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m_brady15

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17th Nov, 2010 at 12:48:30am

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if anybody have replaced the standard mini matrix that gets luke warm on a good day with a ceramic heater element from a electric heater?

This will allow the mini to heat up quicker and hotter.

If anybody has done this or has any information on this it would be greatly appreciated :)

Many thanks

Miles

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17th Nov, 2010 at 06:56:47am

the amount of amps the ceramic element would consume at 12v would be immense to create anything near what the mini heater is capable of

if yours is poor give it a flush out first, its free and should sort it

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17th Nov, 2010 at 08:21:04pm

yep as above,

to get a decent amount of heat you will need something in the order of 200 times the current of a headlight.

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17th Nov, 2010 at 09:13:57pm

never had a problem with my heater, always been man enough to keep the car and two occupants warm on a winters day.

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17th Nov, 2010 at 10:49:30pm

I just put a bigger coat on or a hat, as i dont have a heater *hehe!* but i have a heated windscreen.

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18th Nov, 2010 at 07:51:35am

On 17th Nov, 2010 madmk1 said:
I just put a bigger coat on or a hat, as i dont have a heater *hehe!* but i have a heated windscreen.

Like a real man grrrrr

On 11th Feb, 2015 robert said:
i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it

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AWDmoke

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18th Nov, 2010 at 08:15:36am

I have one of those little ceramic heaters. Draws about 15 amps and can barely manage to keep the drivers side of the windscreen from fogging up, never mind heat the interior - and this is in sunny Oz!

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18th Nov, 2010 at 09:25:08am

On 18th Nov, 2010 AWDmoke said:
I have one of those little ceramic heaters. Draws about 15 amps and can barely manage to keep the drivers side of the windscreen from fogging up, never mind heat the interior - and this is in sunny Oz!


But if the picture in your avatar is correct, it would be quite difficult to heat the interior - even in sunny Oz - as the "interior" is the whole planet *happy*



Seriously though, back to the original question, 15A at 12-14V is 200 Watts.
To get even 1Kw (which is still not much) would need 75A and a massive alternator.
Use the coolant system, it's heat that has to be thrown away anyway and won't use engine power driving a massive alternator.

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