B9 2009 secret heating function?

[Tikki]

After fiddeling with my berlingo 2009 van.
in -7*c i turned on my defroster for my rear windows and mirrors.  when i use this with the heater at full power and heat at max.
The air coming out of the heater gets warm incredibly quick in 2-3 minutes. with a cold engine. 


Normaly i have to drive 10minutes to get heat out of the fan. 

is it electrical heater in the cars?
i do not have any diesel heaters /parking warmer. 

Try it out on your car next morning.

[jj9]

Yes the diesels have an electrical heater along side the standard water heated matrix.

https://www.berlingoforum.com/thread-146...l#pid94590



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[Sol]

Jeez I am getting old and forgetful.....it was this thread that got me checking mine. :rolleyes

(does work btw for anyone who lands here)

[Pedronicus]

(does work btw for anyone who lands here)

Only if you have a vehicle with a heated rear window (and mirrors).  With a van with solid back doors there is no heated rear window and therefore no switch so I assume no leccy heater.

'Er indoors was less than impressed that, after telling her I had found a way to quickly warm the van for her early morning dog walk, the facility is not available on her dog van for the above reason.  I made the mistake by showing her how well it worked on the XTR (which it does   )!

[magoo]

After reading about the auxiliary heater I had to go out an hour ago so still chilly as car not been used since last week.

Fan on max, heated Rea rwindow on (mine does the mirrors as well).

Bingo quite warm within a few mins rather than 15.

Will try again late tomorrow night as should be colder.

Thanks for that tip, maybe should be a sticky?

[jj9]

(does work btw for anyone who lands here)

Only if you have a vehicle with a heated rear window (and mirrors).  With a van with solid back doors there is no heated rear window and therefore no switch so I assume no leccy heater.

'Er indoors was less than impressed that, after telling her I had found a way to quickly warm the van for her early morning dog walk, the facility is not available on her dog van for the above reason.  I made the mistake by showing her how well it worked on the XTR (which it does   )!

As far as I can see from Catcar all of the diesel engined B9's had them, you could check for sure if you put your VIN in at the site. Look in the electrical components section.

Try putting the blower on full with the vent switch to the windscreen setting if you don't have a heated rear window / mirrors  switch.

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[Pedronicus]

Just tried it and there does appear to be heat coming through quite quickly. I will take the digital thermometer with K type probes out later to see if I can detect a temp rise from the air blowing onto the screen.

[Sol]

It should work mate. Mine's the same van as your missus has and I've got heated mirrors, same switch on the dash as the rear screen one on the cars / multispace. What a find, loving it.

[jj9]

From what I've found on the electrical heater, there's mention on a Peugeot forum that it doesn't come on if the outside temperature is 10°C or over.

There's this as well... (post# 6)
https://www.berlingoforum.com/thread-224...l#pid16265


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[paradox1001]

I’ve tried this the past couple of mornings when it’s been below zero.
I’m not sure on mine if it makes any difference.
Mine is a low spec model it doesn’t even show outside temperature on the central display and has manual adjust mirrors
So I doubt it has heated mirrors and it makes me wonder if it has the electric heater fitted.