A STROKE OF LUCK ! AUX HEATER remote from USA ,Installed !

[Colin]

After all the talk about the aux heater I had nearly given up on ever getting my heater going , A STROKE OF LUCK , i was at a vintage tractor meeting ( for charity ) got talking to an old school chum  who is a mechanic and has his own fancy workshop , and he has an E53d and he got his aux heater going by remote with a kit he got from USA , he then said those magical words ( Ill get you one and fit it if you want ) so i gave him my number  and last night he text me saying the kit is on its way , £195 for kit £50 to fit , i cant wait !!!      will keep updated as and when i get it .. Colin

[Colin]

Got the call , mechanic wants the X on friday morning for remote install , i can hardly wait ,  also have MOT test next monday 17th .

[X5Sport]

Make sure he's got either a 435 or 868 MHz unit.  If it is another band then you may have problems in the UK due to the original 413MHz band being assigned to other higher powered radio services which could stop it working.

US frequency allocations don't match the UK hence the potential for other radio services knocking your remote out.

In the EU we migrated the old 413MHz car fobs years ago because of problems with then planned (now operating) services in the UHF band.

Richard

[Colin]

Richard where do you get your info ?  i would never have thought of that ,, my only saving grace is that he has fitted the same remote to his own X for over a year without problem ,, well i took the X up to his workshop thisevening , now youve sowed the seeds of doubt in my mind  as i have mild OCD ( thats what my friends say ) lol.. Colin ..

[X5Sport]

I used to work for the UK Government for the Agency responsible for radio frequency planning and enforcement.  Did it for 24 years so radio engineering is summat I understand - well a bit anyway  )

You should have no issues, and with the radio signal power levels being very low no one else should have any issues either.  Unless you have a mast on your doorstep, I would not be overly concerned, but it's worth asking.

Richard

[kjb1]

Any maplins rf remote ( £35 circa ) will operate webasto on an e53 tapping in to pins 1 and 7 if memory serves me correctly.  Did it on e53 x5 years ago.

[jaynana]

Yes that sounds v expensive.

I have a gsm remote which costed me about £105 from memory.

[Colin]

Well thats the best thing ever , woke for work thismorning and pushed the button on remote to fire up the webasto  had a shower breakfast then out the door (this is 4:30 am )got into the X and started it up , temp almost up to normal  and the heat inside is great , and no more puff of smoke on start up , happy .

[danny wilson]

How do I go aboutgetting my webasto aux vent to be a heater then ?

[Colin]

Hi Danny , the aux vent will never be a heater it only blows air around the cabin  say on a hot day,  its got no connection to the webasto, you need either a remote or the X came with aux heating on the obc screen . Colin ..

[mikem]

You can buy the OEM kit brand new from Carystems.pl for ~£120 and it's plug and play in 10mins. Plug is in the boot ready for it ??????

[danny wilson]

Thanks for thereply guys, I will need to get as much info as possible for this because I wouldn't mind having the heater working for the cold mornings

[Horizon]

[quote="danny wilson"]
Thanks for thereply guys, I will need to get as much info as possible for this because I wouldn't mind having the heater working for the cold mornings
[/quote]
cold Mornings ? I live near Manchester and it wasn't cold this morning, in fact I've only had to scrape the screen 5/6 times over the whole winter this year. Were not in Alaska 
Spring is on our doorstep.

[jaynana]

[quote="Horizon"]
[quote="danny wilson"]
Thanks for thereply guys, I will need to get as much info as possible for this because I wouldn't mind having the heater working for the cold mornings
[/quote]
cold Mornings ? I live near Manchester and it wasn't cold this morning, in fact I've only had to scrape the screen 5/6 times over the whole winter this year. Were not in Alaska 
Spring is on our doorstep.
[/quote]

Scrape the screen? What? I always get in to a warm car, wiper cleans the screen 

[Colin]

Manchester ... thats near the equator ?  lol , it only realy got cold over here in march last year  so the worst may yet come ,, its still winter , anyway its nice to get into warm a motor .