Cooking on your engine?

[California98Civic]

Originally Posted by Ladogaboy

Wow... A water heater would be a great addition to my car... That way, I could take hot showers while on the road. This is brilliant!

Hahaha! I don't know about a shower but a hot water dispenser on the dash would make some great hot drinks on the road.

[skyking]

~78% of the energy from the fuel is lost as heat. It takes 8.34 BTU to heat one gallon 1 degree. Start @ 40 f, end at 130 f, ~750 BTU per gallon for domestic hot water.
750 x 50 = 37,500 BTU
Hmm, could you heat your house water on the way home from work, if you had good enough heat exchangers?

[SwamiSalami]

Originally Posted by Everett

When I operated the forklift all day I would leave cans of chunky soup under the motor of the machine. Wasn't bad in summer but in winter it didn't get hot. Decided subway was less effort.

...

until you get 3 day food poisoning from a seafood sub.

[Ladogaboy]

Originally Posted by skyking

~78% of the energy from the fuel is lost as heat. It takes 8.34 BTU to heat one gallon 1 degree. Start @ 40 f, end at 130 f, ~750 BTU per gallon for domestic hot water.
750 x 50 = 37,500 BTU
Hmm, could you heat your house water on the way home from work, if you had good enough heat exchangers?

I wonder if you could use that in combination with your 5th Wheel?