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Old 07-16-2018, 05:09 PM   #102 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gumby79 View Post
resistance heater upgrade

This may help come winter.
Cool. I was always disappointed that not only does the '11-
12 Leaf use resistance heating, but they run it through a liquid to air heat exchanger. That means when you arrive at the destination, the heat leftover in the coolant loop is wasted, and that it takes a while for it to come up to temp and begin heating the cabin.

Would have been better to have an air to air heat exchanger like a normal portable electric heater. Instant heat, and no waste.
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