Winter Range Extender - would you do this?

[hturnerfamily]

also, as 'sales' goes, most information about products are alluding to the 'best case' scenario, which is hardly likely to ever happen...

for instance, if you calculations render that you might achieve 20 extra miles, which might make the buying decision a snap, you might actually only ever get an additional 9 miles, for the times when you 'really' need that extra range, in very few scenarios, making the 'cost' wildly higher for the little benefit.
While, like the EPA, the stated outcomes might be based on data from FLAT ROADs, with NO WIND, and at AVERAGE Speeds, you're likely NOT to have those elements at the very moment you need this 'extra' range.

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[JMD359]

Biggest issue is it would only be a battery warmer on. Lightning , as
it has no heater core . You’d have to install an aftermarket one w fan somewhere in the cab . Then you’d have to pipe it into your existing ducts to get a real defrost system. Just seems like to much money, work and modding for the outcome

 

[Heliian]

Biggest issue is it would only be a battery warmer on. Lightning , as
it has no heater core . You’d have to install an aftermarket one w fan somewhere in the cab . Then you’d have to pipe it into your existing ducts to get a real defrost system. Just seems like to much money, work and modding for the outcome

 

[Ragman]

Biggest issue is it would only be a battery warmer on. Lightning , as
it has no heater core . You’d have to install an aftermarket one w fan somewhere in the cab . Then you’d have to pipe it into your existing ducts to get a real defrost system. Just seems like to much money, work and modding for the outcome

Way simpler then this, install is almost identical to how the existing resistive heater is so no mods other then splicing the return line - similar to how the max tow adds a second cooler - or they added the heat pump to 2024s. This is a simple second heat source on the same circuit just gas fired.

It basically "heats" the return water to "72" so the resistive heater doesn't operate. Usually a Flow through design that heats fluid passively as factory system circulates fluid.

The tech geek in me says wire controls to the existing resistive - cabin air calls for heat fire the gas heater however when the in loop sensors measure the water temp into the resistive it's "hot already" so the resistive scales back however the cabin temp keeps pump working. Essentially identical controls to "arctic" heat pumps that have resistive coils when the heat pump is no longer capable of operating.

I'd much prefer this as a factory "arctic" package - hint hint @fordmotorcompany - like the Maverick being a "Hybrid" with only a 1.5 kw battery... A Lightning Hybrid with a 5 liter gas tank.

 

[pbd05]

I've been thinking about this, inspired by the original post a few years back. My main holdback is having to either remove the system, or have to deal with the questions from Ford in case of a warranty issue. The other thing is getting the controls right, where my wife could use it without having to provide the system a whole bunch of input.

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