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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw
So, if you solder both ends together, then connect that to one lead of your power source and the other lead in the middle of that wrapped wire, you will have two 110V volt heaters in parallel, right? Which would be exactly what Moro is looking for?
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Yes, only don't solder, crimp as solder will melt and as others have stated you would want a little less then half the element as you are running 96v instead of 110/120 (half of the 220v his heater is designed for) so you have 2.2 times to much element.
Last fall at the Electric Auto Association meeting they were talking about adding electric heat to electric cars and a number of people who were running at 72v had cut their heaters appart like this and said it worked well, one who was running 96v and had a 120v charger had left his heater together so he could heat while charging and while driving with the same heater.