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Old 08-26-2010, 10:18 AM   #214 (permalink)
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This morning I ordered some preheating components.

First on the list is a 1000W Kat's circulating tank heater. I went with the 1000W for quick heat up. I figure my warm up times will be slightly worse than what Darin saw on his warm up tests (my engine is larger and heater is slightly less power than his test) with the two block heaters on his Metro.




With the quick warm up times, I decided to not go with a timer, but instead a remote control switch. According to the chart, even 30 minutes of preheating should give me a very respectable warm up.


To top it all off, I purchased a Kat's 80W battery warmer to preheat the battery as well. This is in attempt to allow me to use the alternator delete over winter. However, its quite underpowered when compared to the 1000W heater and I don't know how much it will really help. I might have to do something in addition to it. My calculations show it will only heat the battery ~13 degrees F in an hour, and I am only planning on running the block heater for 45 minutes to an hour.

More on that here: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post190856
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