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  2. Margaret A. Wilcox - Wikipedia

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    Wilcox's patent for a car heater, 1893. Margaret A. Wilcox (1838 – March 30, 1912) was an American mechanical engineer and inventor known for her late-nineteenth-century discoveries. The automotive heating system established the foundation for modern vehicle temperature control.

  3. Heater core - Wikipedia

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    A heater core is a radiator-like device used in heating the cabin of a vehicle. Hot coolant from the vehicle's engine is passed through a winding tube of the core, a heat exchanger between coolant and cabin air. Fins attached to the core tubes serve to increase surface area for heat transfer to air that is forced past them by a fan, thereby ...

  4. Gasoline heater - Wikipedia

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    Electricity is required to heat the ignition source, with systems designed to be compatible with 6-volt, 12-volt, and 24-volt automotive and aircraft electrical systems. Most gasoline heaters produce between 5,000 and 50,000 BTU per hour. A built-in safety switch prevents fuel from flowing unless the fan is working.

  5. Block heater - Wikipedia

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    Electrical cord for powering a block heater. A block heater is used in cold climates to warm an engine prior to starting. They are mostly used for car engines; however, they have also been used in aircraft engines. The most common design of block heater is an electrical heating element embedded in the engine block.

  6. Automotive air conditioning - Wikipedia

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    The "Bishop and Babcock Weather Conditioner" also incorporated a heater. Cars ordered with this option were shipped from Packard's East Grand Boulevard facility to the B&B factory where the installation was performed. Once complete, the car was shipped to a local dealer for delivery to customers. Packard warranted and supported this conversion.

  7. Another winter storm is brewing: These 12 items can help you ...

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    This storm prep powerhouse has 15 outlets and a massive 2000Wh capacity to keep essential devices running during power outages — think refrigerators, heaters and electronics.

  8. Electric cars in winter: How cold weather affects EV range ...

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    A heat pump is an energy efficient way of using refrigerant to move heat from one place to another. In an EV’s case that mostly means taking warmth from the battery and using it to heat the cabin.

  9. Heat shield - Wikipedia

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    In engineering, a heat shield is a component designed to protect an object or a human operator from being burnt or overheated by dissipating, reflecting, and/or absorbing heat. [1] The term is most often used in reference to exhaust heat management and to systems for dissipating frictional heat.