[FC] Electric Hot Air
Bryan Blackwell
corvanatics@corvair.org
Wed Mar 24 10:09:00 2004
Bear in mind the stock electrical system was only designed for 30 amps
total, you're talking about pulling at least 10 amps through the cig
lighter. I've not heard of someone successfully using one. The CO
hazard is real, but bear in mind that most street Corvairs use the
stock heater which works really well if it's in good condition. If you
want to review rebuilding the stock system again, the link is at:
http://autoxer.skiblack.com/fc-heat.html
If you want to use the electric heater as a stopgap to keep feeling in
your toes until you can fix the stock heater that might work, but to
have *heat* what you really want is to fix the stock system.
--Bryan
On Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at 09:49 AM, D wrote:
> Because the previous owner of my Rampside used plastic dryer hose, I
> don't
> have heat. I've been considering using one of those 150 or 200 wattt
> cigarette
> lighter heaters. It seems like it would circumvent any possible carbon
> monoxide poisoning, and the need to clean-up the ducts etc., and a
> simple
> quick solution. Is there a problem with doing this? I can't say I've
> ever seen
> any postings about using one of these units. Can the electrical system
> handle
> it?