Re: THE ULTIMATE WAY TO HEAT YOUR CAR

[ARKADY MIRVIS <heaterman@nac.net>]

> 

> >
> > Hello, fellows,
> >
> > Here is my first message to you and, when I speak, please, listen.
> >
> > Many of you know too well what freezing in your bus feels like. When I offered and not
> > once to my shivering customers hot tea or coffee, it was seen by them as the best
> > care and experience! Do good people have to be miserable?
> >
> > Remember "necessity is mother of invention"? When, more than thirty years ago, I
> > couldn't take freezing at - 40F anymore, a series of experiments began.
> >
> > Do you think there is a very big difference between -15 and -40F when it comes to
> > driving? Not really! Simply put: driving without heat is dangerous, particularly on
> > long and deserted roads.
> >
> > Simple thinking and not much knowledge was needed to investigate sources of energy for
> > heating and these were found inpractical:
> >
> > LIQUID GAS OR PROPANE. Why? Gas has low energy content, evaporation stops at low
> > temperature, special tank or bottle carrier needed, pressure regulators do not
> > do the job and freeze, piping has to be very well done, etc.
> >
> > ELECTRIC POWER. Where is it? To warm the bus (no holes, no air leaks, no draft!) you
> > need minimum 8 - 10000 BTU/HR. This translates to approx. 2.3 - 2.9 KW/HR. We all
> > have on board 12 volts source. For this source to develop 2.3 - 2.9 kilowatts it must
> > output 191 - 241 amperes! Have you seen welders trucks, their generators and cables,
> > did you? Would you want to have all this just to have sufficient electric heating on
> > board?
> > You can see ads (even in national publications), luring you into buying an electric
> > heater for the bus. This is nonsense!
> >
> > Till portable nuclear source will be developed, electricity for heating is out.
> >
> > ENGINE EXHAUST AND OIL. Even Volkswagen realized that these were poor sources of heat,
> > and it started to offer auxiliary gasoline burning heaters of minimum capacity.
> > I have seen many attempts to get or improve heating without result. Additional
> > blowers, heatexchangers - what we try? To get heat from where it is not in the first
> > place!
> >
> > A sure way to finish your engine is to suck heat from oil. Oil to flow and lubricate,
> > MUST to be warm. Cold oil sludges the engine when blow-by is high and detergents do
> > not work well.
> >
> > WOOD AND COAL. Believe me I have seen good workmanship in implementing this idea.
> > NICE! Fireplace in the bus! And a chimney with a ruster on it. Sure way to arouse ann
> > attention of the highway patrol and onlookers. And you have ashes on board to spread
> > under wheel if you stuck! How about pulling a trailer with wood or coal, like steam
> > engines were doing?
> >
> > ALCOHOL. This is taken inside for warming up. But drinking and driving do not mix!
> > Don't even try! There is statistic that 10,000 Russians die every year freezing after
> > vodka intake.
> >
> > WARM CLOTHES. Good idea! But how much of it can you put on? Till you will not be able
> > to move. Even with warm socks you need to do SCHUHEPLATTER (german dance) to keep your
> > toes alive.
> >
> > POLAR SLEEPING BAG, ADOPTED FOR DRIVING. Great! Anyone knows where they are sold?
> >
> > So, where to go for real heat? It is not far away - right in your gas tank! That is
> > THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF ENERGY for THE ULTIMATE WAY TO BEAT THE COLD - COMBUSTION
> > HEATERS!
> >
> > Small,powerfull, efficient, nature friendly (very low emission level because of
> > abundance of air and low combustion temperatures), quiet, reliable and SAFE.
> > Yes, safer than your house oil burner!
> >
> > Safe only after service by a specialist. Why so many stories about "heater inherent
> > dangerous nature" ? That a whole separate article can and was written by me.
> >
> > Believe me, the heater is dangerous because little knowledge is dangerous.
> > When I service or sell a heater a set of of instructions goes with it. When these
> > instructions are followed, you are safe, totally.
> >
> > Heater is dangerous when bought uncomplete and not adjusted. This is how most of
> > heaters are sold at shows and by friends. Do yourself and your loved ones a favor, ask
> > and do not rush to follow advices of the seller.
> >
> > Years of heater service, restorations resulted in many modification technics, trade
> > secrets and approaches to make heater to start and to run better than when it left the
> > assembly line.
> >
> > Do not waste time! Electric car engineers selected combustion heaters.
> >
> > How about watercooled cars, buses? Particularly those with diesels? Preheat the engine
> > and the interior! We have these engineering wanders! Miniature heat gigants, weighing
> > barely 10 pounds, you can find space to put under the hood in any car. Completely
> > autonomous.
> >
> > What else do you want to know? Get in touch.
> > Enjoy warm driving!
> >
> > Ark Mirvis "THE HEATERMAN"
> >
> > (201)398-6363
> >
> > heaterman@nac.net