Do-it-yourself additional stove for the car interior - Heating and water supply

Types of additional heating device

If the owner of a Russian vehicle is thinking about how to install an additional heater on a VAZ-2110, then, first of all, he should know that the practical majority of currently existing designs fit directly into the standard cooling system of the power unit. The heated air flow is distributed throughout the cabin by a built-in electric fan.

Additional stove purchased at the store

An additional stove for the interior of the VAZ-2110 can be purchased at the store, however, in order to save money, such a unit can be made with your own hands. In fact, car dealerships sell completely different types of additional heaters. Depending on the budget and preferences of the motorist, you can choose both small and fairly large designs. True, not all presented models can be placed in the top ten without compromising passenger comfort. There is not much free space in a domestically produced car, so when choosing a unit, you should first decide on the location of its future installation.

If the car owner decides to install an additional heater under the passenger seat, then the purchased device should not be wider than 33 cm, higher than 20 cm and have a depth not exceeding 25 cm.

If you choose the optimal location for an additional heater, you should stop in the area of the car located between the seats (the unit will take the place of the tunnel), or directly under the front passenger seat.

In view of all the above conditions, the homemade additional heater VAZ-2110 must be an autonomous compact unit. Among the most popular models, it is worth noting the products of the TechnoMaster company, produced in Tolyatti. The cost of such a device ranges from 2500–3000 rubles. The products Helios, Xeros and Zenith, owned by the Eberspächer company, are of good quality. Their cost may be only a few hundred higher than the previously indicated models.

Eberspächer Helios

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If the car owner decides not to waste time and not to upgrade the standard VAZ-2110 stove, but to place a new additional device in the cabin, when choosing a design, you should carefully study the characteristics and dimensions of the additional device.

How to make an autonomous interior heater with your own hands

Waiting for many hours in a car in a traffic jam or, worse, spending the night in an open field in the cold inevitably leads to the idea that an autonomous interior heater is by no means a whim of a hunter-fisherman or an attribute of a professional driver’s motor home.

In cold or slight frost, every hour we warm up the engine to a more or less comfortable temperature of 60-70 degrees. At -20°C you have to warm it up every 35-40 minutes at medium speed so that the battery does not die. If an additional electric pump was installed on the stove, we use the heated motor as an autonomous heat source. Depending on the level of insulation of the interior and the air temperature, the engine cools down in 2-3 hours, the interior of the car cools down twice as fast.

Preventing the operation of the stove in the cabin

In order for the car heater to work at full capacity and not let the driver down at the most crucial moment, you need to follow a few simple tips for its operation:

The radiator must be kept clean. The procedure for cleaning light contaminants can be carried out using a vacuum cleaner, and blockages and deposits in the internal channels can be removed by flushing the engine cooling system.
It is necessary to use good antifreeze, which is considered the key to high-quality and long-term operation of not only the stove, but also the car engine.
You need to change the cabin air filter more often. If you do not change it in time and do not remove contaminants, it will create problems when warming up the interior, and, in addition, ventilation and air conditioning in the car interior will not work at full capacity. This procedure is especially recommended for drivers and passengers suffering from allergies.

Country affairs

For example, at high outside temperatures or when parked in strong sun, ventilation allows you to create a pleasant microclimate inside the car.

When heating the car interior, depending on the outside temperature, warm air is first supplied to the windshield, and then through the ventilation holes into the cabin.

Adjustment of the distribution of warm air in the cabin using the ventilation holes is maintained.

The temperature to which the autonomous (additional or parking) heating system warms up the car interior depends on the settings of the climate control system.

Autonomous heating of the car interior is carried out by burning fuel from the fuel tank. When installing autonomous heating, some cars are additionally equipped with a larger fuel tank. If the fuel level in the fuel tank is low (minimum level), the on-board computer blocks the start of autonomous heating.

Please note that autonomous heating consumes battery energy. Roughly, we can say that autonomous heating consumes approximately the same current as low beam headlights. The on-board computer monitors the level of battery discharge and blocks the start of autonomous heating if the battery is significantly discharged.

The battery is discharged when using independent heating. When actively using the autonomous heating system, you can use the following rule of thumb: the operating time of the car engine (travel time) must be no less than the operating time of the autonomous heating. In this case, the battery will have time to charge to its normal charge level.

Catalytic mini heater

What other ways are there to keep warm inside a car? For example, there are very convenient mini-heaters that will help warm your hands. They are also produced by Kovea. They are very economical and safe and in such catalytic burners heating occurs without flame.

Video about how a catalytic mini-heater works:

The Zippo flameless hand warmer has also proven itself quite well. It is the size of a large lighter from the same company, but it heats well. Interestingly, it was also used by soldiers in the First World War to avoid freezing in the trenches.

