It's almost November! It was barely 36 degrees in the hanger this morning... going to need to install an electrical engine pre-heater... got any advice? Thanks!
-Roger
It's almost November! It was barely 36 degrees in the hanger this morning... going to need to install an electrical engine pre-heater... got any advice? Thanks!
-Roger
This topic gets kicked around every year. Use the Search feature of the forum to find a host of archived threads on this topic.
Yeah, I see that now, Sam. The technology doesn't change that much, year to year, cold oil is still cold oil.
But nowhere in the old posts did I see the novel "jumpstart" solution that Vlad shared...
Thanks to those who responded, it warmed my heart, if not my crankcase.
Roger
I'm pretty lazy - we throw an old blanket over the cowl, tuck it in the air inlets, then shove a worklight with a 100 watt bulb in the cowl exit and leave it there all night. Oil is usually about 70 degrees on a 20 degree morning. Aircraft in a hanagr of course, not out on the Siberian tundra.....
I looked at all these various contraptions and finally just ordered a Reiff system. No lugging everything out and setting it up. Just plug it in ...
Get the system with the bands around the cylinders.