Did anyone else see this post to the air cooled for sale list?

tony

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> From: ARKADY MIRVIS <heaterman@nac.net>
> To: aircldvw@CC.OWU.EDU
> Subject: THE ULTIMATE WAY TO HEAT YOUR BUS
> Date: Sunday, May 11, 1997 12:05 PM
> 
> Hello, fellows,
> 
> Here is my first message to you and, when I speak, please, listen.
> 
> Many of you know too well what freezing in your bus feels like. When I
offered and not 
> once to my shivering customers hot tea or coffee, it was seen by them as
the best 
> care and experience! Do good people have to be miserable?
> 
> Remember "necessity is mother of invention"? When, more than thirty years
ago, I 
> couldn't take freezing at - 40F anymore, a series of experiments began.  
> 
> Do you think there is a very big difference between -15 and -40F when it
comes to 
> driving? Not really! Simply put: driving without heat is dangerous,
particularly on 
> long and deserted roads.
> 
> Simple thinking and not much knowledge was needed to investigate sources
of energy for 
> heating and these were found inpractical:
> 
> LIQUID GAS OR PROPANE. Why? Gas has low energy content, evaporation stops
at low 
> temperature, special tank or bottle carrier needed, pressure regulators
do not 
> do the job and freeze, piping has to be very well done, etc.
> 
> ELECTRIC POWER. Where is it? To warm the bus (no holes, no air leaks, no
draft!) you 
> need minimum 18 - 20000 BTU/HR. This translates to approx. 5.3 - 5.8
KW/HR. We all 
> have on board 12 volts source. For this source to develop 5.3 - 5.8
kilowatts it must 
> output 441 - 483 amperes! Have you seen welders trucks, their generators
and cables, 
> did you? Would you want to have all this just to have sufficient electric
heating on 
> board? 
> You can see ads (even in national publications), luring you into buying
an electric 
> heater for the bus. This is nonsense! 
> 
> Till portable nuclear source will be developed, electricity for heating
is out.
> 
> ENGINE EXHAUST AND OIL. Even Volkswagen realized that these were poor
sources of heat, 
> and it started to offer auxiliary gasoline burning heaters of minimum
capacity.
> I have seen many attempts to get or improve heating without result.
Additional 
> blowers, heatexchangers - what we try? To get heat from where it is not
in the first 
> place!
> 
> A sure way to finish your engine is to suck heat from oil. Oil to flow
and lubricate, 
> MUST to be warm. Cold oil sludges the engine when blow-by is high and
detergents do 
> not work well.
> 
> WOOD AND COAL. Believe me I have seen good workmanship in implementing
this idea. 
> NICE! Fireplace in the bus! And a chimney with a ruster on it. Sure way
to arouse ann 
> attention of the highway patrol and onlookers. And you have ashes on
board to spread 
> under wheel if you stuck! How about pulling a trailer with wood or coal,
like steam 
> engines were doing?
> 
> ALCOHOL. This is taken inside for warming up. But drinking and driving do
not mix! 
> Don't even try! There is statistic that 10,000 Russians die every year
freezing after 
> vodka intake.
> 
> WARM CLOTHES. Good idea! But how much of it can you put on? Till you will
not be able 
> to move. Even with warm socks you need to do SCHUHEPLATTER (german dance)
to keep your 
> toes alive.
> 
> POLAR SLEEPING BAG, ADOPTED FOR DRIVING. Great! Anyone knows where they
are sold?
> 
> So, where to go for real heat? It is not far away - right in your gas
tank! That is 
> THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF ENERGY for THE ULTIMATE WAY TO BEAT THE COLD -
COMBUSTION 
> HEATERS! 
> 
> Small,powerfull, efficient, nature friendly (very low emission level
because of 
> abundance of air and low combustion temperatures), quiet, reliable and
SAFE.
> Yes, safer than your house oil burner! 
> 
> Safe only after service by a specialist. Why so many stories about
"heater inherent 
> dangerous nature" ? That a whole separate article can and was written by
me.
> 
> Believe me, the heater is dangerous because little knowledge is
dangerous. 
> When I service or sell a heater a set of of instructions goes with it.
When these 
> instructions are followed, you are safe, totally. 
> 
> Heater is dangerous when bought uncomplete and not adjusted. This is how
most of 
> heaters are sold at shows and by friends. Do yourself and your loved ones
a favor, ask 
> and do not rush to follow advices of the seller.
>   
> Years of heater service, restorations resulted in many modification
technics, trade 
> secrets and approaches to make heater to start and to run better than
when it left the 
> assembly line.   
>  
> Do not waste time! Electric car engineers selected combustion heaters.
> 
> How about watercooled cars, buses? Particularly those with diesels?
Preheat the engine 
> and the interior! We have these engineering wanders! Miniature heat
gigants, weighing 
> barely 10 pounds, you can find space to put under the hood in any car.
Completely 
> autonomous.
> 
> What else do you want to know? Get in touch. 
> Enjoy warm driving!
> 
> Ark Mirvis "THE HEATERMAN"
>       
> (201)398-6363
> 
> heaterman@nac.net