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Baydreamer
Cabin : Club
Location : medway kent
Posts : 426
Join date : 2010-04-11
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:23 pm | |
| love the new fascia! Its been amazing seeing the heater put together so thanks for posting the pics as you go along. Best of luck with completing it soon.
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kiteman
Cabin : Exec 002
Location : Hampshire
Posts : 2896
Join date : 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:54 pm | |
| - Scooby wrote:
What are you going to put the other side of the dash to make it balance?
The dials on the 2010 dash are all pushed over to the left, there's no room on the otherside to fit anything.  ________________________________________________________________________________  Ginger man without a ginger van  | |
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kiteman
Cabin : Exec 002
Location : Hampshire
Posts : 2896
Join date : 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:44 pm | |
| Another update. The heater unit is now totally finished and installed with the ducting going up to the front screen vents.    Had a test at the weekend. Plenty of heat towards the passenger now. The screen vents work well but only to keep the screen clear once the heated screen has done it's bit, same as OSG in the other heater thread. The electronics are now complete  All that's needed now is to fit the new dash facia and connect everything up. Hopefully be done by the end of the week.  ________________________________________________________________________________ Ginger man without a ginger van | |
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TimV
Admin
Cabin : Flight 001
Location : Brighton, East Sussex U.K.
Posts : 14335
Join date : 2009-09-27
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:02 pm | |
| I love it! ________________________________________________________________________________ Max SportsKombi - The Bay Racer 
@brazilianvwbay | |
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dazdub
Cabin : Exec 012
Location : wales
Posts : 3116
Join date : 2009-10-16
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:13 pm | |
| Good job look ace | |
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osg
Cabin : Exec 015
Location : Merseyside
Posts : 1557
Join date : 2010-09-21
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:48 pm | |
| What a fantastic achievement Kiteman! Good design and good presentation too.
I will be interested to see the switching set-up and who is allowed control.
Having reached the screen vents would you have room for an open branch to the dashboard vents? This might give more flow to the sidewindows.
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olive
Cabin : Club
Location : West Essex
Posts : 918
Join date : 2010-03-28
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:26 pm | |
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kiteman
Cabin : Exec 002
Location : Hampshire
Posts : 2896
Join date : 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:50 pm | |
| - osg wrote:
Having reached the screen vents would you have room for an open branch to the dashboard vents? This might give more flow to the sidewindows.
osg I recon it could be done, there should be enough room, the side vents are 70mm though. Also not sure if you would then get enough air flow for both, gonna leave it as is for the time being but might try it at a later date. I originaly looked at running two sets from the fan but there's not enough room to run both the 70mm and 50mm together. I've also got the under dash tray on the drivers side which limits me for space as well. ________________________________________________________________________________ Ginger man without a ginger van | |
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kiteman
Cabin : Exec 002
Location : Hampshire
Posts : 2896
Join date : 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:14 pm | |
| ________________________________________________________________________________ Ginger man without a ginger van | |
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olive
Cabin : Club
Location : West Essex
Posts : 918
Join date : 2010-03-28
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:39 pm | |
| Well done Kiteman, lets know how effective it is. | |
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Baydreamer
Cabin : Club
Location : medway kent
Posts : 426
Join date : 2010-04-11
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:33 pm | |
| amazing- love to see it working in practice. Fantastic work. | |
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Scooby
Cabin : Flight 004
Location : Reading
Posts : 8831
Join date : 2010-12-12
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:56 pm | |
| Great job Kiteman Hope to see it in operation one day  ________________________________________________________________________________ Proud winners of Spike's Trophy 2017
 Scooby - Born To Run | |
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irishman
Cabin : Exec 003
Location : Hove, East Sussex
Posts : 1089
Join date : 2010-04-11
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:25 pm | |
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Right oh Kiteman, you can come and do mine for me please........
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osg
Cabin : Exec 015
Location : Merseyside
Posts : 1557
Join date : 2010-09-21
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:05 pm | |
| Brilliant job Kiteman. And how well it all fits in with the facia. Warm bodies and a clear view now.
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TimV
Admin
Cabin : Flight 001
Location : Brighton, East Sussex U.K.
Posts : 14335
Join date : 2009-09-27
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:57 pm | |
| Premiering at the Volksworld Show I believe. ________________________________________________________________________________ Max SportsKombi - The Bay Racer
@brazilianvwbay | |
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eddy
Cabin : Exec 014
Location : Billericay, Essex
Posts : 319
Join date : 2010-02-17
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:11 am | |
| nice project, great achievement, well done,
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kiteman
Cabin : Exec 002
Location : Hampshire
Posts : 2896
Join date : 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:40 pm | |
| Ginger will be at the Volksworld show on the Sunday, I'm sure if you ask her nicely she can give you all a little demo. What with her moving flaps and my firey balls, we make quite a good team  ________________________________________________________________________________ Ginger man without a ginger van | |
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Baydreamer
Cabin : Club
Location : medway kent
Posts : 426
Join date : 2010-04-11
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:33 pm | |
| great cant wait!! you could have had her filmed hot but not dirty :-) on the saturday tho!!!lol | |
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tiggy23
Cabin : Club
Location : East Sussex
Posts : 162
Join date : 2011-02-06
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:06 pm | |
| Hey Kiteman, good stuff... have you finished the project? It would be nice to see it! I've been studying on this one too for sometime, but still on the list!!! | |
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kiteman
Cabin : Exec 002
Location : Hampshire
Posts : 2896
Join date : 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:14 am | |
| It's all finished and working a treat. Might change over the control switch as it's not as responsive as I would like it to be, but that's all. ________________________________________________________________________________ Ginger man without a ginger van | |
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kiteman
Cabin : Exec 002
Location : Hampshire
Posts : 2896
Join date : 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Thu May 05, 2011 2:17 pm | |
| After a chat with Lilyvdub at the Danbury open day, another idea was brought up.
The fan speed for the heater is either fast or very fast. Once the screen is clear the fan doesn't need to be running as fast.
Had a little nose at the system already fitted and found that the fan fitted is a dual speed fan. It has two coils, one for fast and one for very fast. Any three position switch will do the same as the switch already fitted.
To get the fan speed even slower then a controller needs to be fitted. On my search around the internet I've found THIS
So am going to have a go at fitting it to mine
Looking at using the original switch and using the extra position that isn't used to give me three speeds. If not will just install the system as supplied giving any speed from 0 to max rpm. ________________________________________________________________________________ Ginger man without a ginger van | |
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irishman
Cabin : Exec 003
Location : Hove, East Sussex
Posts : 1089
Join date : 2010-04-11
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Thu May 05, 2011 3:31 pm | |
| You've got too much time on your hands......get a proper job! | |
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kiteman
Cabin : Exec 002
Location : Hampshire
Posts : 2896
Join date : 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Thu May 05, 2011 3:58 pm | |
| I'm hoping to get a job like yours Irishman  ________________________________________________________________________________ Ginger man without a ginger van | |
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irishman
Cabin : Exec 003
Location : Hove, East Sussex
Posts : 1089
Join date : 2010-04-11
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Thu May 05, 2011 4:42 pm | |
| They're difficult to come by, very long interview process!!! | |
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osg
Cabin : Exec 015
Location : Merseyside
Posts : 1557
Join date : 2010-09-21
| | Subject: Re: Heater Project Thu May 05, 2011 7:48 pm | |
| Kiteman
For your new fan control device the option of 0-100% ie. infinitely variable choice of NOISE seems a very good idea.
osg | |
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