Sources

Each page lists its own sources at the bottom. This page collects all of them. Sources are summarised in our own words and linked; the site does not host copies of manuals or reuse other people's photos.

Manuals and official guides

B2010 controller operating manual V1.2 (PDF) (cdn.shopify.com)
Hcalory air heater user manual, M98 (PDF) (cdn.shopify.com)
Heatport H2 / H4 EnControl user manual v1.00 (PDF) (cdn.shopify.com)
Heatport/Pango diagnostic sheet for one customer heater, INV-15101815 (PDF) (cdn.shopify.com)
Liwolf parking heater all-in-one manual V1.0 (PDF) (cdn.shopify.com)
OnTrack Outdoor: diesel heater instructions manual, updated (PDF) (cdn.shopify.com)
OnTrack Outdoor: diesel heater troubleshooting guide (PDF) (cdn.shopify.com)
OnTrack Outdoor: LCD controller instructions V1 (PDF) (cdn.shopify.com)
Dieselheat: diesel air heater fault finding guide (PDF) (dieselheat.com.au)
Heatport DiGiCon user manual v1.6 (PDF export) (docs.google.com)
A-2209 Bluetooth control switch manual, Alza import (PDF) (dwn.alza.cz)
D2/D4 parking heater 12 V/24 V user manual, Alza import (PDF) (dwn.alza.cz)
T4 diesel air heater user manual, Alza import (PDF) (dwn.alza.cz)
Gasmate portable diesel heater manual, DH203 (PDF) (snowys.com.au)
Vevor diesel heater manual, XMZ-D1 / XMZ-D2 (PDF copy) (tuitam.pl)
Hcalory HC-A01 toolbox heater user manual (archived transcription) (web.archive.org)
Vevor diesel heater manual, CY-5001 / CY-5002 / CY-5004 (PDF copy) (xlrzbfnheqpszgtyhdkh.supabase.co)
Owner video: Chinese Diesel Heater Controller Instructions (Unfastened) (youtube.com)
Owner video: Chinese Diesel Heater Controller Instructions Advanced Settings PIN Code (The Wrinkly Nomads) (youtube.com)

Owner discussions and other references

Owner report: error 08 on first start from air in a long new fuel line (airgunforums.co.uk) (airgunforums.co.uk)
Owner report: heater with remote showing E3 as failed ignition, fixed by cleaning the plug and screen (auto.ru logbook) (auto.ru)
Owner report: E-08 only at full power, pump maximum set too low in the settings menu (canalworld.net forum) (canalworld.net)
Owner report: values found on a 5 kW all-in-one, upper pump value too low (Canal World forum) (canalworld.net)
Belief diesel air heater user guide, rotary control (PDF) (dieselheat.com.au)
Dieselheat portable heater user guide (PDF) (dieselheat.com.au)
Owner report, unresolved: E-2 with P04V on the screen and 12.1 V at the board (DIY Solar forum) (diysolarforum.com)
Owner report: dashes on the screen traced to a broken soldered joint in the controller lead (DIY Solar forum) (diysolarforum.com)
Owner report: low-voltage message on a 10 ft run from the battery bank, fine on a small battery beside the heater (DIY Solar forum) (diysolarforum.com)
Owner report: zero volts shown with 14 V at the board, cured by a new controller (DIY Solar forum) (diysolarforum.com)
Owner notes: E-04 only detects an open or short in the pump circuit (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner report, no repair described: battery connected backwards, heater burnt (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner report, no repair described: polarity reversed, heater later failed (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner report: 8 kW garage heater, factory minimum pump value (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner report: E 03 gone after replacing the plug (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner report: E-08 then E-10, pump ticked but delivered nothing, cured by a spare pump (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner report: E-1 low voltage traced to cheap jump leads (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner report: F2 E-06 from brush dust in the fan motor (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner report: heat faded within a day, burner full of ash (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner report: OK and down, then the up arrow, on an LCD controller (drive2.ru comments) (drive2.ru)
Owner report: service with new gaskets and screen from a kit (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner report: squealing fan then E-06, fixed with a new blower (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner reports: constant E-10, old pump only shuffled the air bubble back and forth, new pump fixed it (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner reports: deposits wiped from the glow plug bore, yearly cleaning, repairer's comment (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner reports: E-08 from a seized tank cap vent, a sealed home-made tank cap and a badly crimped power pin (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner reports: E-08 from an empty tank and from loose nuts on the power input terminals (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner reports: new heaters showing error 09 after a few minutes, no outcome (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner write-up: Hcalory smart panel menu and its code list (drive2.ru) (drive2.ru)
Owner reports: run-then-stop from bubbles after the pump; glow plug screen on a heater of unstated brand (ExplorOz forum) (exploroz.com)
Owner report: 5 kW heater run at 12,000 ft for six months (Expedition Portal forum) (forum.expeditionportal.com)
Owner report: about 9% per 1,000 m stated instead (Expedition Portal forum) (forum.expeditionportal.com)
Owner report: E-01 cleared by setting the controller to 12 V (Expedition Portal forum) (forum.expeditionportal.com)
