that was your destiny already ten years ago to help humanity!!! 👏👏👏
  • @paulduggan2
    Inspirational, informative and SOOO damn clever. Really love watching these videos, and appreciate the time you put into them too. Nice one 👍🏻
  • @GG-dq6dx
    Many thanks for using your gifts to help us! 🤗🕊🙏
  • @mikkiv9698
    Thank you for putting all of your heater videos together now that winter is on it's way. I really appreciate all of your ideas and I put them to use. You are awesome!👍❤😉
  • @des2610
    Well timed with all the energy crises that are around the corner!
  • Inspirational. Innovative. Phenomenal work. Love it. Keep em’ coming! Thank you.
  • @rneedham667
    Thank You!! For all your hard work! I used your stack boot heater when my natural gas heater quit working. It was/ is great! Love all your videos, once again Thanks!
  • @WORRO
    Brother you have always put out awesome content! Love your energy keep up the good work! Thumbs up video for sure~John
  • Hey Desertsun, glad to see this one pop up. I'm jumping in a transit van and heading south the end of the month and have not installed a heater since I plan to only be places that are warm. However, anyone who has been in 'the south' in December and January knows the evenings can get pretty cool. I'd be interested to hear your opinion on what I might be able to use in a van just to take the edge off first thing in the morning. I have 6kw of batteries, but power is something to use sparingly. Can't use anything that will add humidity and no open flame. I was leaning toward something with the PTC tablets, #7 or 8 look pretty simple but am unsure of the power draw. What would you use in such a case? As always, thanks for sharing your ingenuity and efforts. So very interesting!
  • @rec1952
    I looked through Amazon and saw this, couldn't we just buy this one unit instead of the fan and the PTC? "PTC Air Heater, 100W 12V Car Fan Heater Constant Temperature Air Heaters Electric Fan Heater with Mounting Holes" I didn't post a link, but if this is searched it will come up, and there are more than just this one, I just used it, just because. This may total a 'little more' money, but not much at all if it is. I have a 100 watt panel... I really like this idea of this particular style of heaters, thank you! ***Never mind, I found the answer in your videos on this, and the answer to those that wonder, was a yes, it will work.
  • @MichaelR58
    Great ideas and video , thanks for sharing , God bless !
  • @woodworks2123
    Great experiments mate. Very much needed now. Thank you for all your hard work and experimenting. Which out of all those room heaters, not incl the solar ones, would you say is the most economical to run?
  • @Blas551
    Thank you very much from Spain. Soon I am going to build an air heater that you designed, using aluminum wire mesh around a wooden frame, inside an insulated box. My question is: What model, or brand, is that micro fan in this vídeo?
  • With the metal candle heaters (since you said it would run for hours) if you want even more heat, could you just double it up and make it a tee pipe heater?
  • @alhumble8175
    Thanks very much for all your videos. Which is your favorite heater of those you've shown in this video?
  • @tjablaj
    Great tips in our trublemade europe right now with electrisitybills running skyhigh! I will definitly go and buy som claypots or lecastones to build me a thermal mass fire to help to heat up the house to keep the cost down! Also in the workings on a heattransfer from my fireplace to a 50 kg thermal mass, just a box with sand in it, and water in pipes all along the sand to heat it up from the fireplace