Autonomous heating device

This heater is designed for 12 volt current. Thanks to this, it can be connected to a battery. It can be used in rooms where there is no heating and where renovations are being carried out, as well as in the garage or any room in the house. Its power is not enough to heat the entire room. It does not create infrared rays. It only heats the air.

To make it you need to take:

Metal can. It could be a coffee can. Its height and diameter should be 20 and 10 cm, respectively. These values may deviate upward or downward. not use a jar made of plastic, cardboard or any other material . This is because they are poor conductors of heat.
Bracket. It can be a U-shaped part of a children's metal construction set.
Bayonet cartridge.
Car brake light lamp. It is designed for 12 volts. Its power is 25 W.
2 A fuse.
Sleeve made of insulating material.
Cable. The cross-sectional area of one wire must exceed 1 mm².

Installation locations, connection diagrams

You can purchase an additional stove for the VAZ-2107 or make it yourself. The design of such a heater includes a radiator, which is connected to the cooling system through pipes, and a fan that creates air flow.

If you decide to install an additional heater radiator, first of all decide on the installation location. There are three optimal locations for installing equipment:

Under the front passenger seat
Below the front panel under the glove compartment.
On the center tunnel between the front seats

The location should be selected based on the overall dimensions of the stove.

The next important condition is the connection diagram. You install the additional radiator in series with the standard one (the drain pipe of the standard one acts as an inlet for the additional one). The disadvantage of this connection is the weak heat transfer from the other heat exchanger, since it will receive antifreeze, which has already given off some of the heat.

An additional stove can be connected in parallel to the standard heater (the supply and drain of the second radiator cut into the corresponding pipes on the main stove). The negative side here is the likelihood that the main flow of liquid will flow only to one radiator; in this case, the second one will heat poorly.

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Webasto

Founded in 1901, the German company Webasto is a recognized leader in the field of climate control technology for vehicles. The Webasto line includes air, gasoline and diesel heaters with a power from 2 to 5.5 kW. The company's products are in great demand all over the world, including in Russia. In particular, Webasto equipment is installed on the racing cars of the KamAZ Master team.

Planar

Under the Planar brand, diesel heaters are produced by the Samara enterprise Advers. The product line consists of models with a power of 2-8 kW. With high quality, they are significantly lower than their foreign analogues. The products have international certification and are successfully sold abroad, including in the USA.

Aero comfort

Aero Comfort heaters are another Russian development that can compete in quality and price with foreign analogues. The products are manufactured by the TeploAvto enterprise from Naberezhnye Chelny. Available in 2 and 4 kW models.

Types of additional heaters

The driver can choose the most suitable option from several types of heaters. They differ in installation method, energy consumption, cost and appearance.

Electrical devices

The simplest type of additional heating. It is plugged into the car's cigarette lighter and is most often mounted on the front panel. For its low cost, young motorists love it. More experienced drivers try to use it less often, and only as a hair dryer to warm up the glass.

Electric additional heater

Positive properties:

low cost of the device;
simple installation that does not require the involvement of third-party specialists from the station;
power comes from a battery or generator, without wasting fuel;
ready for use immediately after switching on;
has neutral colors and discreet shapes, which makes it easy to fit into salons of any color;
Available at almost any auto store.

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Negative properties:

there are a large number of low-quality cheap fakes that can be dangerous during operation;
in high modes it consumes a lot of electricity, and with prolonged use of the battery it can quickly discharge it;
negatively affects electrical wiring, so it is recommended to connect it directly with more powerful wires.

Autonomous heaters

Most often, such an additional stove in the cabin is installed on minivans, minibuses, residential vans or trucks. Its power comes from fuel. The stove is equipped with an independent combustion chamber and exhaust pipe. Because of this, it is mounted outside the passenger compartment in the engine compartment. The operation of the device does not depend on the motor and is therefore called autonomous.

Autonomous additional heater

Positive properties:

the performance of the unit does not depend on the degree of heating of the power plant;
there is the possibility of adjustment from the cabin;
does not change the interior of the car;
ready to work immediately after startup;
high recoil power.

Negative properties:

more complex installation is required than when installing an electric heater;
additional fuel consumption occurs when the heater is operating;
the cost is higher than that of an electric heater;
additional noise appears from the operation of the device.

Additional radiator

Many people install another radiator in the rear of the cabin. It is connected as a serial device in the cooling circuit together with a standard stove. To do this, pipes are passed through the cabin, and then a radiator with a fan is attached.

Additional radiator

Positive properties:

the operating principle is the same as that of a standard heating device;
sufficient warming up after the engine reaches operating temperature;
You can buy an additional radiator for your car brand at any auto store;
its cost is lower than that of an autonomous heater.

