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Post by Scootrific on Nov 16, 2023 17:04:59 GMT -5
There is winter coming and outside is little bit cold. I noticed, that after the massive repairs to my car at the repair shop, the heater does not give as much heat then before the car went to repairs. Before, the heater was set to 1, and it was so hot inside my cat, that I had to remove my jacket. Now I need the jacket, because heater gives only warm air to interior of the car. I think the issue id in the cars cooling system, maybe there is some air trapped inside? What do you guys think?
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Post by 190mech on Nov 16, 2023 17:56:29 GMT -5
I have seen some cars not heating because air in the heater core lines,once the air was purged it heated fine.
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Post by Scootrific on Nov 17, 2023 10:01:22 GMT -5
I have seen some cars not heating because air in the heater core lines,once the air was purged it heated fine. Ok. I thought, that it is the only thing, what could be the issue - the air in cooling system. |
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Post by Scootrific on Nov 17, 2023 10:04:42 GMT -5
Today, I went to hardware store and brought some stuff - Second angle grinder (To save time, I do not want to change the discs all the time), new pair welding gloves and and air compressor with few extras.   |
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Post by Scootrific on Nov 17, 2023 18:13:18 GMT -5
Today, I ordered this thing, to help me get the air out of the cooling system of my Aixam. I hope I can use it and get the air out fast.  |
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Post by Scootrific on Nov 20, 2023 16:30:27 GMT -5
Today, I decided not to do my food courier work and went to garage to do some upgrades to my metal workbench. But when I got to garage, I did not do that instead, I worked on my Aixam. Took the front bumper off, broke some bolts, fixed some things and made front end little bit stronger. I added a metal plate to the bumper and drilled new mounting holes. When I started to reinstall the bumper, I noticed, that the bumper was 1cmm off from the driver side  Also something happened to my welding gas bottle. The tap got stuck and won`t move at all. Now I do not know, is the gas on or off. I`m afraid to take the regulator off, because, when the main tap is open, the bottle will do some damage. Some pics:     And here is the Timelapse video of that job: |
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Post by Scootrific on Nov 23, 2023 10:16:20 GMT -5
Yesterday morning, after I finished my night shift, I went and brought some tools, to continue the work on the front bumper of my Aixam: Acetone, to clean workable areas. Stirring sticks, to mix the Fiberglas resin. Brushes, to apply the resin and roller, to remove any air bubbles from the Fiberglas. But, there is a problem ... The expert told me, that the room temperature must be +20 degrees Celsius, where I work with the fiberglas. My garage has only +2 degrees  I have a heater, what is 3.5kW (3500W), and I can not use it, to heat up the garage, because when it starts to give heat, the automatic beaker turns the power off in my garage. So, I need some advice, what to do. I was thinking about buying an diesel heater, but it is expensive.  |
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Post by Scootrific on Nov 24, 2023 4:20:05 GMT -5
Today, I went to garage and after that, I was in trouble. I could not get up the 45 degree incline, that the underground garage complex has. It took me about 5 tries, to get up the that. I even put down lots of gravel, to help the car get up.(Winter Fiasco)  Im glad, that my GoPro was recording. What a content. One bonus clip too in the video. The video. |
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Post by aeroxbud on Nov 24, 2023 7:02:55 GMT -5
Even with snow tyres that was a struggle.
I hope no pizza was delivered late.
