A few years back, someone was making either a dual, 12v and 120v, bottle heater. Is is still made and does anyone have the info on it?

 

http://nitrousproflow.com/ page 31

 

Got it. Thanks for the info.

 

OK someone in another thread said they had recently seen a dual voltage heater.
Anyone got any info?

 

Anyone?

 

Yeah I'm kind of curious as well. Does the 120 heater get the bottle heated faster? Ive got an inverter near the bottle so this could work well. Or maybe Tim and I are the only ones looking in this thread.

 

I don't think it really will heat it any faster. It's just that my battery doesn't like me heating 2 bottles without the car running. This way, I can plug them into the generator in between rounds.

 

I think this is what your looking for

I have no idea if this company is still in biz.

http://www.dragstuff.com/techarticle...e-heaters.html

 

Yep, that's the one. Thanks for the info.
http://www.arc-2.com/Merchant2/merch...egory_Code=NBH

 

cool, glad I could help.

Vinny

 

Emailed the manufacturer, ARC, and they said the product IS still available and that the 110v portion of the heater DOES heat faster.

 

cool

 

600W is 600W no matter how much voltage it requires.

 

The 'heat' is in direct proportion to electrical power. If it's a 600 watt (just a number for conversation sake) 12v heater, and a 600 watt 110 heater, it's still 600 watts. It's just that it draws 50 amps in a 12v system and 5.45 amps in a 110v system. P=IxE.
Obviously a 12v system is far less efficient than a 110v system for generating heat. I wrote this so you would see that putting an inverter in your car is not going to make a difference. If you try to pull 600 watts out of an inverter, it's still on the 12v system.

 

how the hell did my post come before yours, weird.

 

An invertor, like Todd says, will NOT help.