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Old 06-25-2015, 01:49 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I don't know if will move enough heat.
I actually tried something kind of like this once, where I tried to indirectly heat the coolant with warmed air. I took 2 space heaters, plugged them into my out door welding receptacles and ran extension cords to my car where I put both heaters on the passanger side floor.
The idea was to put heaters in the cab, direct them towards the vehicle air recirculater intake and use the heat to both thaw the ice and warm the engine a little faster with the engine running.
It thawed the ice but appeared to have almost no noticeable effect warming the engine.
This one of the reasons I have abandoned trying to air as a medium to heat anything beyond the inside of the cabin.
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