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Old 12-11-2012, 09:09 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by AlaricD View Post
not even start the engine with the thing turned on, to protect the heater.
In what way would starting the engine hurt the heater?

The only thing that I'm really familiar with in terms of how to wreck heaters is to run a liquid heater with it dry. I know that electric home water heaters can be destroyed nearly instantly that way.

Am I missing something here?

(PS I just plugged in my big wall outlet timer for the winter to go to my truck block heater.)
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