Factory parking heater retrofit/installation 2004 E53 4.8is

[Clavurion]

Originally Posted by wpoll

If you don't want/need to integrate the heater into the car's system, you can run the heater via a standalone w-bus controller: -

https://www.orbbasto.karadev.net/wbus_en.htm

Yes of course. But then you would also have to build relay activation for blower/IHKA like any after market versions. And you can't use BMW diagnostics but have to connect directly on the unit with Webasto Thermo Test software.

[wpoll]

Originally Posted by Clavurion

Yes of course. But then you would also have to build relay activation for blower/IHKA like any after market versions. And you can't use BMW diagnostics but have to connect directly on the unit with Webasto Thermo Test software.

Yep - too hard!!

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Ironically, given that it's the start of summer here and yesterday was in the mid-20's (Deg.C), I actually manually started my Webasto this morning before the drive to work - it was very cold after a southerly storm blew in from Antarctica overnight... and no, I kid you not - take a look at the southern end on New Zealand on a map and you'll only see a few thousands kms of freezing ocean between here and the big icey bit at the bottom...