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[Penelope Stopit]

At that price you could buy one or two and test them, they obviously kick out some heat, you could do a little research and obtain heat outputs for the different manufacturer models

This way could save you much work

[Penelope Stopit]

Whats with the swearing? Whats with the comment "To Be Honest"? Do you mean you tell lies

Thats me out

[paintman]

Having tried a couple of that type of thing to see if I could get the inside of the van screen cleared quicker IME they're a waste of money.
If you've tried those you've posted pics of & one or more would be suitable to heat the inside of a car quickly to an acceptable level then please post its details.
The links I posted to eberspacher & webasto are makers of stuff that I know works having used them in caravans, boats & trucks where one or the other are standard factory fit. My diesel Sprinter van has a factory fitted auxiliary heater that draws its fuel from the main tank & very good it is too!

Edited by paintman on Tuesday 2nd February 09:33

[Russwhitehouse]

Penelope Stopit said:

Whats with the swearing? Whats with the comment "To Be Honest"? Do you mean you tell lies

Thats me out

"swearing" errrrrrrr.......? You are obviously of a delicate disposition, but thanks for your suggestions so far. By the way, no i don't lie.

[Russwhitehouse]

paintman said:

Having tried a couple of that type of thing to see if I could get the inside of the van screen cleared quicker IME they're a waste of money.
If you've tried those you've posted pics of & one or more would be suitable to heat the inside of a car quickly to an acceptable level then please post its details.
The links I posted to eberspacher & webasto are makers of stuff that I know works having used them in caravans, boats & trucks where one or the other are standard factory fit. My diesel Sprinter van has a factory fitted auxiliary heater that draws its fuel from the main tank & very good it is too!

Edited by paintman on Tuesday 2nd February 09:33

Hi paintman. I spoke to both of them yesterday and both were very helpful. Webasto units were fitted to early Porsches and i am waiting to hear back from them about a current equivalent.

[AW10]

The problem with an electric heater is simply getting any decent amount of heat out of something that runs off a 12V supply. The equivalent of a 1000 watt home electric heater might be OK in a car. But a 1000 watt element at 12 volts would draw over 80 amps - I'm guessing that's more than your alternator puts out. Even 500 watts would tax the alternator and need pretty thick cables, far more than a ciggy lighter socket can supply.

Consider a heated seat pad (£10-20 off ebay), somehow using residual engine heat (get a fabricator to put some boxes around your exhaust primaries) or a secondary gas/diesel/petrol powered heater; And perhaps a heated screen?