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Old 02-29-2012, 10:49 AM   #32 (permalink)
bennelson
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Yeah, I think I need an EV button. I also just need to learn more about all the warm-up stages and that other techno-mumbo-jumbo!

I plan to order a block heater and technical manual through the Milwaukee Hybrid Group. Unfortunately, our head honcho is out for a while because of knee surgeries, so I don't know when the next meeting will be...

Ideally, I'd like to have the block heater rigged up in such a way that the car is always warmed up before use, but the car isn't going to be on a regular schedule. So, it's going to need some sort of a remote or other way to activate it when we know the car is going to be used.

I also just got the car into our garage. It's detached and uninsulated, but even just being out of the wind and having a bit of thermal mass around it should help keep it a tad warmer.
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