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Old 02-15-2019, 09:35 AM   #43 (permalink)
WyrTwister
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
I need the defroster to work with out killing the battery.

I already tried using a propane heater. The results were as I expected. It will deice the outside great and fog up the inside pretty good too. It's marginally more effective than using the factory heater alone. But I still have to use the battery heater.

At home I just plug in a 120v little space heater.

I will check out webasto heaters too.

I'm going to have to say that using the battery for heat is a waste.
We had a used 2012 Leaf . Really liked it for an in town only car . But it was rear ended & totaled before winter arrived . So , we never faced the issues you are describing .

Here is a link to Ben Nelson installing a heater in a iMiEV .

https://300mpg.org/imiev-heater-installation/

Best of luck to you ! :-)

Wyr
God bless

PS These may or may not be available in either gasoline or diesel .

Here is another link to parking heater products .

https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale...parking+heater

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