What’s Inside? Electric Car Heater (2012 Volt Heater Tear-Down)

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We take apart an electric car heater to see what’s inside. I was pretty surprised. It wasn’t what I expected!
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I recently had to do some work on my 2012 Chevy Volt PHEV. The heat went out and the actual electric heater itself needed replacement. Since I had to replace this part, why not open it up to see what’s inside?

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:21 Pressure Testing
04:37 Cutting Plastic Case
07:07 Cutting Stainless Steel Tabs
08:07 Opening the Case
08:59 Gasket
10:13 Exposing Electronics
11:38 Removing Circuit Board
15:13 Revealing Heating Elements
16:51 Testing Resistance
17:38 Examine Individual Heating Element
20:18 Conclusion.

I also shot a video taking a look at how the resistance of the heating element varies with temperature! Watch that at: https://youtu.be/021uvwYQVp0

The IGBTs on the circuit board are this part: https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/auirg4ph50s.pdf?fileId=5546d462533600a4015355ba31da1519

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