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brucepick · 12-12-2010, 11:08 PM

I was reading metrompg's thread on coolant-heating block heaters.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...-warm-817.html

Even with an 800 watt heater it took an hour to warm the 1 liter (approx) engine from 30 deg. F to 123-146 deg. F, depending on whether or not he idled the engine briefly every 15 minutes during the heatup.

So - while I'm still planning on getting a 125W stick-on oil pan heater, and maybe a 50-75 watt additional one to put on a second flat spot on the oil pan, I'm beginning to wonder how much help these little heaters can give us. OK, if your engine is bigger you can use a 250-350W oil pan heater but that's still nowhere near the output of the 800W one he used in the Metro.

I still want to try it. Next step, to tell the good wife that I'm going to spend about $75 on my FE obsession...

12-12-2010, 11:08 PM	#28 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	I was reading metrompg's thread on coolant-heating block heaters. http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...-warm-817.html Even with an 800 watt heater it took an hour to warm the 1 liter (approx) engine from 30 deg. F to 123-146 deg. F, depending on whether or not he idled the engine briefly every 15 minutes during the heatup. So - while I'm still planning on getting a 125W stick-on oil pan heater, and maybe a 50-75 watt additional one to put on a second flat spot on the oil pan, I'm beginning to wonder how much help these little heaters can give us. OK, if your engine is bigger you can use a 250-350W oil pan heater but that's still nowhere near the output of the 800W one he used in the Metro. I still want to try it. Next step, to tell the good wife that I'm going to spend about $75 on my FE obsession... __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016.