 Electric Heater Load, Is 200 watts too much ? |
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| jim_hoyland |
 Dec 3 2004, 09:53 PM
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Get that VIN ?  Group: Members Posts: 9,467 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California 
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Picked up a ceramic heater at Pep Boys this am; it plugs into the cig lighter and uses 200 watts. Is this going to be a fuse buster ? Will I have to upgrade the fuse ? Any tips ?
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| airsix |
Dec 7 2004, 11:14 PM
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I have bees in my epiglotis Group: Members Posts: 2,196 Joined: 7-February 03 From: Kennewick Man (E. WA State) Member No.: 266 |
QUOTE(Dr Evil @ Dec 7 2004, 07:18 PM) Why scrap the heater? You can get a more powerful alternator in the resources section of this site. If you get your alternator to put out enough juice then your only other concern is to make sure that any additional accessories are wired with apropriate gauge wire and fuses. I agree. Go ahead and use it - just don't run it for extended periods. I've got one - they were on sale at Harbor Freight for $4 or something rediculous like that so I picked one up to try it. I have to admit that it puts out a fair amount of heat. I don't have heat in my 914 and have used that little heater in it a few times. I just didn't run it continually for extended periods and never had a problem. -Ben M. |
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jim_hoyland Electric Heater Load Dec 3 2004, 09:53 PM
skline Make a plug for it that goes straight to the batte... Dec 3 2004, 09:58 PM lapuwali :agree:
Yes, 200W at 12V is 17 amps. Use at leas... Dec 3 2004, 10:05 PM jim_hoyland Thank's for the tips; possibly avoided some un... Dec 3 2004, 10:10 PM davep This is when a 75 amp alternator makes sense. I... Dec 7 2004, 02:51 PM lapuwali Running the car itself doesn't take all that m... Dec 7 2004, 03:21 PM davep Then there is the wipers and rear window defrost. ... Dec 7 2004, 04:16 PM jim_hoyland Thank's for the lesson(s) on alternater; you m... Dec 7 2004, 08:58 PM Dr Evil Why scrap the heater? You can get a more powerful ... Dec 7 2004, 09:18 PM jim_hoyland Were the HArbor Freight units 100 or 200 watts ? Dec 7 2004, 11:20 PM ClayPerrine When I was driving my 914 on a regular basis befor... Dec 8 2004, 07:44 AM jim_hoyland What is your high output alternator rated at ? Sho... Dec 8 2004, 10:02 AM ClayPerrine When I had this done, I was still working on cars ... Dec 8 2004, 10:05 AM Maltese Falcon I ran the model called "Back Seat Heat" in my Vana... Dec 8 2004, 10:12 AM
davep High Amp Alternators Dec 8 2004, 10:18 AM |
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