Re: Oil Preheater
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12/06/17 05:33 AM
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I think your better off with using a heater in the coolant instead of a external heat pad, especially in Utah in the winter, unless you live in St George My mother, Grand mother and sister all lived further north up in Richfield, Orangeville and Logan. All of their cars had 110 V powered coolant heaters in them
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Re: Oil Preheater
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12/06/17 12:37 PM
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I use to buy a lot of those heaters when I was in the fuel lab(we heated fuel tanks for testing) .. they work well.. you should buy a controller for it also otherwise they get way to hot.. pretty sure most of them are made by 1 or two companies and everyone puts their name on them EDIT If you just plug in straight to the wall plug you can blow a 20A breaker.. they do draw fair amount.. thats why a controller should be used EDIT After reading the wattage and the size of the pads you wont need any controller... I am use to much larger units
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Re: Oil Preheater
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12/06/17 07:05 PM
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Most any parts stores up in the cold country sells those frost heaters.. if you go that way you wont need a controller(they come with a preset amp draw).. and they are cheap
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Re: Oil Preheater
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12/07/17 01:17 AM
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What Cab and Andy wrote makes sense. I suppose one might be better for some situations than others. I recall my friends in Wisconson telling me that dipstick ones didn't cut it out there. Of the three you linked, I'd say the magnet or the adhesive is the way to go. Magnet is removable - I think that what my friends used before they had a garage. But the reason I didn't like the Moroso is that the lack of direct contact will prevent it fro having effecient transfer of heat.
FWIW a block heater came on our '69 Belvidere. I assume it was dealer install. My folks liked to ski and it was common up in ski country (Vermont) for lodges to have outlets for overnight parking.
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Re: Oil Preheater
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12/07/17 05:14 PM
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Well I have been in temps to -60 and colder, you want a block heater and an oil pan heater, glue on pad works the best. THe block heater replaces one freeze plug. There is also an optional battery heater that goes under the battery. I now live in Utah and don't have anything but my garage is heated. PM me if you want some help. Tim You will also want to put your heaters on a timer, they turn on about 2-3 hours before you expect to leave, if not your electric bill can run $1-200 extra a month.... when the temps I was in got below -40 I also had an electric heater inside the vehicle to just keep the windshield thawed, but at -50 the fan on the electric heater would seize up and not work until the fan warmed up... Kats sells a good oil pan heater at Oreilly's you only need about 120 watts, anymore is a waste at the temps in UT. There is also a dipstick heater that you can put in that works well. Block heaters are also available at Oreilly's if you do some searching. The battery heater is a pad that is placed under the battery. With 3 heaters, you can get a block to plug all 3 into and then you use an extension cord to plug the block into. Keep all of the wiring under the hood. Pick your options below https://www.amazon.com/Kats-22400-Watt-B...AH39RR6MAS42A7Bhttps://www.amazon.com/Kats-22200-Watt-B...NBRE50VZNXQHHW0https://www.amazon.com/Kats-22400-Watt-B...GA6S18J5731KE77https://www.amazon.com/Kats-24100-Watt-U...HAY39492ZAPZQYWhttps://www.amazon.com/Kats-11445-Watt-F...eze+plug+heater
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Re: Oil Preheater
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12/14/17 05:32 PM
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In a perfect world maybe but not always necessary. If was going to use a freeze plug heater I would put one on each side, not just on one side
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