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Post by Scootrific on Nov 24, 2023 9:56:48 GMT -5
Even with snow tyres that was a struggle. I hope no pizza was delivered late. I was not doing my food courier job at the moment. So, no pizzas or other food, was not harmed making this video.  After that fiasco, I think I will not do courier job while it is winter. |
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Post by Scootrific on Nov 27, 2023 17:26:51 GMT -5
Yesterday, I got together, with one Facebook Marketplace seller ... And 8kW Diesel heater, was then purchased by me from him. The plan is to install it on my Aixam for preheating or for heating the garage, since it is quite cold to work in the garage. It works on 12V. I did have some batteries in the garage, but 2 of them were dead and one scooter gel battery gave the blower a life, but the battery was too weak to run the first start. Despite the fact, that I also connected the battery charger to the battery. Still have to look at some kind of car battery, especially for this Diesel heater. I got the first start done, during which the Heater sucked diesel from the fuel tank with the help of a pump. It even started to warm a little. I also made a few changes, namely the fuel hose was shortened and the machine also got metal support legs, because the release wanted to turn the whole blower too much 😃 I did use the Aixam City, to power the heater for the first time  GEITT SECSESS! As for the garage heating goes, with this heater, I have to add approx. 30-35 meters of exhaust piping (or not) and 20-30 meters of special aluminum piping, with intermediate pieces. So plan to move all warm air vents for at least a month. Maybe I'll also try to use the garage when transferring the heat from the exhaust system, even make some so-called. in the radiator, where the water inside and the heat/heat of the exhaust gases would heat the water in the radiator, for example. These are, of course, ideas at the moment, which may be realized in the near future. It is bad to work in the cold. Of course, then I should also insulate all the gaps in the garage door so that the heat is not lost. Some Pics:      The riser feet from metal ... for the Heater:    This is the video of that Heater: |
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Post by Scootrific on Nov 28, 2023 10:50:04 GMT -5
Because its end of the month, I have little money. I was planing to wait until payday comes, and then buy a 12V car battery for the diesel heater and add also charger on it. But Today I had a theory, what I have not seen in Youtube or google. I took a old PC case, added 400W modified PC power supply to it and took it to garage. Then I did hook it up with the diesel heater, to see, if the theory works. Greitt Seksess The heater turned on, with no errors. I did let it warm up for about few minutes and then at the 5 minute mark, it started to give nice warm air. I did let it heat up the garage for 10 minutes, and then turned it off. Before unplugging, I did let it do its cool-down cycle. Made a video too about it (coming out soon, on my YT channel- Scootrific Official). But I need to test it out little bit longer and do some nice connections for it. One other idea came into my mind. The Mad Scientist Master Plan: *** Plan A.1: Build a new case for the heater. *** Plan A.2: Inside the case: 1. place for the heater 2. place for the diesel fuel tank. 3. place for the fuel pump. 4. place for the modified 400W PC Power Supply. I might do it too. Im a crazy Estonian you know ... An mad scientist  .    |
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Post by Scootrific on Nov 30, 2023 17:16:30 GMT -5
Well, the heater did work with the PC power supply, but yesterday the power supply took a "Shett" and died. I had to power the heater with my Aixam´s battery, while it was on the car. That experimental theory was in this video, where I did power the heater, with the 400W PC power supply. It did work ... at first.
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Post by Scootrific on Nov 30, 2023 17:19:56 GMT -5
I also did a rough calculation, how much the garage heating is gonna set me back: The heater - 190€ 75mm Diameter 100cm Length Air Diesel Parking Heater Duct Pipe - 36€ 75mm Car Auto Heater Duct Y Branch Connector Pipe kit - 290€ Warm Heater Parking Heater 75mm air outlet - 10€ Air Diesel Parking Heater Stainless Steel Exhaust Pipe connector - 15€ 300cm Air Diesel Parking Heater Stainless Steel Exhaust Pipe - 69€ ABOUT 545€ roughly The heater install to a Aixam, is gonna be cheaper, because I do not need that much ducting. But I have to make a box, where the heater, pump, fuel tank and stuff are gonna be. I made a rough sketch of the garage heating system, what I'm planning to do, with this diesel powered heater. I will do a video about that too. Also, there is a second heater coming, that will be installed inside the Aixam City. That will be also documented by YT video. I might add some old radiator too and connect it with the exhaust system, to get some more heat out. That is gonna be another experimental thing. I might need to buy a car battery for the Aixam and use the old one as the Heater power supply with connected to a charger too. Rough sketch of the garage heating system:  |
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Post by Scootrific on Dec 1, 2023 19:41:03 GMT -5
I did post this same plan on my Facebook page and one of my friends contacted me, who has doe some garage heating and ventilation systems .... and said, that this almost 360 hot air heating system does not work. So I did re-think and Im gonna just leave the right side and put maybe four or five 100mm hot air outlets. Im gonna go from 75mm heater outlet to a 80-100mm step up fitting, then 4x T-fittings (stainless steel), 100mm flexible hose between T-fittings and then five outlets over my workbench. Im still gonna buy the Stainless Steel Exhaust Upgrade kit (2 of them), exhaust thermal tape, fuel system upgrade with filter and ducting kit for the Aixam with 2 outlets. Other things to buy: 230VAC to 12VDC power supply, 2x deep cycle batteries + charger. PLAN B:  |
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Also something happened to my welding gas bottle. The tap got stuck and won`t move at all. Now I do not know, is the gas on or off. I`m afraid to take the regulator off, because, when the main tap is open, the bottle will do some damage.
I have a heater, what is 3.5kW (3500W), and I can not use it, to heat up the garage, because when it starts to give heat, the automatic beaker turns the power off in my garage. So, I need some advice, what to do. I was thinking about buying an diesel heater, but it is expensive.
Im glad, that my GoPro was recording. What a content. One bonus clip too in the video.
GEITT SECSESS! 
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