Ducting an eber (the crispy passenger feet/cold driver prob)

Post by **stevewright76** » 29 Oct 2007, 10:20

Have an eber in my van (think T'onion fitted it ages back for previous owner) - now that i got a new leisure battery it works great. It's under the glove box and makes my wifes feet VERY warm.

Unfortunately I'm still cold while the smell of charred feet begins to fill the van...

SO I've been thinking - wouldn't it be better to vent it?

Are there any issues with attaching vent-hosing onto the outlet?
Once idea is to do it basic - couple of clips on outside of the dash bulkhead and then buy some lengths of duct pipe and connectors and have it on the outside of the dash.

OF course a FAR neater way would be to take off bulkhead, drill holes run pipes behind and out through vents.

Foudn this bloke http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/eberbasto who seems to sell all the bitys I'd need.

SO - anyone tried/done this?
Possiuble/impossible (i.e. what's behind the bulkhead and how easy/hard to remove)?

OR is it just crispy feet and cold heads for a good reason?

Post by **R0B** » 29 Oct 2007, 16:23

i just have a length of 60mm ducting in my van and connect it to my under glove box mounted ebber when parked up.it goes from the ebber to between the seats.or do you have an Aircooled and run it whilst travelling..

Post by **stevewright76** » 30 Oct 2007, 10:05

Yup - it's an air cooled and ESSENTAIL while travelling!!! It's bl**dy freezing otherwise!!!

Post by **richnewton** » 30 Oct 2007, 12:45

we've got a piece of 60mm flexi pipe connected, about 3 foot long and it gets pointed where the heat is needed................normally the windscreen first then the toes

got a cable tie that hooks on the fag lighter, drops down between the seats when camping

Post by **thefatsurfer** » 30 Oct 2007, 13:39

There was me thinking the four foot of ducting was my unique genius idea

Have it installed in my splitty for piped smugness into the cab. But my new syncro diesel seems a better place to put it as it is my daily runner and the eber is a diesel.

Post by **T'Onion** » 30 Oct 2007, 17:39

make sure that whatever you attach to the ebber is heat rated , cos it will melt them very quickly

chances are if you duct it through the vans system the air will have cooled down before it hits you ,

What richnewton has done sound about right ..

oh and yes i did help fit it

get some of this link and bend it to wherever you please

Post by **richnewton** » 31 Oct 2007, 13:17

the flexi pipe is used on bays in the engine bay,i think maybe off the heat exchangers, holds the heat well and doesn't melt and only cost a quid from one of the shows!

Post by **Mocki** » 31 Oct 2007, 16:18

whatever you use, make sure it is no smaller than the outlet of the ebber(60mm) or the ebber will shut down, they are very picky about feedbacked heat

Post by **Krisis** » 11 Nov 2007, 16:44

Good Afternoon Peeps

I Hope we are all well?

I have fitted the D1 Eber in Nancy and I would like to know if I can duct the heat into the floor vent system that I fitted from a synchro jobby

Its a heavy gauge plastic and think that it would stand the heat!
Has anyone already done this ? Does it work ? or shall I be the guinea pig?
Let me know please
ATB Kris O Krisis

Post by **T'Onion** » 11 Nov 2007, 19:54

Kriss do you mean the walk through ? between the two seats ? , if so then don't bother Mocki did it and it was "pooh" , the air was cold and had run out of puff before it got to the vents

Post by **Krisis** » 11 Nov 2007, 20:10

Hi all,
Do you think it would work or be better if ?
1.It had an additional fan?

2.Or use the heater fan to assist it?

I am looking for a tidy way to get the heat from the front to the rear without having a piece of tube flopping around

ATB
Kris O Krisis

Post by **T'Onion** » 11 Nov 2007, 22:11

erm fit the heater in the rear of the van

Post by **Krisis** » 12 Nov 2007, 09:44

TOOOOO LATE!

I have fitted it under the dash

Looks like its a length of piping then.
TTFN
Kris O Krisis

Post by **Mocki** » 12 Nov 2007, 10:41

tis true. about 3 years ago, I did run the ebberoutlet through the walkthrough vents, it did work sort of, but it didn't make any difference, the extra ducting took the heat away a bit, and the dl1c fan wasn't powerfull enough,
I did improve on it by making flaps for the top of the walkthrou, stopping the ebber blowing into the van heater, but tbh, it was more trouble than it was worth, so I ended up just ducting the ebberoutlet to the centre, and leaving it, I also had a extra duct I could plug onto the outlet to send it further into the back, but it made next to no difference, the temp was just as good blowing from the front..........

I now have the dl1c in the back of my current van, and its still just the same, but noisier , ill be moving it to the front again when I get chance, as its not so good for defrosting the screen in the back.............

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Post by **edmundator** » 12 Nov 2007, 11:08

Honestly, what's wrong with you all? Yesterday I invested £5.98 in a pair of Thinsulate gloves and a Thinsulate hat at some services on the M5, combined these with a warm coat, and I was toasty-warm all the way back to Truro (having been f***ing freezing up to this point).

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