Electric fire for the car, (12v thingie)

[lozz]

Back to the Downfall of diesel cars, Topic;

the old frosty morning warmup,

Was thinking of getting one of the 12v electric fire things from halfrauds, but thought id ask first and see if anyone else has tried them,
looking at the size of them wouid they actualy create any warmth, or wouid blowing on your hands have more of an effect,?

was even half tempted at setting fire to the corner of the passenger seat to get warm this morning, (damn you flame retardent material )

[steve_earwig]

Looks like there's 2 reviews for the one Halfords is selling - it's ok but it has a worryingly bright red light that the guy worries about showing through the windscreen -and- it's better than you'd expect but it wouldn't heat the whole car.

I suspect it's not really going to help much, especially when the temperature drops to minus something daft. You'd probably be better off sitting a domestic fan heater in there so it's not shining on anything that might get cooked and putting it on a timer so it's been running for a while when you need the car. Not much help if your cars parked in the street though, you'd really need to spend a small fortune on something that runs on diesel and warms the engine coolant, some of them have gizmos that will run the heater fan too but then you really are talking a fortune.

[lozz]

Cheers steve,

iwill give that elecy fire a miss then,

perhaps oven gloves and a hyper fermia blanket will have to do,

[scotty73]

Cheers steve,

iwill give that elecy fire a miss then,

perhaps oven gloves and a hyper fermia blanket will have to do,

i got a 2000kw fan heater you could try the car would be roasting within 3 minutes.

[lozz]

Cheers steve,

iwill give that elecy fire a miss then,

perhaps oven gloves and a hyper fermia blanket will have to do,

i got a 2000kw fan heater you could try the car would be roasting within 3 minutes.

it wouid have to be one of them storage heater type ones, the ones with the bricks in so it couid be pre-heated

ive no way of getting 240v in the car,

[Welly]

That's one thing I like about my Petrol Volvo is that the heater is running at full chat within 3 to 5 minutes, I remember my HDi would take ages to warm the coolant but it had an 'auxillary' electrical heater on the matrix for the cabin - I used to think that worked well.

[scotty73]

I don't know what the problem is i got in my car first thing yesterday morning started, drove off up the street and the heaters were boiling.


Must get the wife to do the school run every morning before i go for a drive

[lozz]

Itried one of the 12v heaters from halfords,
They are a waste of money,

So in the end ijust cleared the Garage out bought a central heating radiator and some copper pipe

[Doggy]

i got a 2000kw fan heater you could try the car would be roasting within 3 minutes.

Betya haven't, (unless you've got a 13kA socket to plug it into).

[steve_earwig]

Itried one of the 12v heaters from halfords,
They are a waste of money,

I thought they might be

So in the end ijust cleared the Garage out bought a central heating radiator and some copper pipe

Now that is an excellent idea

[Bailes1992]

i got a 2000kw fan heater you could try the car would be roasting within 3 minutes.

Betya haven't, (unless you've got a 13kA socket to plug it into).

Don't you have a 13kA socket Doggy? I thought they were standard in homes now?

Tried to work out how big the cable would be. Even a 3phase supply the tables do not go high enough

[scotty73]

They run off a normal 240v 3 pin household socket i use it in the caravan... It does trip the electric in there on full blast mind you.

[Bailes1992]

It's a 2KA heater. Or 2000W.
You said 2000KW so that would be 2,000,000 watts

[scotty73]

It's a 2KA heater. Or 2000W.
You said 2000KW so that would be 2,000,000 watts

Oh ballicks i see my mistake it's a 2kw heater.

Right anyone want any electric work done give me a shout, I promise to be cheap.

[lozz]

Itried one of the 12v heaters from halfords,
They are a waste of money,

I thought they might be

So in the end ijust cleared the Garage out bought a central heating radiator and some copper pipe

Now that is an excellent idea

Yeah you where right mate,
there no good, ithink they only good purpose theyd have is, to clear the Mist off a windscreen perhaps those that By-passed there heater Matrix wouid
see some benefit from one, but for warming the full car it wouidnt happen,

the central heating radiator and pipe worked out cheaper than the electric heater thing,

Im not looking forward to the extra cost on the central heating bill, time to hunt for an Arga me thinks