Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 23:36:09 -0000
Reply-To: LA & Glen <lagcook@TELUSPLANET.NET>
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From: LA & Glen <lagcook@TELUSPLANET.NET>
Subject: Re: Engine Heaters
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Marshall,
I had one in my Syncro Westy and it was amazing.
Also very good for winter camping, it kept the coolant at 80 deg. C as well
as allowed the use of the heater fans front and rear.
The bad news is I sold the camper to a Doctor in California.
Good news is that Webasto still makes these type of heaters.The web site for
Webasto is <http:///.www.webasto.de>
They are quite popular on Big rigs and are used to heat the sleeper box
,motor and battery box while the engine is shut down. The truckers I have
talked to swear by them.
They refer to them as the "hot box" .
A lot of Canadian military vehicles use them include in the Leopard Main
Battle Tank.
The one in the Leopard uses 5L/hr though, but does it ever put out the heat!
5L is not much when you have a 1000L on board.
It is also capable of preheating 165L of engine coolant to operating temp in
1/2hr at -40 deg.C
Engine coolant changes sure use up the coolant, although it is less work and
trouble than a Vanagon.
Cheers
Glen
-----Original Message-----
From: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@pangea.ca>
To: LA & Glen <lagcook@TELUSPLANET.NET>; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, October 27, 2000 3:14 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Engine Heaters
>I looked up the reference to that - totally what we need here is that
>heater, but I've never seen one "in the flesh"
>
> - On page 82.25 Bentley - there is a description of the special
>programmable control panel for it.
>
> Syncro listees in Canada - anybody have the BBW 46 auxilliary heater?
>
>Marshall Ruskin
>84 Westy
>
>
>>Steve,
>>
>>There is a chapter (82.20-82.37) in the Bentley manual with a flow diagram
>>(page 82.22) on the this item.
>>
>>Cheers
>>Glen
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: William S. Brown Jr. <brown6@ALASKA.NET>
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>Date: Friday, October 27, 2000 12:44 AM
>>Subject: Engine Heaters
>>
>>
>>>A few weeks ago someone mentioned connecting an external engine water
>>heater
>>>to the water connections at the oil cooler. Are there any drawings or
>>>pictures of this setup? I am interested, but I don't really see where
>>there
>>>is room to do it.
>>>
>>>Has anyone else used external engine water heaters, and if so, where did
>>you
>>>attach them? It seems that it is difficult to get the required elevation
>>>rise from the first connection to the second. I was also wondering what
>>>size or wattage, would be best.
>>>
>>>Thanks ahead for your responses.
>>>
>>>Steve
>>>86 Vanagon
>>
>
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