Snow Any way to plumb a B7100 for a heater?

[Firefighter Kubota]

They also make 12V UTV heaters... I was thinking abiout trying one...

 

[chim]

I looked into various small heaters when building my cab last year and decided on one that ran off the engine coolant with a 2-speed fan. It's rated at 20,000 BTU's (roughly equivalent to 20X the output of those 12V auxiliary heaters.) Warms the cab from 0*F to flannel shirt in about 10 minutes.

 

[Travelover]

I looked into various small heaters when building my cab last year and decided on one that ran off the engine coolant with a 2-speed fan. It's rated at 20,000 BTU's (roughly equivalent to 20X the output of those 12V auxiliary heaters.) Warms the cab from 0*F to flannel shirt in about 10 minutes.

Sounds great if you have an easy way to access the engine coolant, which brings me back to the original post above..........

 

[Travelover]

They also make 12V UTV heaters... I was thinking about trying one...

The B7100 has an 8.5 amp alternator - yes just 100 watts of power. The heaters that I looked at run at least 10 to 15 amps. So an electric heater would be running off the battery to a large degree.

 

[Leejohn]

Don't pump air in from the engine!!!!!!!!!! You might go to sleep.

 

[Egon]

Don't pump air in from the engine!!!!!!!!!! You might go to sleep.

Heat Housers were very common before the advent of Cabs.:thumbsup:

 

[Firefighter Kubota]

The B7100 has an 8.5 amp alternator - yes just 100 watts of power. The heaters that I looked at run at least 10 to 15 amps. So an electric heater would be running off the battery to a large degree.

Yeah.. I upgraded to the 40amp alt in my application

 

[DonnieP]

I have B7510 which I believe is very similiar to yours. There is a small bypass line around the thermostat, about 1/2" inside diameter and about 3" long. I removed that and plumbed it through the heater in the cab. Works great! I heard of people putting tees and a bypass valve in there to bypass the heater for the summer but I didn't bother. I saved the short piece of tubing and planned to reinstall it during the summer. It doesn't get that hot here in the summer so I haven't bothered switching it back. It doesn't add much heat if you don't turn on the fan.

Donnie

 

[Travelover]

I have B7510 which I believe is very similar to yours. There is a small bypass line around the thermostat, about 1/2" inside diameter and about 3" long. ..........Donnie

Thanks, Donnie. The B7100 doesn't have a thermostat, but it has a similar housing, so I'll look closely to see if there is something there to work with.

 

[Egon]

You may have enough room on your hoses to be able to install a fitting with an outlet. as you have already done on the upper hosel.

Eg. The bottom hose has enough room to install an inline heater.