Re: Engine heater

Posted by DR. EVIL on December 24, 2014 at 13:57:07 from (70.194.170.147):

In Reply to: Re: Engine heater posted by mkirsch on December 24, 2014 at 04:59:19:

I've had a 750 or 850 watt tank heater on my Super H
for 45 years. The faster cranking and quicker
starting has saved wear and tear on the starter and
batteries worth at least as much as what the
electricity has cost, probably more like double.

If you install the temp gauge sender on a tee, you
may as well not even install the gauge back on the
engine, just hook the block heater up right where
the temp sender was. The sender has to be in the
flow of warm/hot water. Being stuck in a dead end of
a tee it will not work.

Cat guy may have good luck putting his kerosene
heater right against his cat for two minutes, but I
wouldn't do that to an IH gas engine. I'd set it
several feet away and even a 100,000 BTU heater
would have to run at least a half hour burning
$7/gal kerosene to make much difference. Makes the
few cents of electricity look cheap doesn't it!

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