finally one side done.

[herb_woof2]

Finally finish pulling seats on Drivers side, and of course came across this heater, question to all you guru's of all things skoolie, can this be used and stay in place or do we normally take it out. I see a in flow and exit for the fluid and I'm assuming their is a fan inside what would be the best way to remove this heater.

 

[herb_woof2]

Finally finish pulling seats on Drivers side, and of course came across this heater, question to all you guru's of all things skoolie, can this be used and stay in place or do we normally take it out. I see a in flow and exit for the fluid and I'm assuming their is a fan inside what would be the best way to remove this heater.

http://www.skoolie.net/forums/members/6746-albums871-picture12872.jpg

 

[herb_woof2]

heater

http://www.skoolie.net/forums/members/6746-albums871-picture12872.jpg

 

[TheRainbowBoxer]

I removed mine and moved it up near the front, under a dinette seat. I don't do a lot of cold weather driving in the bus, so I usually leave the coolant valve closed on it. Pretty sure most people just remove it and loop the connection.

 

[herb_woof2]

redirect

Not sure how much cold weather driving I'll do but moving it forward sounds like a good Idea. do you have any pics on how you did it or suggestions.

 

[EastCoastCB]

I've kept all three of my heaters. I have the front big one, the one that was ten feet back will be up behind the drivers seat so I can blast the heat going down the road. The other heater will be in the restroom somewhere so that no one has to use a cold restroom while on the road.

 

[TheRainbowBoxer]

Unfortunately, I didn't seem to document that part of the project. My heater was mounted to one of the seats. I just removed it, cut the coolant hoses shorter, and remounted it on a seat in the same manner as stock up front.

 

[Robin97396]

You'll find just about any variation of heater arrangements. Some people toss them while others move them to the front passenger area. Will you be driving in cold weather?

 

[opus-SKO]

Keep them! Cant have enough heaters in one of these things.

 

[Robin97396]

It's good to take them out and clean them. There's 20 years worth of dust bunnies in there.
If you're going to be in cold weather at all you should move the heaters to the passenger area if you can work them into your build. What other heat source would you use while traveling?

 

[herb_woof2]

Yes but don't know how much

 

[CaptSquid]

20 years? HA! I had Jurassic Dust Bunnies on my forward heater. Rinsing that out clogged the deep sink.

I'm thinking of cutting those out of the coolant loop and installing a hydronic heater instead, because they rely on the big engine running in order to heat the joint.

 

[aaronsb]

What about defrosting the windshield?

20 years? HA! I had Jurassic Dust Bunnies on my forward heater. Rinsing that out clogged the deep sink.

I'm thinking of cutting those out of the coolant loop and installing a hydronic heater instead, because they rely on the big engine running in order to heat the joint.

 

[CaptSquid]

I think you're misunderstanding what I meant. I have THREE heaters in the cabin: one in the driver's area, two in the kid's department. I'm thinking of cutting out the two in the kid's department and installing a hydronic heater for the rear, because those heaters require the BIG engine running in order to heat the joint.

 

[EastCoastCB]

Who needs an engine to heat a joint?

 

[opus-SKO]

Webasto.....

 

[herb_woof2]

hydronic heating

Now I'm confused, isn't what I have in the kids compartment hydronic heating, it circulates hot liquid from the engine compartment. What do you have in the kids department, electric heating ? what kind of power you pulling to run that.
Do busses have two different ways to heat a moving bus?

 

[herb_woof2]

Now I'm confused, isn't what I have in the kids compartment hydronic heating, it circulates hot liquid from the engine compartment. What do you have in the kids department, electric heating ? what kind of power you pulling to run that.
Do busses have two different ways to heat a moving bus?

 

[RHOMBUS]

I'll be going with a webasto. Will have to get creative with the duct work for defogger.

 

[Robin97396]

I think you're all misunderstanding each other. Removing the rear heaters or moving them to the passenger area doesn't affect the defrost system. This conversation is going like a drop of mercury hitting the floor.