Don, check the archives, several folks have done what you suggest. At least a couple of them use the coolant circuit that normally heats the rear (under seat) heater. DMc ---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Engine heat is often used in yachts for heating shower and galley water. > I am surprised someone who's a Westie-gadget tinker er has not done one for > vans. You could pull into camp and have a hot shower waiting, even on > cloudy days or just turn on the motor for maybe 10 minutes.. > Don Hanson > > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < > scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > > > cool, > > is it baffled to prevent slosh inside ? > > > > next you start thinking of how to get more surface area exposed to the sun > > etc. > > > > thinking of less sunny days .. > > I haven't seen much in the way of a heater circuit heat exchange for on > > board hot water. > > > > I also have a heat exchanger off a tdi engine .. > > it's an EGR cooler really, > > coolant runs through many tubes in it, and exhaust flows through it too > > .... > > cooling the exhaust before it's introduced into the engine for EGR., > > so can't see why that can't be used to heat shower water. > > > > Scott > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "BenT Syncro" <syncro@GMAIL.COM> > > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 5:14 PM > > Subject: Re: novel solar shower spotted > > > > > > Here's the unbroken link: > >> > >> > >> > >> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=431812&sid=4e2da8cfea50e637aed82cf668a0b313 > >> > >> > >> BenT > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> > >>> On the samba > >>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php? > >>> t=431812&sid=4e2da8cfea50e637aed82cf668a0b313 > >>> > >>> It has its merits. > >>> > >>> alistair > >>> > >> -- David McNeely |
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