Re: Ceramic heating element

[John Wayland <dat1200@europa.com>]

Hello to All,

Victor Tikhonov wrote:

> List,
>
> Can someone please point me to the source of the ceramic heating
> elements (or consumer products elements are pulled from) people use
> for EV heaters?

The best ones for use in EV heaters that I've found, come from Randy Holmquist at Canadian
EV. Cheaper versions of them are in those inexpensive, usually square-shaped heaters you
can get at hardware stores and as I said in my earlier post, at Home Depot for about $10.

> Is it common thing you buy in K-mart or home depot
> or is it special item/special store?

Yes, they are very common and are usually badged with something about it being a ceramic
heater. The element itself is about 4 X 5 inches and has a fine mesh look to it. much like
a miniature car radiator. One will give 'OK' heat that will do fine, but two of these
puppies can really crank out some serious heat, very close to the effect of a modern
warmed liquid car heater. I used twin elements in Red Beastie's heater, and it was pretty
much like the factory heater that came with the truck, only of course, it was instant-on
:-)

See Ya......John Wayland