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Old 10-29-2012, 12:55 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Now I use two 600w block heaters, they can thaw the engine to a reasonable degree in as little as 20 minutes.
Over on diesel place, back around 2006 or 2007 I experemented with a 220 volt, 2.4kw quick heater. It was in line with the heater core, its claim to fame was on a 20'F day it could start to deice wind sheild in less than 2 minutes on a cold start and the temperature gauge would start to show a reading at the "140'F" mark in under 5 minutes.
Since it was in line with the heater core the vehicle had to be running.
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