---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith601-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 12/11/09: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:25 AM - water heat for the cockpit (LarryMcFarland) 2. 06:36 AM - water heat for the cockpit (LarryMcFarland) 3. 07:43 AM - Re: water heat for the cockpit (Terry Turnquist) 4. 08:22 AM - Re: water heat for the cockpit (Leroy Wheeler) 5. 08:33 AM - Re: water heat for the cockpit (Bryan Martin) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:25:22 AM PST US From: LarryMcFarland Subject: Zenith601-List: water heat for the cockpit Hi guys, I'm looking for a best installation of a coolant heater for the cabin. My heat muff works o.k. down to freezing, but I'm looking at components that might offer better cabin warming. Perhaps you Canadians have a list of parts that better describes what you used and how you made connections within the cabin. Even pictures would be nice. Thanks Larry McFarland 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:36:48 AM PST US From: LarryMcFarland Subject: Zenith601-List: water heat for the cockpit Hi guys, I'm looking for a best installation of a coolant heater for the cabin. My heat muff works o.k. down to freezing, but I'm looking at components that might offer better cabin warming. Perhaps you Canadians have a list of parts that better describes what you used and how you made connections within the cabin. Even pictures would be nice. Thanks Larry McFarland 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:43:37 AM PST US From: Terry Turnquist Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: water heat for the cockpit Larry, I'm working on a liquid cooled engine also and am curious as to why you don't pipe warm radiator air through the floor of the cockpit? Terry 601XL Plans ________________________________ From: LarryMcFarland Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 8:19:12 AM Subject: Zenith601-List: water heat for the cockpit Hi guys, I'm looking for a best installation of a coolant heater for the cabin. My heat muff works o.k. down to freezing, but I'm looking at components that might offer better cabin warming. Perhaps you Canadians have a list of parts that better describes what you used and how you made connections within the cabin. Even pictures would be nice. Thanks Larry McFarland 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:22:08 AM PST US From: "Leroy Wheeler" Subject: RE: Zenith601-List: water heat for the cockpit Hey Larry, We have a heater box with a core in it. It's attached to the outside of the left lower firewall. Dennis made it from 4130 sheet steel .025 of there abouts. We then drilled holes in the firewall and devised a bottom door that shuts the heater off in the summer and lets air in the winter. Ask Dennis. I think he has pics. If not I'll take some and send them to you. Leroy -----Original Message----- From: owner-zenith601-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith601-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of LarryMcFarland Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 9:19 AM zenith701801-list@matronics.com Subject: Zenith601-List: water heat for the cockpit Hi guys, I'm looking for a best installation of a coolant heater for the cabin. My heat muff works o.k. down to freezing, but I'm looking at components that might offer better cabin warming. Perhaps you Canadians have a list of parts that better describes what you used and how you made connections within the cabin. Even pictures would be nice. Thanks Larry McFarland 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com Checked by AVG - www.avg.com 10:06:00 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 08:33:07 AM PST US From: Bryan Martin Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: water heat for the cockpit If you are going to use exhaust air from the regular radiator, you would have to make sure that only fresh air was coming in to the radiator. With the radiator mounted below the belly, as most are, you would get a lot of air from the engine compartment passing through the radiator and possibly even engine exhaust gasses. Better to use a separate heater core. The bypass hose is a convenient source for heater flow. My setup just recirculates the cabin air through the heater, I get enough fresh air leaking in from the aft fuselage through the rudder cable tunnel. Air leaks out through the gap below the canopy frame. On Dec 11, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Terry Turnquist wrote: > Larry, I'm working on a liquid cooled engine also and am curious as to why you don't pipe warm radiator air through the floor of the cockpit? > > Terry > 601XL Plans > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith601-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith601-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/zenith601-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith601-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.