Negative properties:

competent installation and additional materials and work are required (pipes, soldering, pipe insulation);
its operation depends on the engine warming up;
you will need to disturb the upholstery to hide the wiring;
the desired effect from installation is not always obtained;
additional filling of antifreeze into the cooling system is necessary.

What kind of heater should you make for your home?

Almost all types of heaters can be made at home. The exception is the inverter, because its design is very complex. Most modern devices create heat with virtually 100% efficiency. All of them have an electric heating element, the main part of which is nichrome wire.

The simplest homemade heater for a garage and a house made from this wire has the following structure:

Horizontal ceramic pipe with a diameter of 12 cm.
Four supports.
Wire wound around a pipe.
A wire with a plug is connected to the wire.

Such a heater is unsafe, because in addition to the fact that the wire can heat up to 1,000 °C, it also remains open. Contact with it threatens not only burns, but also electric shock. Also, such a device can burn down part of the house.

Installation of an additional stove in the interior of a VAZ-2110

Before installing a new heating element in the vehicle interior, you should decide on the sequence of actions to be performed. The installation process of an additional stove can be divided into several main steps:

securing the heating unit under the front passenger seat;
depressurization of the power unit cooling system;
connecting the durite hoses of the installed device to the section of the engine cooling system (it is important to follow one rule: the hoses of the new stove should not come into contact with the muffler pipe and steering parts);
drilling two small holes in the engine shield, about 19 mm in diameter (this is necessary for the pipes of the new heater);
location of the heater pipes in the cabin under the floor covering;
removal of pipes close to the seat frame for the passenger;
installation of fasteners that help fix the pipes on the auxiliary heater;
filling the expansion tank with about a couple of liters of antifreeze or antifreeze;
removing the air lock from the engine cooling system;
creating a button on the dashboard through which the car owner can remotely control the new heating element.

To install an additional heater VAZ-2110 it will take about 4 hours

If an additional pump is installed along with the new stove, this will help make the heater more productive, because the additional stove uses the flow of antifreeze, which is pumped only by the standard pump.

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As a rule, it will take about four hours to install a purchased or homemade additional heater for a VAZ-2110.

Advantages of an additional stove

Experienced motorists note the fact that an additional heater installed in the cabin helps warm the space to a comfortable temperature 2 times faster. At the same time, the feet of passengers sitting behind will always be warm.

The additional heating device does not affect the beauty of the interior; the unit does not spoil the appearance or interfere with the passengers’ feet.

The additional heater does not interfere with passengers' feet

Disadvantages of a new heater

Although the updated heating makes the temperature inside the car higher than usual, it has some disadvantages. In particular, antifreeze or antifreeze begins to warm up more slowly, which occurs due to an increase in the heat capacity of the engine cooling system.

In addition, additional noise emitted by the new heater appears in the cabin, and dust on the floor rises up along with the flow of heated air.

In the summer, hot hoses located under the floor covering can be especially inconvenient, as they will begin to heat up the interior. True, the situation can be corrected by installing a small tap in the engine department, which should be carried out at the stage of “insertion” into the engine cooling system. It is worth noting that there is no such device (faucet) in the finished heater.

When installing a heater, additional noise appears in the cabin

If the speed of the additional heater is not adjusted, one part of the cabin will warm up more, due to which the passenger sitting in this place may feel discomfort.

Creating a homemade additional heater

You can make a homemade additional heater for a VAZ-2110 from an old heater radiator of any other car.

What is the device?

The design of a car fan is similar to that of a household fan heater.

Portable fan heater with handle

General information

Most often, the device includes a fan and a heater in the form of a spiral or tube. All elements for protection from mechanical damage are placed in a plastic case. To ensure that the fan heaters do not overheat and burn out, they are equipped with automatic and electronic control. The device receives power from the on-board network through the cigarette lighter.

The principle of operation of the device: air from the cabin is drawn into the device, passes through the heater and the heated air exits back into the cabin. The heater has a ribbed surface, which increases the contact area and increases the efficiency of the fan heater (video author - Vitaly Orekhov).

Varieties

Fan heaters can be stationary and portable. The first type is more bulky, they are not intended for frequent movement, so most often they are equipped with more powerful heating elements. Portable devices have a convenient carrying handle, compact size and light weight.

Flat models are more popular as they can be placed under the windshield or rear window. The heated air exits through a narrow slot, which makes it possible to direct the air to a specific plane and reduce the time it takes to warm up frost-bitten glass. True, they are equipped with a small duct, so it will take some time to heat the interior.

