On 1 Oct 95, Cetin Seren wrote:
> However, 1500 watts of continuous heating is enough to bake the > insides of a VW van almost anywhere, any temp (well, maybe not where > Tobin and Christa passed through in Canada). I would imagine a 500 > watt heater would be more than enough for most reasonable climates. i can vouch that 1500 watts doesn't do much in REAL cold weather . those infamous 110v ceramic (or even just plain resistive, its all nearly 100% efficient despite marketing claims) heaters crank out 1500 watts or 5200 BTU. this won't do much when the temps drop below 0 F. dropping the output to 500 watts will barely keep your toes warm. the under seat heater in a wasserboxer is probably around 10,000 to 13,000 BTU (a complete guess) and that still needs the front heater on also. please temper my comments with respect to our winter weather-- we see a meeting of the english and metric system each year... -40 F = -40 C -dan
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