12v heaters
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Pelonis makes decent ones that just barely take the chill out of the air.
They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.
KH
"Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> My heater fan assembly doesn't work. Rather than wade in and try to
> figure it out and fix it, I've seen those 12v ceramic heaters that
> plug into the cigarette lighter, for about $20. I was wondering if
> anyone has experience with these... do they work as advertised?
They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.
KH
"Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> My heater fan assembly doesn't work. Rather than wade in and try to
> figure it out and fix it, I've seen those 12v ceramic heaters that
> plug into the cigarette lighter, for about $20. I was wondering if
> anyone has experience with these... do they work as advertised?
Guest
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Pelonis makes decent ones that just barely take the chill out of the air.
They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.
KH
"Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> My heater fan assembly doesn't work. Rather than wade in and try to
> figure it out and fix it, I've seen those 12v ceramic heaters that
> plug into the cigarette lighter, for about $20. I was wondering if
> anyone has experience with these... do they work as advertised?
They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.
KH
"Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> My heater fan assembly doesn't work. Rather than wade in and try to
> figure it out and fix it, I've seen those 12v ceramic heaters that
> plug into the cigarette lighter, for about $20. I was wondering if
> anyone has experience with these... do they work as advertised?
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"Kevin in San Diego" <kevin_hedstrom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Pelonis makes decent ones that just barely take the chill out of the air.
> They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
> Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.
I never fixed mine til I left San Diego for the Sierra. The Chevy blower
works great, and overpowers the missing weatherstripping in my rig.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
news:H1ohb.50700$gv5.42835@fed1read05...
> Pelonis makes decent ones that just barely take the chill out of the air.
> They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
> Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.
I never fixed mine til I left San Diego for the Sierra. The Chevy blower
works great, and overpowers the missing weatherstripping in my rig.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
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"Kevin in San Diego" <kevin_hedstrom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Pelonis makes decent ones that just barely take the chill out of the air.
> They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
> Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.
I never fixed mine til I left San Diego for the Sierra. The Chevy blower
works great, and overpowers the missing weatherstripping in my rig.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
news:H1ohb.50700$gv5.42835@fed1read05...
> Pelonis makes decent ones that just barely take the chill out of the air.
> They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
> Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.
I never fixed mine til I left San Diego for the Sierra. The Chevy blower
works great, and overpowers the missing weatherstripping in my rig.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
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"Kevin in San Diego" <kevin_hedstrom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:H1ohb.50700$gv5.42835@fed1read05...
> Pelonis makes decent ones that just barely take the chill out of the air.
> They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
> Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.
I never fixed mine til I left San Diego for the Sierra. The Chevy blower
works great, and overpowers the missing weatherstripping in my rig.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
news:H1ohb.50700$gv5.42835@fed1read05...
> Pelonis makes decent ones that just barely take the chill out of the air.
> They cost much more than 20 bucks and still wont do the job you need in a
> Jeep on a cold day. The cheap ones you refer to are absolutely useless.
I never fixed mine til I left San Diego for the Sierra. The Chevy blower
works great, and overpowers the missing weatherstripping in my rig.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
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Thanks Mike, I will try this. I had planned on fixing it eventually
anyway, I just havent' had the time and it's starting to get nippy
out... I thought one of the cigarette-adapter-powered ones might hold
me over from October through December or so. (Didn't expect it to
warm me up in a full scale blizzard or anything.) but it sounds like
even so, that would just be a waste of $20. Guess I'll follow the old
mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."
Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<3F85D72C.9A9865A8@sympatico.ca>...
> You can tag the heater motor power wire under the battery and feed it 12
> volts from the battery to see if it spins up.
>
> If yes, the switch is bad.
>
> If not, then you use a booster cable from the battery negative to the
> heater motor case under the battery to make sure it has a ground and tag
> the power wire with 12 volts.
>
> If it fires, the ground is bad.
>
> If not, the motor is toast.
>
> You can do like I did and put a blower motor from a full sized 73 Blazer
> 350 engine with AC in it. The fan fits right on, you just have to make
> the opening in the firewall larger for the larger motor.
>
> On low, it puts out more that the CJ blower did on high.
>
> Just a warning, in the US, the parts stores have two versions of this
> blower motor, one has a shaft that is 1/2" too long. Their parts
> computer is messed up. The call one the 'heavy duty' or 'premium' or
> something. If they have 2, compare them and grab the one with the
> shorter output shaft.
