Guys
Recently had an issue with my Planar 2kw diesel heater
PU27 Display kept showing the following error.
![IMG_1172.jpeg IMG_1172.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103112-dc4c94ec57cdf61232fa0f97fff97001.jpg)
Sometimes when you get this - its a case of checking two things
1) Has your leisure battery been low/ flat
2) Disconnect the control unit and re-connect it
Putting these things straight may reboot the system and happy days.
Mine wouldn't.
So, went under the van and discovered that a piece of road debris had smashed through the under tray like a bullet, sliced the ducting that carries the hot air from the heater to the van, and allowed copies amounts of water (because I drove through some fat puddles recently) to be pushed back up into the heater outlet and into the unit itself.
FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET!
![IMG_1185.jpeg IMG_1185.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103116-971ffefaa1dc7f146bf2ae09307ee895.jpg)
Stripping down the unit I found this.
ICE AND A SLICE?
![IMG_1180.jpeg IMG_1180.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103114-4907392b076949b4a3f5c4b543d736f4.jpg)
SHOCKING (Best Sean Connery voice)
![IMG_1182.jpeg IMG_1182.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103117-2fb2d8be66e2aeb53b62410614c7aaa9.jpg)
I LOVE THE SMELL OF A SMOULDERING PCB BOARD IN THE MORNING.
![IMG_1183.jpeg IMG_1183.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103118-61added145ae8bca4e8b2e6fc1d71411.jpg)
So - what to do.
I've dried it all out, cleaned it up and still looks totally wracked
![IMG_1190.jpeg IMG_1190.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103121-744cdd92ebfb365556c9d4733ce98fed.jpg)
Worst case scenario - Planar want:
£118 for the circuit board
£145 for the Fan motor.
Not had these electrically checked yet so could be either or neither or both that are the issue.
Planar have agreed to take them away - and only charge the above prices for testing, fitting and re-testing again which I think is ok.
Id have a chuck at this myself, quite happy to repair my own stuff on a day to day basis, but I don't fancy this one chaps, not when there's fuel, heat and a potential fire being involved.
Not that I down trust my own work, id just rather have it done and certified safe.
Any thoughts on where I could go on the cheap for the parts?
anyone got an old/working unit for sale that I could buy? save me the hassle of all the above?
Cheers chaps.
![IMG_1187.jpeg IMG_1187.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103120-86952c241a3c7aa996e3045e2b8631ed.jpg)
Recently had an issue with my Planar 2kw diesel heater
PU27 Display kept showing the following error.
![IMG_1172.jpeg IMG_1172.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103112-dc4c94ec57cdf61232fa0f97fff97001.jpg)
Sometimes when you get this - its a case of checking two things
1) Has your leisure battery been low/ flat
2) Disconnect the control unit and re-connect it
Putting these things straight may reboot the system and happy days.
Mine wouldn't.
So, went under the van and discovered that a piece of road debris had smashed through the under tray like a bullet, sliced the ducting that carries the hot air from the heater to the van, and allowed copies amounts of water (because I drove through some fat puddles recently) to be pushed back up into the heater outlet and into the unit itself.
FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET!
![IMG_1185.jpeg IMG_1185.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103116-971ffefaa1dc7f146bf2ae09307ee895.jpg)
Stripping down the unit I found this.
ICE AND A SLICE?
![IMG_1180.jpeg IMG_1180.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103114-4907392b076949b4a3f5c4b543d736f4.jpg)
SHOCKING (Best Sean Connery voice)
![IMG_1182.jpeg IMG_1182.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103117-2fb2d8be66e2aeb53b62410614c7aaa9.jpg)
I LOVE THE SMELL OF A SMOULDERING PCB BOARD IN THE MORNING.
![IMG_1183.jpeg IMG_1183.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103118-61added145ae8bca4e8b2e6fc1d71411.jpg)
So - what to do.
I've dried it all out, cleaned it up and still looks totally wracked
![IMG_1190.jpeg IMG_1190.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103121-744cdd92ebfb365556c9d4733ce98fed.jpg)
Worst case scenario - Planar want:
£118 for the circuit board
£145 for the Fan motor.
Not had these electrically checked yet so could be either or neither or both that are the issue.
Planar have agreed to take them away - and only charge the above prices for testing, fitting and re-testing again which I think is ok.
Id have a chuck at this myself, quite happy to repair my own stuff on a day to day basis, but I don't fancy this one chaps, not when there's fuel, heat and a potential fire being involved.
Not that I down trust my own work, id just rather have it done and certified safe.
Any thoughts on where I could go on the cheap for the parts?
anyone got an old/working unit for sale that I could buy? save me the hassle of all the above?
Cheers chaps.
![IMG_1187.jpeg IMG_1187.jpeg](https://www.t6forum.com/data/attachments/103/103120-86952c241a3c7aa996e3045e2b8631ed.jpg)
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