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Heat for
Garage Area
on my wife's 2005 Raptor 3612DS |
After two seasons of freezing to death in our garage area. I finally decided to install our garage heater. Below are the parts that you will need. I got them from Camping World for about $20.00. The plastic bag contains some misc. screws from home because I did not know what length I would need. Also, I did the installation while out camping in Barstow (Slash X).
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The first thing to do after removing the
front panel was to pop off the cover. Simply take a flathead screw
driver and push it counter-clockwise and the cover will start to spin.
It will eventually spin out of "rails" that you can see in the picture. When I purchased the adaptor plates, there were two to chose from: One had the indentations or raised rails on the outside like you can see in the picture and the other was completely flat. Get the one that has the rails that look like this one in the picture. |
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With the knockout gone, the fun begins! |
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I took the adaptor plat and "eye-balled" it across from the actual knockout. I was not worried about the actual location being slight off because the flexible ducting will allow for some play. |
| I then ran a pen line on the outside of
the adaptor which created the outline for the cutout. Note: The wall is about two inches thick and I ultimately had to make the hole a little bigger to allow for the ducting to go into the wall and connect up to the white register plate. This was because the round register is only about 2.5 inches in length. Because of this, the register only came through this cut out about 1/2 and inch. Thus, the only solution was to run the ducting through this hole and the garage wall and connect it with wire (or zip ties) to the wall register. |
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Next, I added the adaptor to the furnace. It simply spins on. |
| With the hole already marked, I took my
Dremil with a multipurpose bit and drilled through both walls.
Note: A regular drill or full sized rotor-zip will not work here because of the lack of space. The only other way to do it would be to measure the hole from the bottom and transfer that measurement into the garage area and then back drill into the furnace area. |
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I placed the extra coupler (remember, I bought two because I did not know which one I needed) over the hole and traced another line to follow for the cutout. |
| With the hole already through the garage,
I simply repeated the step and cut out the hole.
Note: Don't worry if your cut is a little off or not a perfect hole. The register has a good one inch lip all the way around to cover any flaws. |
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After making some adjustment cuts, I was
able to slip the ducting through both holes and connect it to the the round
wall register. Once connected, I secured it with some this wiring and
pushed it back into the wall were it was secured with two screws. The final step was to connect the ducting to the furnace adaptor. I used the metal clamp for that. Notice the knockout plate on the ground to the left of the furnace. Rather than lose it somewhere in my rig, I just left on the ground on the inside. |
| The finished product. It will
actually stay warmer in the garage (while heating) than in the coach.
The register has an open and closed center knob that I can turn which closes
it off.
Note: I had to make some minor modifications to the guts of the register because it would not close all of the way. Probably something out of the mold. Nonetheless, it works perfect. |
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at bkirkpatrick@email.com or you can call my cellular phone (562-843-4043). I spend a lot of time with my family at Lucerne, Ocotillo Wells, Glamis, and along the coast.
Thanks, Brendan
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