john-t5
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| posted on 6/2/17 at 02:59 AM |
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Heaters
Anyone running one of these heaters?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302088161552
If so what are they like? Or what do you run?
Cheers John
[Edited on 6/2/17 by john-t5]
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ian locostzx9rc2
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| posted on 6/2/17 at 06:17 AM |
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Not used one but on full power it will draw 25amps so your need a decent size battery and alternator with a good charge rate
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cliftyhanger
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| posted on 6/2/17 at 08:38 AM |
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300w may be ok for defrosting a windscreen, but won't do much to heat a driver/passenger.....
Not sure there is much advantage over the little plug-in versions apart from the fact it looks more correct. I also doubt there is much quality in it
either...
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steve m
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| posted on 6/2/17 at 09:06 AM |
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For the price it may be worth buying one anyway, but I wont be, as I took the heater out of my car years ago, as it was as usefull as an ashtray on a
motorbike 
To reduce fogging on the screen, ive used Rainex
To avoid getting cold, another layer of clothing does it for me
steve
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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nick205
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| posted on 6/2/17 at 09:07 AM |
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Curious
Is this for your RX8 project - if so surely it has an adequate heater in it already?
I guess plumbing it in to the VAG motor may be a task, but can't be impossible.
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john-t5
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| posted on 6/2/17 at 09:58 AM |
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It's for the VAG rx8 project I'm doing. It's just for keeping the window clear on track. The standard rx8 unit had to be removed to
allow for the engine to be pushed back as far as I wanted. Was looking at running a small water micro heater, but thought this might be an easier
solution.
Cheers John
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nick205
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| posted on 6/2/17 at 10:54 AM |
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OK - now I understand.
Maybe not the cheapest option, but if you can have a heated windscreen fitted they work extremely well.
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ken555
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| posted on 6/2/17 at 01:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
OK - now I understand.
Maybe not the cheapest option, but if you can have a heated windscreen fitted they work extremely well.
Works great on the windscreen, but not so good one the side screens.
I have a heated screen, but found that I also needed to warm the inside up to keep the side/back screens clear.
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Banana
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| posted on 6/2/17 at 02:29 PM |
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Has anyone fitted a vent to the bulkhead which can be opened to let warm air from the engine bay in?
Or would that just gas the driver?
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BenB
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| posted on 6/2/17 at 02:36 PM |
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It could. Equally, some of the micro heaters designed for kit cars sit inside the engine bay and take heat from there via a radiator to heat it
further. I've personally never been very happy with that idea which is why I designed my own. PC water cooling radiator, 1A 12v centrifugal fan
and voila.
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SJ
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| posted on 6/2/17 at 02:37 PM |
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Several air cooled cars run heaters off the exhaust.
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ken555
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| posted on 6/2/17 at 04:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenB
I designed my own. PC water cooling radiator, 1A 12v centrifugal fan and voila.
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Having no engine in the front, I have an advantage.
I take radiator warmed air, through a PC cooling "radiator" with a ex HP Server fan into the cockpit.
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BenB
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| posted on 6/2/17 at 04:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ken555
quote:
Originally posted by BenB
I designed my own. PC water cooling radiator, 1A 12v centrifugal fan and voila.
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Having no engine in the front, I have an advantage.
I take radiator warmed air, through a PC cooling "radiator" with a ex HP Server fan into the cockpit.
Good plan! I suppose given the wide "mouth" of Locost nosecones it would be possible to duct off some air coming from the radiator and
duct that towards the screen (the air obviously wouldn't have a chance to get all full of fumes from the engine bay)...
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Banana
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| posted on 8/2/17 at 08:46 PM |
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Surely there shouldn't be any excess fumes.. Unless the exhaust has a leak, where would it come from?
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BenB
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| posted on 8/2/17 at 10:44 PM |
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Oil breather? Reflux from carbs?
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SJ
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| posted on 9/2/17 at 08:21 AM |
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Oil breather? Reflux from carbs?
Citroen GS' had a heater fed from the exhaust and were also prone to the crank breather pipe blocking, pressure building up and blowing some of
the contents of the sump out all over the exhaust. If you had the heater on the car immediately filled with oil smoke to the point where it was
difficult to see where you were going!
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 9/2/17 at 06:27 PM |
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Not sure but I think I read somewhere that for IVA the heater wasn't allowed to draw any air from the engine bay?
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