REFLECTOR: Cabin Heat

[David Scharfenberg]

I looked it up.  It has small intake and exhaust hoses.  Looked to be about 1" diameter.

Dave



On Jan 17, 2012, at 3:35 PM, John Dibble wrote:

Maybe it's like the home kerosene heaters that just vent to the room.  That would make
more sense that way.

John

Alex Balic wrote:

> Where does the exhaust go?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of Fred Anderka
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 9:04 AM
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> Subject: REFLECTOR: Cabin Heat
> 
> Lawrence:
> 
> Have not tried it but I don't see why it should not work with Jet A, its
> mostly kerosene.  The heater has a whole bunch of electronic interlocks that
> prevent over temperature, lost ignition, etc. conditions.  The unit is sold
> for heavy truck and boat cabin heating so I suspect it can handle a wide
> range and quality of diesel fuels.
> 
> Fred
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:14:09 -0500
> From: Lawrence Epstein <ljepstein at hotmail.com>
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Cabin Heat
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> I wonder if it will run on Jet A?
> 
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Fred Anderka <fred at holohil.com> wrote:
> 
>> Dave:****
>> 
>> ** **
>> 
>> Cabin heating is a serious issue for us flying in the frozen north.
>> Just returned from Tucson this weekend to the Ottawa (Ontario) area
>> where the OAT after Colombia MO was -23C at 9500 ft. it was also -23 in
> the cabin.
>> The oil heater does not work at all when the oil temperature is below
>> 180F.  On this flight the oil  temp was about 170-175F for most of the
>> trip with CHT's in the 200 to 220? range, the NACA VG?s are working too
> well.
>> Scott has a number of ideas on reducing the air flow through the
>> engine NACA?s that I have to try.****
>> 
>> ** **
>> 
>> A Challenger (Ultra-light) owner has installed an AIR TOP 2000STD (
>> http://www.webastoshowroom.com/pdf/New%20LIt/AirTop2000ST_spec.pdf)
>> and claims it makes his plane winter flyable with lots of heat.  I
>> have one in a box and plan on installing it just ahead of the Canard
>> and above the front gear leg.  The unit is only about 10 lbs. but
>> requires a separate Diesel tank.  Our local truck stop only had the
>> diesel version although there is a gasoline version available.  At
>> full output (7000 BTU?s) the unit burns about one quart of diesel in 4
>> hours.****
>> 
>> ** **
>> 
>> I will report the results once installed.  I am also rebuilding my
>> front gear doors to provide a better seal and reduce the blast of
>> frigid air.***
>> *
>> 
>> ** **
>> 
>> Fred Anderka****
>> 
>> C-GHOL XL RG****
> 
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