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Old January 2nd 08, 10:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
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Default Harley oil cooler for interior heat.

wrote:
As the original poster that was my problem too. I only have a 60A
alternator and could not afford the heat from a typical fan heater. I
need that alternator for important things - like keep flying.

On Jan 2, 1:46 pm, Dan Youngquist wrote:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, XYZ wrote:
Why go to all the plumbing hassles, use electric heat, cheaper, lighter,
safer....

Because a (for example) 80 amp alternator puts out only a nominal 960
watts at 12v. Even if you could use all that for heating -- which of
course you can't -- it would be a pretty anemic heater.

-Dan



I wonder if one of these would draw too much power?

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/pr...ductId=2841142