Winter Tweaks to Heating System re Battery Temp
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:34 am
As I do the same mileage and route every day it does allow me to notice slight differences in performance.
Just recently with the tempereature drop I have noticed the range decrease slightly. I now run the heater on regardless of needing it in the cab that has improved things back to where I was before the temp drop. But its going to get colder
The most obvious mod is to block a section of the rad off or front grill to some extent. (Anyone got any pics of this) this wont raise the temp only reduce the cooling effect, there does not seem to much under bonnet generating heat.
I noticed the heater pipes run very close to the cooling pipes for the batteries in a number of areas. Using exhaust wrap to insulate them together it would be possible to transfer more heat across to the battery circulation pipes.
Lastly the most adventurous, a reducing t piece could be put in the heater outlet, then a length of small bore plastic tube could be wrapped round various battery circulation pipes then return to the main header tank at the bulkhead as it has a spare input at the top.
Trying to plumb the heater in direct to the battery circuit I think would be no good as it would just get too hot.
Anyone else looked at this?
Cheers
Joe T
Just recently with the tempereature drop I have noticed the range decrease slightly. I now run the heater on regardless of needing it in the cab that has improved things back to where I was before the temp drop. But its going to get colder
The most obvious mod is to block a section of the rad off or front grill to some extent. (Anyone got any pics of this) this wont raise the temp only reduce the cooling effect, there does not seem to much under bonnet generating heat.
I noticed the heater pipes run very close to the cooling pipes for the batteries in a number of areas. Using exhaust wrap to insulate them together it would be possible to transfer more heat across to the battery circulation pipes.
Lastly the most adventurous, a reducing t piece could be put in the heater outlet, then a length of small bore plastic tube could be wrapped round various battery circulation pipes then return to the main header tank at the bulkhead as it has a spare input at the top.
Trying to plumb the heater in direct to the battery circuit I think would be no good as it would just get too hot.
Anyone else looked at this?
Cheers
Joe T