Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum - EcoModder.com - View Single Post - Fast warm up ideas: 5,500 watt, 19,000 BTU per hour coolant heater

csnyder · 09-09-2015, 01:29 AM

My kid brother lived on a small farm where he could not get the rig close to the buildings or a power source, and letting the truck idle all weekend when he was home in the winter got pretty expensive so we put in an RV water heater, run off Propane. It would pre-heat the engine and defrost the cab in a couple hours from dead cold, and keep the bunk comfy and the engine ready to start when he bunked in cold weather. We had a 24 volt circulator pump set up running off 12 volts and a couple of computer fans moving air over the added heater core in the bunk. Worked great.

09-09-2015, 01:29 AM	#23 (permalink)
csnyder EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: waterloo, Ontario Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Engine Heater My kid brother lived on a small farm where he could not get the rig close to the buildings or a power source, and letting the truck idle all weekend when he was home in the winter got pretty expensive so we put in an RV water heater, run off Propane. It would pre-heat the engine and defrost the cab in a couple hours from dead cold, and keep the bunk comfy and the engine ready to start when he bunked in cold weather. We had a 24 volt circulator pump set up running off 12 volts and a couple of computer fans moving air over the added heater core in the bunk. Worked great.