FAQ’s

1. The heater unit is supplied with fresh air from outside or a well-ventilated room, which is drawn through an air intake pipe and sent to an internal combustion chamber.
2. The received air is mixed with fuel, which is delivered by a metering fuel pump to form the air-fuel mixture.
3. The produced mixture is then ignited by a glow plug, which starts the burning process to heat up the heat exchanger.
4. Air is drawn from the air inlet with a fan and passed through the heat exchanger radiator fins. Finally, the heated air is pushed through a hot air outlet.

Fuel can be supplied from an additional fuel tank or from the fuel tank of your vehicle.

Standard diesel, Winter diesel.

Bio diesel is not accepted for use as a fuel. 

Bio diesel contains fast-growing bacteria which clogs up the fuel pump and burning chamber, damaging the heater.

If the heater is installed by a non-official Autoterm specialist or service point, then the heater’s installation needs to be verified by an Autoterm certified specialist.

Warranty is valid only if a certified Autoterm specialist has installed or inspected the installation of the heating system.

All Autoterm heaters have required certificates for use in vehicles. If installation of the heater is conducted or approved by a certified specialist or installation has been done accordingly to manufacturers instructions no problems with technical inspection will occur.

• Air heaters – 2000 hours
• Liquid heater – 1000 hours

Wireless control is possible only if the heater is connected to a Simcom modem (modem is not included in heater set).

A modem is used for manual and automatic control of the heater and for sending data/notifications to a phone using SMS messages.

* For SIMCOM modem to work, a SIM card is needed.

If the Autoterm heater is installed correctly, according to the installation manual made by the manufacturer, it can be used while driving.

Our air heaters don’t have limited time for heating.

It is safe to leave any AUTOTERM air heater working overnight.

If the air heater’s control unit receives any error data it will stop working. Fail-safe system.

If the fail-safe systems turn off your heater, please contact a certified Autoterm specialist.

Autoterm air heaters automatically turn off when the battery power falls below 10V.

Working time depends on the battery’s AMP hours.

• Air heaters: 1600 m above sea level
• Liquid heaters: 1000 m above sea level

• AUTOTERM 2D ~ 20 m3/h
• AUTOTERM 44D ~ 40 m3/h
• AUTOTERM 8D ~ 60 m3/h
  

Fuel consumption depends on the heater’s maximum power output and working mode.

Benefits of liquid heaters from Autoterm:

• Reliable in operation

• Low fuel consumption

• Secure starting of engine at low temperatures down to –45°C

• Prevention of cold start, which prolongs the lifetime of the engine

• Opportunity to heat the passenger compartment with the engine turned off

• Provide additional heating of the engine at extremely low temperatures

liquid heaters can be installed on any type of vehicle that uses a liquid cooling system – cars, vans, motor-homes, agricultural vehicles, boats etc.

An Air heater and a liquid heater can be installed in one and the same vehicle.

For example: You can heat your engine with liquid heater and at the same time you can heat the truck’s cargo compartment with an air heater.

1. The liquid heater’s unit is supplied with fresh air from outside, which is drawn through the air intake pipe, and sent to an internal combustion chamber.
2. The received air is mixed with fuel delivered by a metering fuel pump to form the air-fuel mixture.
3. The produced mixture then is ignited by a glow plug, which starts the burning process to heat up the heat exchanger.
4. Circulation pump coolant, water or any other heating system liquid is passed through the heat exchanger fins and is heated as a result.

1. The heater unit is supplied with fresh air from outside or a well-ventilated room, which is drawn through an air intake pipe and sent to an internal combustion chamber.
2. The received air is mixed with fuel, which is delivered by a metering fuel pump to form the air-fuel mixture.
3. The produced mixture is then ignited by a glow plug, which starts the burning process to heat up the heat exchanger.
4. Air is drawn from the air inlet with a fan and passed through the heat exchanger radiator fins. Finally, the heated air is pushed through a hot air outlet.