>
> http://www.off-road.com/jeep/tech/body/heater.html
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Joshua Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > What model of Jeep? Sometimes it's an easy fix.
> >
> > 1982 CJ. None of the dash switches work except headlights and wipers.
> > (No vent, no heater.)
anyway, I just havent' had the time and it's starting to get nippy
out... I thought one of the cigarette-adapter-powered ones might hold
me over from October through December or so. (Didn't expect it to
warm me up in a full scale blizzard or anything.) but it sounds like
even so, that would just be a waste of $20. Guess I'll follow the old
mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."
Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<3F85D72C.9A9865A8@sympatico.ca>...
> You can tag the heater motor power wire under the battery and feed it 12
> volts from the battery to see if it spins up.
>
> If yes, the switch is bad.
>
> If not, then you use a booster cable from the battery negative to the
> heater motor case under the battery to make sure it has a ground and tag
> the power wire with 12 volts.
>
> If it fires, the ground is bad.
>
> If not, the motor is toast.
>
> You can do like I did and put a blower motor from a full sized 73 Blazer
> 350 engine with AC in it. The fan fits right on, you just have to make
> the opening in the firewall larger for the larger motor.
>
> On low, it puts out more that the CJ blower did on high.
>
> Just a warning, in the US, the parts stores have two versions of this
> blower motor, one has a shaft that is 1/2" too long. Their parts
> computer is messed up. The call one the 'heavy duty' or 'premium' or
> something. If they have 2, compare them and grab the one with the
> shorter output shaft.
>
> http://www.off-road.com/jeep/tech/body/heater.html
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Joshua Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > What model of Jeep? Sometimes it's an easy fix.
> >
> > 1982 CJ. None of the dash switches work except headlights and wipers.
> > (No vent, no heater.)
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Thanks Mike, I will try this. I had planned on fixing it eventually
anyway, I just havent' had the time and it's starting to get nippy
out... I thought one of the cigarette-adapter-powered ones might hold
me over from October through December or so. (Didn't expect it to
warm me up in a full scale blizzard or anything.) but it sounds like
even so, that would just be a waste of $20. Guess I'll follow the old
mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."
Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<3F85D72C.9A9865A8@sympatico.ca>...
> You can tag the heater motor power wire under the battery and feed it 12
> volts from the battery to see if it spins up.
>
> If yes, the switch is bad.
>
> If not, then you use a booster cable from the battery negative to the
> heater motor case under the battery to make sure it has a ground and tag
> the power wire with 12 volts.
>
> If it fires, the ground is bad.
>
> If not, the motor is toast.
>
> You can do like I did and put a blower motor from a full sized 73 Blazer
> 350 engine with AC in it. The fan fits right on, you just have to make
> the opening in the firewall larger for the larger motor.
>
> On low, it puts out more that the CJ blower did on high.
>
> Just a warning, in the US, the parts stores have two versions of this
> blower motor, one has a shaft that is 1/2" too long. Their parts
> computer is messed up. The call one the 'heavy duty' or 'premium' or
> something. If they have 2, compare them and grab the one with the
> shorter output shaft.
>
> http://www.off-road.com/jeep/tech/body/heater.html
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Joshua Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > What model of Jeep? Sometimes it's an easy fix.
> >
> > 1982 CJ. None of the dash switches work except headlights and wipers.
> > (No vent, no heater.)
anyway, I just havent' had the time and it's starting to get nippy
out... I thought one of the cigarette-adapter-powered ones might hold
me over from October through December or so. (Didn't expect it to
warm me up in a full scale blizzard or anything.) but it sounds like
even so, that would just be a waste of $20. Guess I'll follow the old
mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."
Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<3F85D72C.9A9865A8@sympatico.ca>...
> You can tag the heater motor power wire under the battery and feed it 12
> volts from the battery to see if it spins up.
>
> If yes, the switch is bad.
>
> If not, then you use a booster cable from the battery negative to the
> heater motor case under the battery to make sure it has a ground and tag
> the power wire with 12 volts.
>
> If it fires, the ground is bad.
>
> If not, the motor is toast.
