Heck, it's adequate at 72V, barely. That's what I did in my one GEM that lacked a heater. Won't melt ice off the windshield, but as a defogger it's fine.
Best regards, -- Cal Frye, www.calfrye.com /Be an Internet Sceptic/ Stop. Think. Connect. www.stopthinkconnect.org - Be at least as safe on the Internet as you are crossing the street! "... then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded..." -- Plato, _Phaedrus_. > EVDL Administrator via EV <mailto:[email protected]> > December 28, 2015 at 6:58 PM > Been there, done that. Sure, it's a hack, but it works. > > If your EV's battery is a reasonable voltage (at least 96v, 108v is > better), > household hair dryers can do OK for windshield defogging. They can be > annoyingly noisy though. > > They look much better and make less noise if you can find room for them > under or inside the instrument panel, and plumb them to the original > defroster vents. Use one for each vent. > > I also tried using a "curly top" hair dryer for cabin heating. It didn't > really have enough heat output, though. > > BTW, don't ever try to use the dryers' built in switches. They're AC > rated > and will arc-weld themselves closed on 96v+ DC. Connect your hair dryers > through a suitably-rated contactor. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > brucedp5 via EV <mailto:[email protected]> > December 28, 2015 at 6:42 AM > > http://www.autoevolution.com/news/ev-converted-porsche-914-uses-household-hair-dryers-as-cabin-heaters-103183.html > EV-Converted Porsche 914 Uses Household Hair Dryers as Cabin Heaters > 22nd December 2015 Andrei Tutu > > [image > http://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/ev-converted-porsche-914-uses-household-hair-dryers-as-cabin-heaters-103183_1.jpg > (From Tumbler: Spotted this fully electric car converted Porsche 914 > at C&C > yesterday with a pair of household hair dryers used as a heater lol! > #creative #porsche #914 #conair ⚡️⚡️) > > > video dated > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb2NTZ6CtM8 > Electric Car Burnout > ElectricThrust Sep 20, 2010 > The Electric Thrust crew burn rubber at the South Tulsa Baptist car show. > Pieces of rubber were found yards away and the smoke engulfed the crowd. > ] > > Now that Porsche has announced its intention to go electric with the > Mission > E, those who already drive around in EV Porsches have something new to > talk > about. What do you mean there are no electron juice-powered Porsches out > there for now? > > You need look no further than the EV conversion market to find these cars. > Nevertheless, some of the contraptions are more elaborate than others and > we're here to talk about one that doesn't exactly fall in line with > Zuffenhausen's obsession for precise engineering. > > Spotted at a Cars and Cofee event by Internet-famous enthusiasts > Jonsibal [ > https://www.facebook.com/jonsibal/photos/a.400417244901.176415.256735559901/10153600089844902/?type=3&theater > ], the Porsche 914 we have here comes with a little surprise in the HVAC > (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) area. > > As you can see in the pic above, the owner decided to compensate for the > lack of heat generated by the internal combustion engine that used to > occupy > the middle of the car through the use of... household hair dryers. Yep, > whenever you want to drive with that targa top off and avoid letting the > weather get to you, a pair of dryers will cater to your needs. > > While the bathroom engineering seen here is nothing to be proud of, you > should know a few things before throwing rotten tomatoes at this car > for its > electric side. > > For one thing, the 914 is the easiest financial path to the Porsche world, > so you'll find tons of these around. In fact, if you're looking to > grab one > "in need of a restoration" for a project such as this one, five grand > might > just be enough for the vehicle itself. > > Since the 914 was a VW-Porsche project launched in the late 60s, the cheap > cars come with a VW flat-four. If you're lucky, though, you can find 914s > motivated by Porsche flat-sixes. > > People seem to have developed a bit of an obsession for mounting battery > packs in the nose of the 914, but the EV conversion kits aren't exactly > cheap. > > While there's no official pricing on this, most such jobs have cost > anywhere > between $10,000 and $30,000, depending on the complexity of the job. > > If you happen to meet the owner of such a car, chances are the guy/gal in > the driver's seat is also the one who worked on the conversion. There are > obviously exceptions, but we don't expect the driver of this car to be one > of them. > > P.S.: We've added a video of another electric 914 doing a burnout. 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