Re: Heater/cooler

[tnichols@voicenet.com]

> Someone mentioned using the waste heat from the motor to heat the car, then
> it was pointed out that breathing the carbon dust and ozone from the motor
> wasn't very pleasant.  How about ducting the waste heat from the
> motor/controller past the cold side of the Peltiers?

Has anyone looked into the practicality of tying a water cooled controller into the
heating system of the car?
Problem is, the controller probably doesn't make enough heat to cool the car, you would
probably need to heat the water further.  Would the heater core cool the water enough to
make it suitable for cooling the controller?

Oh, by the way...you might remember I was struggling to remove the heater unit from my
Escort, to mount a battery rack and replace the water heater core with an electric heater
core?  Finally got the heater unit out, and as near as  I can tell, I didn't break
anything(!).
Hope to make some serious progress over the 4 day weekend I've got.

Tim Nichols
'87 EV Escort (in progress, in
pieces)


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