Heater Matrix

Although I haven't blogged in a while I've been tinkering away.  I started to research the requirements for the windscreen and it quickly became obvious most people don't put a windscreen on until after the IVA.  I am not like most normal people :)

The reason people decide against the windscreen is it has to have the correct markings on it and also the stock mounting pillars from GBS are not IVA compliant because of their sharp edges.  The final requirement for IVA is also demisters, which is where this post comes in.

There are a couple of places that supply electronic demisters but reading reviews and the forum they are supposed to be naff, plus if I fix a heater than at least I may be able to keep my hands warm(ish!).

After lots of research I managed to find a small heater from car builder solutions which will fit nicely under the scuttle.  This whole process would be impossible to do had I not made the scuttle removable, so first task - remove scuttle:

Back in the warmth of the dining room - its getting cold out!  Whilst the scuttle is off I need to run a inlet\outlet for the matrix, my plan is to tap into the two silicon hoses, one on the edge of the thermostat housing and the other next to to water pump.   I bought some self cutting "tees" which worked perfectly after a quick trip out into garage:

Back into the warmth again, time for a brew and some thinking.  I started planning where to put everything underneath.  There really isn't much room and I decided to move the ECU from its current location to the right hand side (moved again later on!).  Original location:

New location as you can see, the matrix now sits where the ECU once was:

I will explain how I fitted the grey tube in the middle which goes to the air vents in an upcoming blog.