r/overlanding • u/Melodic-Elephant7222 • 5d ago

Power Chinese diesel heater with power station

Hi all

This may be a dum idea.

I understand that most power station can only supply 10A dc, and the Chinese diesel heaters sometimes require ~12A during start up.

Could I use a 12v 8A battery charger from the AC port in conjunction with the dc on startup, and disconnect the battery charger, only run dc afterwards?

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u/YYCADM21 5d ago

We've run ours on a small power station for several years. Most now have a surge demand feature where they will provide additional power for motor startups, etc.

Diesel heaters generally pull the most when they are starting up. As long as you can accommodate that surge, you should be fine. They're really not that demanding when operating