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To: chiller

1. Gasoline-burning heaters instead of electric heaters.

2. Electrically heated suits like those that were used in the old WWII unpressurized, unheated B-17s. Heat only the driver, not the whole cabin.


84 posted on 12/14/2013 5:38:27 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: catnipman

>>1. Gasoline-burning heaters instead of electric heaters.

In Northern Europe, many higher-end cars have factory-option fuel-burning heaters to pre-warm the car in the AM. A company called Webasto makes them, but there are probably others. I think there are both diesel and gasoline models, but they’re more common on diesel cars from what I can tell.

http://www.webasto.com/us/markets-products/car/heating-systems-for-automotive-industry/

It looks like they have / are developing aftermarket heaters for electric and hybrid cars. There’s a link at the link that talks about bioethanol heaters, which seems sort of silly. Gasoline or diesel is much more readily available.


280 posted on 12/15/2013 6:51:40 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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