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| Subject: | Re: Heater vent inlet up vs down |
I installed mine with the inlet up so that unused hot air would exit down at the
cowl outlet and it works fine. we have relatively mild temps here in Norcal
but I can only crack my heater vent open before it begins to overheat the cabin.
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Harry Crosby
RV-6 N16CX, 237 hours
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> --> RV6-List message posted by: "Ralph E. Capen"
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> Fellow listers,
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> I'm getting ready to install my heater vents on the firewall.
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> The way I read it, the instructions say 'inlet down'. This means that when
> you're not using the heater, the hot air is being blown up behind the engine
> instead of down towards the cowl exit area.
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> Did I miss something? Does it matter? I would think inlet up.......Did they
> instruct it the other way for a reason?
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> Pictures of how folks have already done it would be appreciated. Also, If you
> did it one way and didn't like it......why?
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> Ralph Capen
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<DIV>I installed mine with the inlet up so that unused hot air would exit down
at the cowl outlet and it works fine. we have relatively mild temps here
in Norcal but I can only crack my heater vent open before it begins to overheat
the cabin.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Harry Crosby <BR>RV-6 N16CX, 237 hours</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px
solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Ralph E. Capen"
<recapen@earthlink.net> <BR><BR>> --> RV6-List message posted
by: "Ralph E. Capen" <RECAPEN@EARTHLINK.NET><BR>> <BR>> Fellow listers,
<BR>> <BR>> I'm getting ready to install my heater vents on the firewall.
<BR>> <BR>> The way I read it, the instructions say 'inlet down'. This
means that when <BR>> you're not using the heater, the hot air is being blown
up behind the engine <BR>> instead of down towards the cowl exit area.
<BR>> <BR>> Did I miss something? Does it matter? I would think inlet up.......Did
they <BR>> instruct it the other way for a reason? <BR>> <BR>>
Pictures of how folks have already done it would be appreciated. Also, If
you <BR>> did it one way and didn't like it......why? <BR>> <BR>> Ralph
Capen <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>&g
t; <BR
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