>
> You can do like I did and put a blower motor from a full sized 73 Blazer
> 350 engine with AC in it. The fan fits right on, you just have to make
> the opening in the firewall larger for the larger motor.
>
> On low, it puts out more that the CJ blower did on high.
>
> Just a warning, in the US, the parts stores have two versions of this
> blower motor, one has a shaft that is 1/2" too long. Their parts
> computer is messed up. The call one the 'heavy duty' or 'premium' or
> something. If they have 2, compare them and grab the one with the
> shorter output shaft.
>
> http://www.off-road.com/jeep/tech/body/heater.html
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Joshua Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > What model of Jeep? Sometimes it's an easy fix.
> >
> > 1982 CJ. None of the dash switches work except headlights and wipers.
> > (No vent, no heater.)
Guest
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Thanks Mike, I will try this. I had planned on fixing it eventually
anyway, I just havent' had the time and it's starting to get nippy
out... I thought one of the cigarette-adapter-powered ones might hold
me over from October through December or so. (Didn't expect it to
warm me up in a full scale blizzard or anything.) but it sounds like
even so, that would just be a waste of $20. Guess I'll follow the old
mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."
Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<3F85D72C.9A9865A8@sympatico.ca>...
> You can tag the heater motor power wire under the battery and feed it 12
> volts from the battery to see if it spins up.
>
> If yes, the switch is bad.
>
> If not, then you use a booster cable from the battery negative to the
> heater motor case under the battery to make sure it has a ground and tag
> the power wire with 12 volts.
>
> If it fires, the ground is bad.
>
> If not, the motor is toast.
>
> You can do like I did and put a blower motor from a full sized 73 Blazer
> 350 engine with AC in it. The fan fits right on, you just have to make
> the opening in the firewall larger for the larger motor.
>
> On low, it puts out more that the CJ blower did on high.
>
> Just a warning, in the US, the parts stores have two versions of this
> blower motor, one has a shaft that is 1/2" too long. Their parts
> computer is messed up. The call one the 'heavy duty' or 'premium' or
> something. If they have 2, compare them and grab the one with the
> shorter output shaft.
>
> http://www.off-road.com/jeep/tech/body/heater.html
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Joshua Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > What model of Jeep? Sometimes it's an easy fix.
> >
> > 1982 CJ. None of the dash switches work except headlights and wipers.
> > (No vent, no heater.)
anyway, I just havent' had the time and it's starting to get nippy
out... I thought one of the cigarette-adapter-powered ones might hold
me over from October through December or so. (Didn't expect it to
warm me up in a full scale blizzard or anything.) but it sounds like
even so, that would just be a waste of $20. Guess I'll follow the old
mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."
Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<3F85D72C.9A9865A8@sympatico.ca>...
> You can tag the heater motor power wire under the battery and feed it 12
> volts from the battery to see if it spins up.
>
> If yes, the switch is bad.
>
> If not, then you use a booster cable from the battery negative to the
> heater motor case under the battery to make sure it has a ground and tag
> the power wire with 12 volts.
>
> If it fires, the ground is bad.
>
> If not, the motor is toast.
>
> You can do like I did and put a blower motor from a full sized 73 Blazer
> 350 engine with AC in it. The fan fits right on, you just have to make
> the opening in the firewall larger for the larger motor.
>
> On low, it puts out more that the CJ blower did on high.
>
> Just a warning, in the US, the parts stores have two versions of this
> blower motor, one has a shaft that is 1/2" too long. Their parts
> computer is messed up. The call one the 'heavy duty' or 'premium' or
> something. If they have 2, compare them and grab the one with the
> shorter output shaft.
>
> http://www.off-road.com/jeep/tech/body/heater.html
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Joshua Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > What model of Jeep? Sometimes it's an easy fix.
> >
> > 1982 CJ. None of the dash switches work except headlights and wipers.
> > (No vent, no heater.)
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Just think of the thousands we would have saved over the years if we had
followed this wise advice every time.
KH
"Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> Guess I'll follow the old
> mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."
>
>
followed this wise advice every time.
KH
"Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> Guess I'll follow the old
> mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."
>
>
Guest
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Just think of the thousands we would have saved over the years if we had
followed this wise advice every time.
KH
"Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> Guess I'll follow the old
> mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."
>
>
followed this wise advice every time.
KH
"Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> Guess I'll follow the old
> mantra "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right..."
>
>