Owner report: E-04 twice, cleared by reseating the filter and priming (Expedition Portal forum) (forum.expeditionportal.com)
Owner report: E-05 in a closed toolbox after about 45 minutes (Expedition Portal forum) (forum.expeditionportal.com)
Owner report: E-10 because the fuel pickup line was not submerged (expeditionportal.com forum) (forum.expeditionportal.com)
Owner report: fan speed dropped by half after a day on low (Expedition Portal forum) (forum.expeditionportal.com)
Owner report: full of soot after 14 hours on low above 6,000 ft (Expedition Portal forum) (forum.expeditionportal.com)
Owner report: heater started once ice and mud were cleared from exhaust and inlet (Expedition Portal forum) (forum.expeditionportal.com)
Owner report: pump setting cut 4% per 1,000 ft as a routine (Expedition Portal forum) (forum.expeditionportal.com)
Owner report: six months at 1.6 Hz or lower with occasional full-power runs (Expedition Portal forum) (forum.expeditionportal.com)
Owner report: the 4% rule relayed with a 1.6 Hz default and 0.8 to 2.5 Hz range (Expedition Portal forum) (forum.expeditionportal.com)
Owner reports: one heater retuned at about 10,000 ft, one run unchanged (Expedition Portal forum) (forum.expeditionportal.com)
Owner report: 15 to 20 minutes on high before packing up (GoFastCampers forum) (forum.gofastcampers.com)
Owner report: 5 kW heater on a 100 Ah lithium battery for two winters (GoFastCampers forum) (forum.gofastcampers.com)
Owner report: a couple of hours on high restored first-time starts (GoFastCampers forum) (forum.gofastcampers.com)
Owner report: cleaned three times before the pump settings were right (GoFastCampers forum) (forum.gofastcampers.com)
Owner report: E-08 before start from a loose wire on the temperature sensor (gofastcampers forum) (forum.gofastcampers.com)
Owner report: heater on a power station's 10 A port, never tripped (GoFastCampers forum) (forum.gofastcampers.com)
Owner report: heater only ran with the engine running, battery too small (Go Fast Campers forum) (forum.gofastcampers.com)
Owner report: item order, and extreme entries clamped by the unit (GoFastCampers forum) (forum.gofastcampers.com)
Owner report: never reprogrammed, used at 9,000 to 10,000 ft (GoFastCampers forum) (forum.gofastcampers.com)
Owner report: over-fuelled until flames came out of the exhaust (GoFastCampers forum) (forum.gofastcampers.com)
Owner report: power station tripped its 10 A breaker in the cold (Go Fast Campers forum) (forum.gofastcampers.com)
Owner report: small power station could not run the heater (Go Fast Campers forum) (forum.gofastcampers.com)
Owner report, unresolved: blank screen, 13.7 V at the supply and 1.9 V on the heater side (Project Van Life forum) (forum.projectvanlife.com)
Owner report: bent pin and a wire in the wrong plug position on a new install (Project Van Life forum) (forum.projectvanlife.com)
Owner report: E-10 after a pump swap, the new pump was fitted backwards (motorhomer.com forum) (motorhomer.com)
Owner report: error 09 that would not reset after fitting a new temperature sensor, no outcome (motorhomer.com forum) (motorhomer.com)
Owner report: no ignition and white smoke with an extended exhaust, fine with the standard pipe (pistonheads.com forum) (pistonheads.com)
Owner claim: paperwork left inside the duct tube blocks the flow (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner post, search excerpt only: E-02 on a car battery at 12 V (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner post, search excerpt only: E-02 on a power station (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner post, search excerpt only: E-02 with 11 V on the display (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner post, search excerpt only: E04 after the pump wiring melted on the exhaust (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner post, search excerpt only: E063 fan-speed code on an Hcalory (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner post, search excerpt only: E10 after a week, glow plug screen gummed (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner post, search excerpt only: false E11 on an Hcalory Toolbox Max blamed on a nearby radio transmitter (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner post, search excerpt only: Hcalory screen and app dead with an extension harness (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner post: heater fed from lithium through a 12.5 V step-down as a precaution (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner posts, search excerpt only: white smoke and no start whenever the screen is due; advice on fitting a new screen (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report, no fix described: E10 and flooding from a clogged ignition screen (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report, no fix described: white smoke and E10 after rain blew into the exhaust (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report, no follow-up: E-04 with a silent pump, cleared after refitting the pump (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report, no result posted: the same E-06 then E-09 sequence after a strip-down (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report, unresolved: E-7 on a new Vevor, seller offered a harness (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: 2 kW heater shipped with large-heater values (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: 8 ft hose shut the heater down on