Do-it-yourself car heater

If you make such a heater, you can effortlessly heat the interior of any car in the winter. This will be especially true for those who have broken down in car stove or no rear window heating. You can make a small heater yourself and it will not be difficult. As a basis for the manufacture of such a heat fan, the author decided to use an old computer power supply.

Materials and tools for manufacturing:
- a power supply from a computer or a case from it;
- a small fan (it is in the power supply);
- soldering iron with solder;
- wires;
- a piece of tile;
- eight small bolts with nuts for mounting the heating element;
- nichrome wire.

Heater manufacturing process:

Step one. We prepare the case
First of all, you need to take the old power supply and disassemble it. Absolutely everything needs to be pulled out of it. Need to remove the main electronic board, it is bolted with several screws. You also need to remove the switch and connectors, as when heated they can emit an unpleasant odor.

Step Two Prepare the heating element
As a heating element, a nichrome wire will be used. Springs of a certain diameter and length are made of it. To do this, the wire is wound on any cone. It is important to correctly calculate the load, because otherwise the car’s power supply will be overloaded, and this is fraught with undercharging the battery and other consequences.

For example, in a Daewoo Sens car, there is a 70 ampere generator. In this case, it is possible to make a heater that consumes about 10-15A, this will not affect the operation of the car’s electrical network.

When the springs of the desired length are created, they must then be secured. For these purposes, the author used pieces of ordinary tile. You need to drill holes in it, and then bolts are inserted here, and with the help of them the wire is attached. After the design is assembled, it is installed in the power supply housing.

Step ThreeAssembling the design
at the final stage, the construction is assembled. Now you need to install the fan. The author has it installed in the regular place of the power supply. That is, the fan is installed in another part of the block body. As a result, when the structure is assembled, the fan will drive air through the hot nichrome wire and at the outlet it will already be warm.

Well, in conclusion, the system will only have to connect to a power source. It goes without saying that the wiring must be reliable, since the heater consumes a lot of energy, and for safety, the system must have a fuse. The installation of the heater also needs to be approached carefully, it should be well fixed in the cabin and should not jump on it during the ride.