Interior heater. Autonomous interior heater

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For many motorists and professionals, it is natural to want to surround yourself with maximum comfort and safety. As you know, these factors cause various parts and devices, without which driving becomes either impossible or uncomfortable.

Device for interior heating

To heat the car, especially in the winter season, to prevent the windows from freezing inside and outside the car, as a rule, a passenger compartment heater is installed. It is recommended to turn it on only after the engine is fully warmed up.

The interior heater is mainly installed under the front instrument panel of the car. It consists of the main components: a radiator, a guide casing, a fan, an electric motor and an air filter. The radiator is connected by a branch pipe and a valve to one of the pipelines of the cylinder head cooling jacket. Another pipeline communicates with the pump, through which liquid circulates in the engine cooling system. How does this interior heater work?

When the vehicle is moving, the outside air intake whichlocated in front of the windshield, passes the oncoming air flow through the interior heater, its filter and radiator. The fresh stream warms up and enters the car interior through pipes. When the machine stops, the air is blown by the fan. It is installed in the casing of the radiator of the stove. Fan speed and air intake operation are controlled from the vehicle's instrument panel.

In winter, in the most severe frost, an engine radiator is recommended in addition

insulate, blocking the direct flow of cold air. But this must not be done completely to avoid overheating of the motor.

Auxiliary heater

What is it for? The autonomous interior heater is used mainly on long-distance routes, when drivers have to stop for long parking in deserted places.

The difference between such a device lies in the very process of obtaining heat. The autonomous interior heater is characterized by a slightly different principle of operation. It is based on an electric spiral, which has a separate combustion chamber and is installed in the stove itself. This device has a separate exhaust pipe. It works on the principle of a primus stove and is installed outside, under the hood of the car. Connected to the battery, due to which the heating element in the combustion chamber glows. There, in turn, fuel is supplied by a separately installed electric pump. Due to this, ignition occurs, the furnace heats up. The heater fan is fed through the nozzles (forcibly) into the passenger compartmentwarm. The device in question is controlled and adjusted by an electric pump and a fan from the instrument panel of the machine.

Such a furnace works separately from the car engine and is most often used in KamAZ trucks, Gazelles, buses. It is also installed in machines with a large internal volume. Autonomous heating

device is an indispensable item for travelers who use a camping trailer as accommodation.

Electric heater

An electric interior heater is also available for sale. It is incredibly easy to use and practical. Heating is carried out due to the operation of the heater from the cigarette lighter of the car. But there are pros and cons here. The undoubted advantage of such models is their small and compact size, electric power of 150 W.

The main disadvantage is its low heat dissipation. It is not recommended to turn it on when the engine is not running, so as not to land the battery. It is best to use such a heater in the morning for additional heating of the car interior during the first start of the engine. At a time when the car's oven has not yet warmed up and the engine has just started to work, the ceramic heater helps to normalize the temperature in the cabin.

This way you can save the time it takes to warm up the car. Such a device is considered safe because it does not heat up under the influence of direct sunlight, does not burn oxygen and,

respectively, does not dry the air. Thanks to this, it can be used as a fan during the hot part of the day.

Additional climate control device

Often an additional heater is used. What is it?

The principle of operation of the device is the same as in a conventional interior heater. It has a radiator with an electric motor, shroud and fan. Only it is installed in the rear of the car. Quite often they mount additional interior heaters on their own.

Mounting principle

Additionally special hoses of a certain length are installed. They are connected to the main oven of the car interior so that a series circuit is obtained throughout the system. The procedure itself is simple. If there is not enough fluid pressure in the cooling system, then another electric pump is installed to supply it. The auxiliary interior heater is usually installed under the passenger seat. With the help of fasteners, self-tapping screws and gaskets (made of foam rubber or foam plastic), the oven is attached. This is done so that it does not interfere and does not

The surrounding parts of the car were heating up.

Such ovens are installed, as a rule, in the salons of minibuses, buses and other large vehicles.

Safety measures

It is recommended to check the car interior heater regularly and in a timely manner. It is necessary to inspect it for possible clogging of the radiator and leakageliquids. As necessary, you need to clean the parts of the device. The heater core can be blown out with a strong air pressure from the compressor hose (so that no debris remains). After checking all the places of possible fluid leakage in the engine cooling system (radiators, clamps, hoses and their connections), eliminate the detected defects.