high, fine on a low level (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: a different fuel pump ended the carbon overload (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: alternating E-08 and E-10 fixed by a new heat sensor (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner report: auto-altitude controller read 1 m at 8000 ft, replaced with a tunable set (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: burn chamber full of loose carbon after weeks of short low-heat runs (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner report: burner flooded after priming 5 to 7 times (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner report: carbon burnt out of chamber and exhaust along with other changes (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: chamber temperature climbs with an aftermarket duct hose attached (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: controller misbehaved on a lithium battery above 13 V, code shown was E-07 (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: daily sooting ended by moving the tank level with the heater (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E-01 cured by cutting the supply wires to length, back with longer leads (Reddit r/VanLife) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E-01 gone after replacing the supplied wiring with thicker wire (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E-02 with 11.8 V while starting, another owner cured it with a different battery (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E-06 and E-09 until two identical connectors were switched back (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E-08 after a year, cleared by cleaning carbon out of the burn chamber (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E-08 after install because the pump was fitted upside down (Reddit r/VanLife) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E-08 traced to an exhaust pipe flooded with unburnt fuel (Reddit r/VanLife) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E-10 and smoke after 18 months, burn chamber destroyed inside and replaced (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E-6 cleared by turning the fan by hand (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E-8 on a new install because the fuel line was too long (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E03 from a burnt MOSFET, fixed with a replacement board (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E03 on a new Vevor fixed by a new glow plug (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E05 on the lowest setting fixed by raising the low fan speed (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E10 from a 3.1 A laptop supply, fine on a vehicle battery (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E10 from low voltage at start in extreme cold (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E5 after a bent case made the fan rub and stall (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E9 after a strip-down, sensor and fan plugs swapped (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: glow plug will not fire from a power-station 12 V socket (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner report: heater kept clogging until the air intake attachment was removed (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: heater shipped with too small a fuse that kept blowing (Reddit r/VanLife) (reddit.com)
Owner report: heater works, controller blank, replacement controller fitted (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: intermittent codes on a 10 A power-station socket (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner report: new heater with E-08 and bubbles after the pump, fixed by replacing the stock fuel line (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner report: occasional E-03 cleared by disconnecting power (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: over-primed heater, diesel inside the unit (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: overheat code from a sharp bend in the hot-air duct (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: power and down until OC1, then any remote button (Reddit r/VanLife) (reddit.com)
Owner report: power and down worked, check battery and plastic tab (Reddit r/VanLife) (reddit.com)
Owner report: power and right arrow brought up OC.1 (Reddit r/VanLife) (reddit.com)
Owner report: power station needed its regulated 12 V cable (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner report: pump connector wire not pushed home in its plug (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: second owner, same hand-spin fix (Reddit r/vandwellers) (reddit.com)
Owner report: silent pump with coil continuity, piston stuck (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: start failure fixed with heavier 12 V wire (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: two-week-old heater packed with carbon, cured by a pump from an older heater (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: Vevor arrived with a dead screen, replaced by the maker (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: Vevor Bluetooth controller menus locked down (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: white smoke from an exhaust blocked by sealant and angled upward (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: working glow plugs measured at about 0.3 ohm (Reddit r/dieselheater) (reddit.com)
