Re: Ceramic heating element

["Bob Rice" <bobrice@snet.net>]

  Hi Victor;

   I bought 3 White Westinghouse ceramic heaters at K-mart @20 bux each, on
sale. Of course they are made in China, but seemed relatively quality stuff.
Two gave their lives as elements, they ended up mounted on an aluminum plate
inside the Rabbit's heater box, nice fit where the old heater core was. I
have a heater contactor with a capaciter across the contacts to quench the
arc when ya shut it off. Spliced the coil of the contactor into the line
that runs the blower motor, so whenya want heat, the first click on the
Rabbits heater motor turns on the motor-contactor for heat. The whole outfit
runs at 20 amps for lavish amounts of heat, instantky. By the time I get my
chord couiled up and stowed aboard, can hop into a warm car.WITH defrosted
windshield. Like tonite, about freezing out, warm ride home from the train.
Don't go through another winter without heat! Do it! Yull be thanking
yourself EVery day ya drive in the cold! The other heater survived as stock,
a great little quiet bathroom heater. But it knows its number is up if I
need another element. Ya hafta be careful that you don't break off the
chintzy tabs on it while diddling with it, setting it up to go in the heater
box. I guess you could series parallel them, with a "Hi-Lo" switch, but I do
my heat regulation just turning it on and off as needed.

   Warm thoughts

   Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Vince <patrdist@raex.com>
To: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: Ceramic heating element


>
> Victor wrote:
>
> > 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? Is it common thing you buy in K-mart or home depot or
> > is it special item/special store?
>
> I picked some up at the close-out resellers, like Big Lots, Mark's, etc.
>
>
> Vince
>