Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 13:05:06 -0400
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From: "Tony Moore" <tony@moorelab.com>
Subject: Fw: THE ULTIMATE WAY TO HEAT YOUR BUS
Did anyone else see this post to the air cooled for sale list?
tony
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> From: ARKADY MIRVIS <heaterman@nac.net>
> To: aircldvw@CC.OWU.EDU
> Subject: THE ULTIMATE WAY TO HEAT YOUR BUS
> Date: Sunday, May 11, 1997 12:05 PM
>
> Hello, fellows,
>
> Here is my first message to you and, when I speak, please, listen.
>
> Many of you know too well what freezing in your bus feels like. When I
offered and not
> once to my shivering customers hot tea or coffee, it was seen by them as
the best
> care and experience! Do good people have to be miserable?
>
> Remember "necessity is mother of invention"? When, more than thirty years
ago, I
> couldn't take freezing at - 40F anymore, a series of experiments began.
>
> Do you think there is a very big difference between -15 and -40F when it
comes to
> driving? Not really! Simply put: driving without heat is dangerous,
particularly on
> long and deserted roads.
>
> Simple thinking and not much knowledge was needed to investigate sources
of energy for
> heating and these were found inpractical:
>
> LIQUID GAS OR PROPANE. Why? Gas has low energy content, evaporation stops
at low
> temperature, special tank or bottle carrier needed, pressure regulators
do not
> do the job and freeze, piping has to be very well done, etc.
>
> ELECTRIC POWER. Where is it? To warm the bus (no holes, no air leaks, no
draft!) you
> need minimum 18 - 20000 BTU/HR. This translates to approx. 5.3 - 5.8
KW/HR. We all
> have on board 12 volts source. For this source to develop 5.3 - 5.8
kilowatts it must
> output 441 - 483 amperes! Have you seen welders trucks, their generators
and cables,
> did you? Would you want to have all this just to have sufficient electric
heating on
> board?
> You can see ads (even in national publications), luring you into buying
an electric
> heater for the bus. This is nonsense!
>
> Till portable nuclear source will be developed, electricity for heating
is out.
>
> ENGINE EXHAUST AND OIL. Even Volkswagen realized that these were poor
sources of heat,
> and it started to offer auxiliary gasoline burning heaters of minimum
capacity.
> I have seen many attempts to get or improve heating without result.
Additional
> blowers, heatexchangers - what we try? To get heat from where it is not
in the first
> place!
>
> A sure way to finish your engine is to suck heat from oil. Oil to flow
and lubricate,
> MUST to be warm. Cold oil sludges the engine when blow-by is high and
detergents do
> not work well.
>
> WOOD AND COAL. Believe me I have seen good workmanship in implementing
this idea.
> NICE! Fireplace in the bus! And a chimney with a ruster on it. Sure way
to arouse ann
> attention of the highway patrol and onlookers. And you have ashes on
board to spread
> under wheel if you stuck! How about pulling a trailer with wood or coal,
like steam
> engines were doing?
>
> ALCOHOL. This is taken inside for warming up. But drinking and driving do
not mix!
> Don't even try! There is statistic that 10,000 Russians die every year
freezing after
> vodka intake.
>
> WARM CLOTHES. Good idea! But how much of it can you put on? Till you will
not be able
> to move. Even with warm socks you need to do SCHUHEPLATTER (german dance)
to keep your
> toes alive.
>
> POLAR SLEEPING BAG, ADOPTED FOR DRIVING. Great! Anyone knows where they
are sold?
>
> So, where to go for real heat? It is not far away - right in your gas
tank! That is
> THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF ENERGY for THE ULTIMATE WAY TO BEAT THE COLD -
COMBUSTION
> HEATERS!
>
> Small,powerfull, efficient, nature friendly (very low emission level
because of
> abundance of air and low combustion temperatures), quiet, reliable and
SAFE.
> Yes, safer than your house oil burner!
>
> Safe only after service by a specialist. Why so many stories about
"heater inherent
> dangerous nature" ? That a whole separate article can and was written by
me.
>
> Believe me, the heater is dangerous because little knowledge is
dangerous.
> When I service or sell a heater a set of of instructions goes with it.
When these
> instructions are followed, you are safe, totally.
>
> Heater is dangerous when bought uncomplete and not adjusted. This is how
most of
> heaters are sold at shows and by friends. Do yourself and your loved ones
a favor, ask
> and do not rush to follow advices of the seller.
>
> Years of heater service, restorations resulted in many modification
technics, trade
> secrets and approaches to make heater to start and to run better than
when it left the
> assembly line.
>
> Do not waste time! Electric car engineers selected combustion heaters.
>
> How about watercooled cars, buses? Particularly those with diesels?
Preheat the engine
> and the interior! We have these engineering wanders! Miniature heat
gigants, weighing
> barely 10 pounds, you can find space to put under the hood in any car.
Completely
> autonomous.
>
> What else do you want to know? Get in touch.
> Enjoy warm driving!
>
> Ark Mirvis "THE HEATERMAN"
>
> (201)398-6363
>
> heaterman@nac.net
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