Owner report: E-01 at 12.7 V cured by a replacement controller (Tacoma World forum) (tacomaworld.com)
Owner report: E-01 with the battery down at 11.2 V (Tacoma World forum) (tacomaworld.com)
Owner report: error 7 traced to a wire off the board inside the controller (The Grey Nomads forum) (thegreynomads.activeboard.com)
Owner report: glow plug screen coked and replaced twice (The Grey Nomads forum) (thegreynomads.activeboard.com)
Owner report: low voltage at the glow plug with a good supply, board suspected (The Grey Nomads forum) (thegreynomads.activeboard.com)
Owner report: lower minimum pump rate, blast on high before switching off (The Grey Nomads forum) (thegreynomads.activeboard.com)
Owner report: same symptom from a burnt-out glow plug (The Grey Nomads forum) (thegreynomads.activeboard.com)
Owner report: time for the pump to fill a new line (The Grey Nomads forum) (thegreynomads.activeboard.com)
Owner report: voltage error after a lithium swap traced to a loose connection and surplus cable (The Grey Nomads forum) (thegreynomads.activeboard.com)
Owner report: voltage error ended after surplus cable was cut out and a loose pump plug fixed (The Grey Nomads forum) (thegreynomads.activeboard.com)
Owner report: white smoke after months unused, glow plug under-powered (The Grey Nomads forum) (thegreynomads.activeboard.com)
Owner report: about 300 hours on LiFePO4 with an upgraded wire loom (TheSamba forum) (thesamba.com)
Owner report: altitude mode reduced smoke on a 2 kW heater with a 5 kW board (TheSamba forum) (thesamba.com)
Owner report: E-03 when the auxiliary battery is low, starts with the engine running (TheSamba forum) (thesamba.com)
Owner report: E-10 and odd behaviour from a weak battery, fine on a running car's battery (TheSamba forum) (thesamba.com)
Owner report: heater quit during start after the car sat for days, started with the engine running (TheSamba forum) (thesamba.com)
Owner report: heater stopped above 8,000 ft, blamed on altitude, split fuel filter found (TheSamba forum) (thesamba.com)
Owner report: high-elevation menu setting kept at 7,000 ft (TheSamba forum) (thesamba.com)
Owner report: same 2 kW heater worked up to 9,000 ft with unchanged settings (TheSamba forum) (thesamba.com)
Owner report: same heater used at 11,000 ft with an aftermarket controller (TheSamba forum) (thesamba.com)
Owner report: stock mixture far too rich at 4,800 ft, set with an exhaust analyser (TheSamba forum) (thesamba.com)
Owner report: code 8 on a new install traced to a blocked fuel pipe (wildcamping.co.uk forum) (wildcamping.co.uk)
Owner report: E 06 with very tight boarding around the heater (wildcamping.co.uk forum) (wildcamping.co.uk)
Owner report: E-03 with a good plug traced to the MOSFET on the board (wildcamping.co.uk forum) (wildcamping.co.uk)
Owner report: E-06 from new, ECU cover fouling the fan (wildcamping.co.uk forum) (wildcamping.co.uk)
Owner report: E03 after two years fixed with a generic glow plug (wildcamping.co.uk forum) (wildcamping.co.uk)
Owner report: E06 after two days, fan power wires open circuit (wildcamping.co.uk forum) (wildcamping.co.uk)
Owner report: error 08 on a heater used for years, cured by a new glow plug (wildcamping.co.uk forum) (wildcamping.co.uk)
Owner report: overheating faults after extending 75 mm duct, fine on 100 mm (wildcamping.co.uk forum) (wildcamping.co.uk)
Owner report: overheating from a 90-degree bend close to the heater (wildcamping.co.uk forum) (wildcamping.co.uk)
Owner report: plug gauze sooted up after trying old engine oil as fuel (wildcamping.co.uk forum) (wildcamping.co.uk)
Manufacturer video: Likaci 6-key control switch operation (youtube.com)
Manufacturer video: Likaci Bluetooth and app control switch operation (youtube.com)
Owner video: Adjusting your Chinese diesel parking heater for high altitude (Colorado2Bangkok) (youtube.com)
Owner video: Bluetooth Diesel Heater Feature and Settings Discovered (Lowered Expectations) (youtube.com)
Owner video: Chinese diesel heater advanced menu password (Diy_thinks) (youtube.com)
Owner video: Chinese Diesel Heater Controller, the Other type setup (Brett M) (youtube.com)
Owner video: Chinese Diesel Heater New Controller Q and As (Mic S) (youtube.com)
Owner video: Diesel Heater Advanced 1688 Menu (Arup Sarkar) (youtube.com)
Owner video: How to change Celsius to Fahrenheit on the blue controller, altitude page shown (The Watchman News) (youtube.com)
Owner video: How to pair the red or black LCD remote to the new style blue controller (Van Life UK) (youtube.com)
Owner video: How To Prime Newer Chinese Diesel Heater (Rusty Rose Adventures) (youtube.com)
Owner video: LCD Controller, Remote Pairing and Temperatures (Sam's Motor and Machine) (youtube.com)
Owner video: New Blue Chinese Diesel Heater Controller Functions (Van Life UK) (youtube.com)
Owner video: New/Different/Alternative Chinese Diesel Heater Controller (Grizzly Wears) (youtube.com)
Owner video: Pairing a remote with the blue diesel heater controller and priming the pump (retrorestore) (youtube.com)
Owner video: Pairing remotes to the LCD Controller (Camper Van Tweaks, Upgrades and Mods) (youtube.com)
Owner video: red warning light on the control panel (andyfireblade) (youtube.com)
Owner video: three-button controller functions, SLP screen (Van Life Uk A Complete Survivors Guide) (youtube.com)
Review video: Hcalory Toolbox MAX heater and its remote controls (ATEM OFFROAD) (youtube.com)

Found a dead link, or a source that says something different? See About for how to report it.