12 volt heater

[CalG]

FCOL! This is not a VW forum!

 

[MossRoad]

FCOL! This is not a VW forum!

 

[MossRoad]

We had one beetle, one Karmen Ghia, and 4-5 buses. I remember my dad "fixing" the long rusted heat pipe from the engine to the front with dryer vent pipe on a couple of the buses. :laughing:

On really cold days the inside of the windows would frost up from our breath. We'd always crack the wing vent windows open to blow on the windshield. You really got to appreciate good, warm clothes if you owned a VW in the winter. :thumbsup:

The beetle had gasoline heater.

 

[Travelover]

FCOL! This is not a VW forum!

I thought the topic was crappy little heaters. :laughing::laughing:

 

[PJSprog]

I thought the topic was crappy little heaters. :laughing::laughing:

My bad. I think I introduced that VW deviation ... in the context of crappy little heaters, though.

 

[chim]

You're confusing watts with amps.

Right. But 300 watts = a tad over 1,000 BTU's. Still puny when compared with a 20,000 BTU engine coolant powered heater. With the heater in the link below I can make it too warm in the cab on the coldest night.

AH454 AUXILIARY HEATER (1"X7")

 

[Billrog]

Today I put the 300 watt heater to the test. As my cab comes off 1st thing in the spring I have no desire to have hoses or a permanent heater my main objective was to see if a 12v. would actually make any difference as I'm happy with the fact I even have a cab for winter. I have a glue on oil pan heater and spent yesterday installing a block heater so didn't do the test until this morning. Here's the results.Out side temp.

Turned on the heater then checked temp. for it.

Drove up the mt. for an hr. no gloves or long under wear jacket open cool but not cold. Top of cab is sealed well but not around the bottom area. Temp. in cab when I got back far from hot but warmer than outside.

The engine didn't get very warm either.

Worth it ? but at least anyone considering buying on new can know what to expect. At colder than when I did the test there would be very little improvement if 10 degrees warmer I'm sure there would be a noticeable dif. in temp.

 

[Garandman]

I have a Gerbing heated jacket so gonna hook up the the adaptor and wear that!

 

[atsah]

I go out here in Maine dressed for AK, Hot Hands insole warms and all I haven't been cold in my cab, the wind is the killer so a cab is a must..

 

[Billrog]

Both the last posts sound like very good options. A young friend worried about an old man phoned me to tell me heated jackets were on sale 1/2 price a few wks. ago.

 

[Egon]

Engine coolant cab heater with quick connects and add a cover to the radiator when cold would not be too difficult to do. Temp. Controlled shutters would even be nicer.

There was a time we changed thermostats for summer to winter.

 

[atsah]

I also put hand warmers in my gloves.. If it's below 10F and I need to remove snow it takes me two hours and if that's the case I will through on my Artic Cat snowmobile suit with my 100F below Kamik boots with the warmers, it's a little bulky but I don't get cold, I can stay out all day comfortably if I dress for it..

 

[MossRoad]

Engine coolant cab heater with quick connects and add a cover to the radiator when cold would not be too difficult to do. Temp. Controlled shutters would even be nicer.

There was a time we changed thermostats for summer to winter.

That's what I'd do. Our IH2500b had a cab heater. It was a little round core with a blower fan inside it. Two radiator hoses ran to it. There was a valve at the block where you could turn it off for summer and on for winter.

My 1971 Toyota FJ40 Landcruiser has a rear heater that is very similar.... two coolant hoses to a heater core with fan.

It would be very easy to put fluid quick connects on the hoses outside the cab so it could be disconnected when the cab is removed for summer.

 

[CalG]

Common air hose fittings work fine for such applications, and are not costly at the local autoparts store.

 

[Boatman62]

I have a Gerbing heated jacket so gonna hook up the the adaptor and wear that!

No cab on my tractor. Been wearing Gerbings jacket liner, gloves and heated insoles for years. When using the blower I also wear my motorcycle helmet.

 

[Travelover]

........When using the blower I also wear my motorcycle helmet.

Good idea. I hate it when those frozen newspapers come flying out the chute.

 

[Garandman]

I turn the chute away from me....:laughing:

Why is it a gust of wind always comes at you just when you turn the augers on?

 

[MossRoad]

I turn the chute away from me....:laughing:

I had to laugh at that one. :laughing:

I've been using a plow on mine for 15 years. I've been snow blowing my in-laws drive this year as my FIL is 89 and had some surgery, so he can't do it this year... I'd forgotten that every time you turn around with a blower the snow's gonna come back in your face!

 

[buickanddeere]

The exhaust heat re-claimers used on air cooled engines to heat air craft interiors are effective on ground based vehicles too.