<VV> Re: gas heaters..

[James Davis]

Mine has an electrical fuel pump (Carter vane) and a tee mounted on 
the frame rail behind the tank.  I removed the stock electrical 
switch on the air control of the gas heater and instead use two 
lighted rocker switches electrical to control the heater and fan. The 
the switches are tied directly to the battery by a 8 ga wire.   I 
used it to defrost the windshield and heat up the truck before I 
started to school. Note: If the spark plug gap is not perfect the 
coil has insufficient voltage to fire plug without the engine 
running.  Full on the heater draws about 30 amps so a good battery 
will last about 20 minutes and still have power to start the 
truck.   Putting out 150 F degree air the gas heater doesn't take 
long to heat the cab.
Jim Davis

At 06:59 PM 1/6/2007, N2VZD at aol.com wrote:
>non of my gas heaters work unless the engine is running...did i miss
>something , or was there an electric pump (like i threaten to do 
>someday) on it?
>regards, tim colson ..with lots of corvair storries ..
>but  i type with one finger.
>  ________