The first part in building a ceramic heater is removing the heater core and this is not an easy task, especially with newer vehicles. Mine, however, well be quite different from the typical basic ceramic install as you'll see later. So, as many others have done, I went for the ceramic heater setup which replaces the water heater core with an electric version. Last I figured this gave me a fluid that could leak, and therefore something that needed to be checked from time to time. The hoses also get very hot on the outside which again means energy lose. I figured if all that heat was on the outside it was wasted energy especially while driving if air was passing over the heater. The second reason was the amount of heat I noticed on the outside of the heater unit itself. A few people recommended a pump that was very quiet but after further thought I didn't try it out. First and least important was the noise I could hear from the pump circulating the water. I decided not to use this setup for a few reasons. It used a 1500 watt engine block heater and pump to circulate the water. I first built a water heater utilizing the existing heater core. This is technically the second heater but I will only fully document the final design. Money has been tight after ordering the batteries and the holidays so progress has been rather slow lately.
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