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Originally Posted by WyrTwister
Another though . If you have to use electricity , from the propulsion battery for cabin heat , I am pretty sure you can use 120 VAC resistance heaters ? If you have 72 VDC available , using it on a 120 VAC heater would produce a little more than 1/2 the amount of heat they would produce on 120 VAC . This amount of heat might still be useful . And the household heaters are inexpensive .
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Have one sitting on my shelf. Pulled from a heater that was left out by the garbage.
Not 100% sure on this, but if it's a PTC element, it won't have a linear resistance...so at lower voltages, it will be able to draw more current. Still probably wont get 100% of the rated heat, but I would assume it would be notably more than 50%. I'll hook 72v and see what kind of draw it takes with air flowing through it. Need to know for wiring purposes anyway.
