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block heater for cold climates?
For those of you that live in freezers...
I was always curious about having a block heater. Is it common for public places / workplaces to have a place for you to plug in ? Seems like it would be awful generous of them to give away "free" power ?? Just curious... Being born and raised in the desert, I haven't seen too many block heaters ( although I bought a diesel Caddy a bunch of years ago that had one...I was wondering what the H3ll the electric cord was hanging behind the grille ) Oh, BTW.... it'll be ~68 today..... Think I'll drop the top and cruise "Gordon S. Hlavenka" > wrote in message om... > Grant wrote: > > How is the Explorer on cold starts? I know some vehicles can survive > > without ever having to be plugged in, probably mostly due to the > > strength of their battery. > > I remember a few years ago leaving my '94 (V6) parked at the Aurora > (Illinois) Airport (ARR) while I was in New York for a week. When I got > back, there'd been "some" snow -- the back of the truck was completely > clear but the rest of it was in a drift. Seriously, it looked like > somebody had just painted the back end of an Explorer onto the side of a > snowdrift :-) > > You can probably guess where I'm going with this: I opened the rear > hatch, climbed over the seats, started her up and backed out. Since the > truck had had time to cool to ambient before the snow fell, nothing > stuck -- I didn't even need an ice scraper; I just knocked off the big > chunks with my arm and drove away. I did pop the hood, though, and > found the engine compartment packed solid with snow. It all melted out > while I was driving home :-) > > > As you said, the main thing is having a strong battery. > > -- > Gordon S. Hlavenka http://www.crashelectronics.com > "If we imagined he could _find_ the car, > we could pretend it might be fixed." - Calvin > |
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A lot depends on the employer.... fringe benefits for some, I guess. For my
case, it is expected that my vehicles will start - I go home for lunch, anyway, so 4 hours isn't such a big deal even on the coldest days. Average block heater would be 750 - 1000 watts (for most gas applications) and cost concious consumers will spring for a timer to turn on the heater about 3 hours before the usual departure time.Never quite got to the good side of freezing today and now the flurries are starting again 8^p And your parting shot - OUCH!!! "Chief_Wiggum" > wrote in message news:ws9ed.100609$Lo6.5891@fed1read03... > For those of you that live in freezers... > > I was always curious about having a block heater. Is it common for public > places / workplaces to have a place for you to plug in ? > > Seems like it would be awful generous of them to give away "free" power ?? > > Just curious... Being born and raised in the desert, I haven't seen too many > block heaters ( although I bought a diesel Caddy a bunch of years ago that > had one...I was wondering what the H3ll the electric cord was hanging behind > the grille ) > > Oh, BTW.... it'll be ~68 today..... Think I'll drop the top and cruise > > > "Gordon S. Hlavenka" > wrote in message > om... > > Grant wrote: > > > How is the Explorer on cold starts? I know some vehicles can survive > > > without ever having to be plugged in, probably mostly due to the > > > strength of their battery. > > > > I remember a few years ago leaving my '94 (V6) parked at the Aurora > > (Illinois) Airport (ARR) while I was in New York for a week. When I got > > back, there'd been "some" snow -- the back of the truck was completely > > clear but the rest of it was in a drift. Seriously, it looked like > > somebody had just painted the back end of an Explorer onto the side of a > > snowdrift :-) > > > > You can probably guess where I'm going with this: I opened the rear > > hatch, climbed over the seats, started her up and backed out. Since the > > truck had had time to cool to ambient before the snow fell, nothing > > stuck -- I didn't even need an ice scraper; I just knocked off the big > > chunks with my arm and drove away. I did pop the hood, though, and > > found the engine compartment packed solid with snow. It all melted out > > while I was driving home :-) > > > > > > As you said, the main thing is having a strong battery. > > > > -- > > Gordon S. Hlavenka http://www.crashelectronics.com > > "If we imagined he could _find_ the car, > > we could pretend it might be fixed." - Calvin > > > > |
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