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Outdoor Durability Tests: Drops and Freezing

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What happens here

To test the heater's ruggedness, simulate accidental drops. Use a skid steer to lift the SunFire SF120 radiant heater and drop it twice: first from approximately 5 feet, then from 8.5 feet. After each drop, inspect the heater for any visible damage and attempt to power it on to confirm it remains functional. Following the drop tests, place the heater into a large snowbank. Use an excavator to fully bury the heater under a significant amount of snow, then attempt to power it on. Observe if the heater can start and effectively melt its way out of the snow.

Goal: Assess the physical durability and cold-start reliability of the radiant heater under harsh conditions.

Tools and materials

  • Excavator Kubota KX040-4 — Burying the heater in snow
  • Gas Can — Filling the heater with diesel/kerosene after tests
  • Gloves Unspecified — Handling equipment in cold weather and during refueling
  • Pickup Truck Ford F-150 — To provide a drop surface in one of the tests
  • Skid Steer — Lifting and dropping the heater for impact testing
  • Snowbank Natural — To simulate freezing conditions and burying the heater
  • SunFire SF120 Radiant Heater SunFire — The primary equipment being subjected to durability tests

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Burns diesel or kerosene or both and what you're telling me is if I could I could stand right here and fire this up and I won't smell and burn in those fuels that's right and the reason why we can do that Stan is because inside we create a Vortex and we burn all the droplets of fuel whereas the four stair heaters usually droplets are are escaping and that's what you're smelling is that unburned feel and stuff so not with these so those Torpedo heaters are actually throwing unburnt fuel on your hair your skin on your clothes so that's what's making you smell and that's what's giving yeah that's what's giving you the headaches and that and this thing will burn almost a hundred percent of that yes it'll burn all of that fuel so you're not going to get those headaches and that smell that you do with those four stairs how big of an area will this heat this will heat 2 800 square feet and on top of that is that it comes with the option to heat with a wall thermostat so you can regulate the temperature by getting just a regular standard mechanical or battery operated one with the thermostat okay so let's go over here let's look at this thing right here so I got a skid loader right here Michael okay okay and if I'm understanding this radiant heat if I wanted to thaw this machine out let's just say she's froze up okay if I was using a torpedo heater I'd have my torpedo heater here and then I would be building a tent around here because I'm trying to keep that heat contained in here what you're telling me is I could take that Sunfire I could put it about here and the wind could blow 50 miles an hour and it wouldn't make a single difference because it's still going to heat up exactly what I need though absolutely it's like it doesn't use it because it doesn't use forced air it's not affected by the wind at all so it's going to warm that thaw something out very easily no tense no tents no worrying about burning burning the tarp up and starting my equipment on fire no Frick okay uh but you're not the only radiant heater out there no there's four other for basically four companies in the world that make this for the most part one in Europe and Italy one in China there's an excellent company in Japan that makes one but there's only one that makes them in the United States and that's a Sunfire okay you said an excellent company in Japan one in Europe one in China how do you compare in quality to those companies because made in America is great but if you ain't making it…

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