Heater Units & Air-Con
Discussion
I seem to recall seeing an assortment of heater/ aircon units in the Car Builder Solutions catalogue, might be worth a peruse if you haven't already seen it?
It used to be available as a download but now they want to mine your data...
https://www.carbuilder.com/pages/catalogue-request
It used to be available as a download but now they want to mine your data...
https://www.carbuilder.com/pages/catalogue-request
Yes, there's a bunch via a Google search. https://tinyurl.com/abnv6x7k Just a case I would think of find one with decent heat output with powerful fans and the correct number of outlets.
How many outlets on a Wedge, two for the screen, two for the face and two for the floor?
How many outlets on a Wedge, two for the screen, two for the face and two for the floor?
As you might expect with the Wedges, there was a variety of 'solutions' to the heater over the years.
The early Tasmins, with the row of vents on the bonnet just below the screen, had a fresh air intake to the heater box that was sealed to the underside of the closed bonnet with a foam gasket (of sorts) so it drew air through the bonnet.
Later cars without those vents sometimes, but not always, had the intake opening cut out of the heater box and then 'finished' with a mesh grille, but in effect it drew 'fresh' air from within the engine bay.
Others were left without the intake opened, so the best it could do was recirculate whatever was already in the cabin (on a Merlin kit car I built with my old man in '82 we did exactly the same thing; of course it helps the cabin warm up quicker).
So you might argue that the face level vents are of minimum benefit unless you can find a way to pipe cool air in as well, leaving just screen and footwells.
The early Tasmins, with the row of vents on the bonnet just below the screen, had a fresh air intake to the heater box that was sealed to the underside of the closed bonnet with a foam gasket (of sorts) so it drew air through the bonnet.
Later cars without those vents sometimes, but not always, had the intake opening cut out of the heater box and then 'finished' with a mesh grille, but in effect it drew 'fresh' air from within the engine bay.
Others were left without the intake opened, so the best it could do was recirculate whatever was already in the cabin (on a Merlin kit car I built with my old man in '82 we did exactly the same thing; of course it helps the cabin warm up quicker).
So you might argue that the face level vents are of minimum benefit unless you can find a way to pipe cool air in as well, leaving just screen and footwells.
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