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So the rear cab of my 99 gets extremely cold, today I hopped in an older work truck same body style and noticed they had a heater under the front bench seat that blew out to the rear. Looked like it had its own heater pre and blower unit.
Is this an aftermarket unit? I can’t seem to find anything about it online. I’d like to add one into my truck!
I like that one, I’d probably be able to plumb 2 of them in. That would for sure work.
im not at work but I’ll see if I can’t get a picture of it. It was plastics housed much bigger and had what looked like a full sized caged blower motor. That’s why I was thinking it was maybe a factory option.
There are all kinds of these kinds of heaters, this was just a quick attempt to find a small height one that would work under a seat. Many are for like buses and equipment and are much taller with big squirrel cage style blowers. This would be just stupid easy to plumb in and hide. It uses just a minimal amount of power to run the fans vs a all electric heater. get fancy and install a 12v solenoid valve with a thermostat in the rear seat and automate it.
Been looking at them on the internet now, probably the route I’ll be going. Maybe find one with a slightly bigger fan or just run two of them. It gets cold up here, -50, and the rear cab just never warms up. Thanks guys I appreciate it. I’ll post some pictures and maybe a walk through of an install for anyone in the future. Once I figure out which one I’m ordering.
Just be careful mounting the electric ones under a seat with carpet if it's not specifically stated it can be used like that. Alot of the supplemental electric heaters are meant to be mounted in the open and can pose a fire hazard mounted in an enclosed space under a seat like that. There used to be add on under seat heaters that you tapped into the heater core hoses, but IDK if anyone makes those anymore. I've wrapped a bench seat in a 12V blanket before as a cheap heated seat.
Thanks speedfreak, yeah I’ve now been looking into aftermarket heater core tap ins that come with an enclosed blower. I’ve actually been looking into a few I’d need to size to make sure they fit but they have a little bigger blower than the computer fans on the little guys.
might also see if I can’t fabricate some sort of plumbing system and try to run some tubes up the B pillars and cut in some adjustable vents. Get extra fancy in the old rig hahahaha
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