Useful Truck Heating Information

Benefits of fitting Eberspacher heaters to trucks:

1) The Driver benefits because he has a warm cab to get into and ice-free, safe all-round vision. What’s more, the heater keeps the cab warm during waiting times and breaks, and even overnight if the driver sleeps in the vehicle.
2) The Engine; which returns the favour by starting smoothly and giving longer service.
3) The Freight; because it gets to its destination safely and without frost damage.
4) The Environment; because lower fuel consumption means less exhaust fumes. Not to mention the complete stop to harmful emissions and noise pollution caused by an idling engine!

In order to best meet your needs, eberspacher can offer two very different heater technologies: Air heaters have a very low power consumption, are extremely fast in supplying heat and completely independent of existing installations. Water heaters offer the big advantage of preheating both the passenger compartment and engine, say goodbye to cold starts!

Air Heaters: Fast heat for drivers and freight.

The air heater is completely independent of the heat generated by the vehicle itself. It sucks in cool air from the vehicle interior or from the outside at one end, warms it up and blows it out at the other end into the vehicle. Their fast supply of heat make air heaters ideal for transporters, personnel transport vehicles and mobile workshops, freight compartments, mobile homes and boats – though also for truck cabs and the cabs of construction or agricultural machines. Air heaters can be flexibly installed. They can be fitted inside or outside the vehicle.

Your advantages:

•  Extremely fast heating of the air after the heater starts
• Low power consumption – ideal for longer heating periods with a stationary vehicle 
• Low fuel consumption
• Pre-select temperature 
• Infinitely variable room temperature control 
• Fan function in summer (airtronic D2/D4 optional) 
• Very quiet thanks to adjustable fan speed 
• Easy to fit in vehicle interior
• Continuous function monitoring
• Safety and Diagnostic system 
• Low maintenance, easy to service
• Eberspacher heaters have an EC type approval for heaters from the German Federal Office for Motor Vehicles and are also GS tested

 Water Heaters: Heating for passenger compartments and engines.

Water heaters have the advantage of being able to pre-heat the passenger compartment and the engine. They are usually installed in the engine compartment and integrated into the vehicle’s cooling circuit. The heat energy is taken from the vehicles own heat exchanger and just the right amount of warm air is blown into the cab through the existing air vents. Your Advantages: Pre-heat the cab and engine, double the benefits. Spares the engine, saves fuel, environment-friendly start Transfer the warm air via the vehicle’s own air vents Low fuel consumption Comfortable, independent fan operation in Summer (Hydronic 4/5 optional) Full electronic control of control sequences Continuous function monitoring Safety and Diagnostic system Low maintenance, easy to service Eberspacher heaters have an EC type approval for heaters from German Federal Office for Motor Vehicles and are also GS tested