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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
So far this year they haven't really had anything BUT winter (ha,ha).
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It warmed up a few weeks ago but yeah, My Dad was talking about how it's been cold for longer than usual.
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
FACT -- in effect, you're trading electrical power (to heater) for gasoline consumption during what would've been the engine-warm-up period (typically about 1/2-hour driving). And, since electricity costs MUCH less than GASOLINE, it's a win-win situation.
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It has its effect. I plugged it in for a little more than two hours on 31/May/2014 and the fWT was close to 114 fWT when the van was turned on close to 7:40 AM. It was at 132ish before, But the van was already close to 92 fWT on the earlier warm-up.
I've also seen the fWT upon start-up at 166 fWT according to the gauge, Then upon driving it the temperature would go down to 155ish and then go back up.