Yes the under the floor outlet is the original location and the heat would come up between the floor and the side of the airplane. back then the airplanes did not have carpet or inside panels so it worked well. When you think about it it make sense heating the air under the floor and sending it up otherwise the cold air from under the seat would come up as a cold air draft anyway. This way the heater is not fighting the draft. Now with the carpet and side panel blocking the drafts and heater outlet it makes a big difference if an outlet is crated like on Hartmuts site or the outlet is moved up. Either way the heater muff is quite large and should have no problem heating the cabin.
Kevin1 --- In [email protected], Hartmut Beil <hb...@...> wrote: > > > Gang. > > Merry Christmas from Berlin, > > The heater is not really what you want it to be in cold weather. I flew ones > at minus 20 degrees Celsius and wondered whether the heater was working at > all. So I closed the heater valve. Yes, there was an instant difference. > > It works. The way it is designed, the heat goes under the floor board where > it exits up into the cabin - if you don't have a carpet! > > Most planes I saw have a carpet. That blocks the way. > > You then need then an alternative opening, like the one described here: > http://www.ercoupe.info/?n=Main.JacksHeater > > > > Best wished from the now rainy Berlin, Germany > > > > Hartmut > > > > To: [email protected] > From: alfen...@... > Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:07:15 -0800 > Subject: [ercoupe-tech] heater > > > > > > > > > > Hi gang, Happy Holidays. My Coupe doesnt put out enough heat, and what heat > it does have seems to come UNDER the floor, not through the firewall. Is this > uncommon, or is there something I can do to fix this? > Gary > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates, right from > Hotmail®. > http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_4:092009 >