Flat car fan from cigarette lighter

If it is important to quickly warm up the interior, it is better to buy models with a square or rectangular hole. This shape of the bell and optimization of the movement of heated air makes it possible to quickly heat the entire cabin. In addition, such devices have large dimensions and increased power.

The following can be installed in fans as a heating element:

tubular heating element (TEN);
electric spiral;
ceramic infrared heating element.

Fan heaters with an infrared ceramic heating element are more popular. They are fireproof, have smooth power adjustment and do not burn oxygen. Spiral heaters have high performance, that is, they give off more heat.

Electric heater for cars

Trouble-shooting

As practice shows, in most cases, a malfunction of a car’s heater is a consequence of problems with the thermostat, so drivers are advised to check it first and, if necessary, replace it with a new one. In other cases, if the stove is not working properly, you should do the following:

Check the antifreeze level in the expansion tank and add it if necessary.
Before driving, make sure there are no coolant leaks under the tank.
Sometimes exhaust gas analysis can help determine the location of an antifreeze leak. If the gas has a whitish tint, the leak may be coming from the exhaust pipe.
Check the operation of the fan with the engine running; if there is noise, have it inspected by a specialist.
If there are unfamiliar odors in the interior, you should check for antifreeze leakage inside the car.
You can also check the temperature of the radiator by touch; a cold radiator indicates that it is clogged.
If there is a climate control function, computer diagnostics should be performed.

Starting autonomous heating

Autonomous heating can be started in three ways:

immediate heating key;
from the remote control;
according to the programmed on time.

Immediate heating key

The immediate heating button is usually located in the area where the vehicle's climate control controls are located. Typically, the immediate heating key is used for autonomous (parking) heating of the vehicle interior when parked with the engine turned off.

Remote control

It is convenient to start autonomous heating from a remote control when the car is parked in front of an office, in front of a house or in front of a country house. The launch can be done at any time.

Remote controls from different manufacturers provide different ranges. However, the usual range of the remote control to start autonomous heating is several hundred meters, reaching up to 600 meters for some models.

Programming the on time

In addition to the methods listed above, autonomous heating starts according to the programmed start time. Depending on the manufacturer and the equipment of the car, the autonomous heating timer can be programmed to turn on at a certain time, on certain days of the week. At the same time, the duration of operation of autonomous heating can also be programmed.

The convenience of programming the time to turn on the autonomous heating is especially noticeable when storing the car in a parking lot in front of an office or on a site in front of a country house, in this case the car will be ready for a trip, and the interior will be warmed up (in winter) or ventilated (in summer).

Advantages of autonomous heating

The ability to maintain the temperature inside the car regardless of the degree of engine warm-up (in winter);
Possibility to ventilate the car interior before the trip (in summer);
Possibility of turning on using the immediate heating key, remotely from the remote control or according to a programmed turn-on time;
Unlike alarm systems with auto-start systems, the autonomous heating system does not increase the cost of CASCO insurance because does not require immobilizer exclusion;
Equipping a car with a proprietary autonomous heating system does not void the car’s warranty;
The engine resource is not consumed.

Disadvantages of autonomous heating

Autonomous heating consumes battery energy;
Autonomous heating consumes fuel;
It is prohibited to start and operate autonomous heating in unventilated or enclosed spaces.

Good luck on the roads!

Method thirteen - well, this is absolutely for extreme sports enthusiasts!

If you often find yourself in situations where you have to fight the cold in the car (for example, you are a traveler), then you can take a regular wood stove with you on the road. If you don't believe me, look:

A real oven in the car

So how? Did you believe it? You can stock up on firewood or brushwood for free, for example, if your forced stop occurred in the forest or next to an old and dilapidated building with a lot of boards.

If your car stalls in winter, don’t despair. Armed with any of the heaters listed above and having studied all the tips described, you will not freeze and survive in harsh weather conditions. Even if you find yourself in a car at night, face to face with a cold and harsh winter, you can create all the conditions in the cabin that are similar to the comfort of home. So, don't worry, motorists!

Features of operation

What you need to consider when using the device to prevent its accelerated failure:

When buying such a system, you need to carefully study the installation features, as well as use

Carefully read all the manufacturer’s recommendations, pay attention to the power parameter of the device itself. In the event that the power of the system does not correspond to a similar parameter of the on-board network of the machine, the installation of such an AO is not allowed, since it may cause problems. Every time you put the system into operation, you need to check its functionality.

Make sure there are no leaks or any damage. When using a gas-type heater, during installation, make sure that fuel does not leak out. A gas leak can lead to poisoning of passengers and the motorist. Never turn on the heating system to maximum mode. Remember that excessive heating of the air flow can lead to deterioration of health. This is because the heated air will be very dry, and accordingly, you will need to ventilate the interior more often.