Hybrid Heater Performance?

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[MakinDoForNow]

Do a search for “hybrid heat” keywords you will find some discussion already. Sorry I’m on mobile or I would link one. Hybrid has no electric heating element for the cabin, its all the ICE. There is a heat exchange off the exhaust for battery liquid warming. Feels weird to call the liquid a coolant in this context lol.

edit: previous threads

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/f...n-is-heater-electric-or-from-the-engine.3988/

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/hybrid-in-the-cold-heat-functions.5394/

Coolant is the term for a "Thermal Transfer Fluid" used as a refrigerant. I am sorry but the common name for a "heating and cooling" Thermal Transfer Fluid escapes me right now.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

If you are on a schedule you can set the remote start to fire up at a specific time and then you don't have to worry about it

So this may answer my "if I am away for 90 days and cannot start my hybrid" I can set it to come on say every sun at 5AM to charge battery etc and then at appropriate time end remote start until next Sunday. Perhaps honking horn three times so Alexa can send "maverick did thing #3" text! How about "maverick needs more gas in three more weeks" #4 text?

 

[73bluebronco]

So this may answer my "if I am away for 90 days and cannot start my hybrid" I can set it to come on say every sun at 5AM to charge battery etc and then at appropriate time end remote start until next Sunday. Perhaps honking horn three times so Alexa can send "maverick did thing #3" text! How about "maverick needs more gas in three more weeks" #4 text?

I disabled the horn for my remote start and the initial run time is 15 minutes and then it shuts down.

 

[Maui]

Problem solved! Under back seat storage area lined with foil.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

I disabled the horn for my remote start and the initial run time is 15 minutes and then it shuts down.

Will it restart after 15/30 or ?? Minutes? Or after HVB gets to certain SOC? Or is start procedure completed? I realize you probably didn't wait to find out, thanks.

 

[clavicus]

Will it restart after 15/30 or ?? Minutes? Or after HVB gets to certain SOC? Or is start procedure completed? I realize you probably didn't wait to find out, thanks.

From what i read you get one initial remote start that will stay on for 15 minutes. Then you can extend it again for 15 minutes once, but after that it will shut off until you are present with key or lariat wireless fob to actually turn the ignition/press to start. That resets the process. Maybe there’s also a timeout/reset for the limit after x many hours?

 

[73bluebronco]

@MakinDoForNow think @clavicus absolutely correct. I didn't wait around long enough to see how long the reset is, but you may be able to turn it off from the app before it times out and then restart it again too.

 

[psklenar]

If you are on a schedule you can set the remote start to fire up at a specific time and then you don't have to worry about it

Alas, not an option (at least not a safe option) if you garage your vehicle.

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[MakinDoForNow]

From what i read you get one initial remote start that will stay on for 15 minutes. Then you can extend it again for 15 minutes once, but after that it will shut off until you are present with key or lariat wireless fob to actually turn the ignition/press to start. That resets the process. Maybe there’s also a timeout/reset for the limit after x many hours?

I do doubt that unattended restarting will be an option. Probably just have to have neighbor start it when and if I ever leave the house again.

 

[icegradner]

Yes, but not presenting heater demand exacerbates heating up slowly because it won't run in a profile to heat up faster.

Maybe. I find it faster to let the engine warm up and then turn it on. YMMV.

 

[Geep]

How about today?

 

[DryHeat]

Maybe. I find it faster to let the engine warm up and then turn it on. YMMV.

That's surprising. Have you tested it both ways and come to that conclusion?

I ask because my understanding was that the hybrid usually delays starting the ICE while it runs on the battery, but will start the ICE earlier (and thus generate heat for the cabin) if there is a demand for cabin heat.

Are you saying the ICE starts and heats up earlier if there is no demand for cabin heat?

 

[icegradner]

That's surprising. Have you tested it both ways and come to that conclusion?

I ask because my understanding was that the hybrid usually delays starting the ICE while it runs on the battery, but will start the ICE earlier (and thus generate heat for the cabin) if there is a demand for cabin heat.

Are you saying the ICE starts and heats up earlier if there is no demand for cabin heat?

Unless the Maverick is setup differently than other hybrids, in cold weather the delay might be a few seconds. When I say cold weather I mean around freezing or below. The ICE will start if it's not up to operating temperature, the Maverick Hybrid is not a plug-in with a big battery. I usually turn on my hybrid and and scrape frost/snow off windows if needed (this can take me 5+ minutes depending on how thick it is). As I noted earlier in this thread I gave up waiting for the engine to do it in a reasonable time, and use a 1500W electric heater that runs off an extension cord to my house, my current vehicle does not have remote start, and I hate wasting that much gas.

I used to get in, turn on the heat, removed snow, scrape ice and wait, but on icy, snowy days it can take 15-30 minutes for the vehicle to de-ice itself, no way I'd run it that long just sitting, not good for the engine.

 

[Darnon]

Being in Canada there's also the standard block heater if you want pre-warmed coolant.

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