--- In [email protected], "Ed Burkhead" <e...@...> wrote:
Go buy some of those chemical hand warmers they sell at Bass Pro Shops. They
look like big tea bags (cheap) and are a one-time use item but they last for
about 5 hours. Put a couple in your jacket pockets to keep you warm and you
can put your hands in your pockets periodically to warm them up. They also
make a version that sticks to the toes of your socks to keep your feet warm. I
used them to ferry an Ercoupe with the heater inop (valve) from Iowa (below
freezign temps) a couple of years ago. Stayed nice and warm.
Duck hunters know all the tricks.
Bart
>
> Linda wrote:
> > Those who wrote that they found their 'Coupes cold on long
> > winter flights might find this useful: a portable "car" heater
> > that plugs into the cigarette lighter. I've recently seen them
> > in two catalogs; the online equivalents look like:
> > www.harrietcarter.com (Item C4774) and
> > www.freshfinds.com (Item E4176).
>
> The second one admits to being 150W or about 12-12.5 amps. That's a lot
> of drain on a Coupe's 12, 20 or so amp generator.
>
> It might be useful to those with a 50amp or 60 amp alternator.
>
> I suspect the regular heat muff will dwarf such a heater, assuming the
> regular heat muff and its tubing are correctly installed.
>
> As I've said, I was comfortable at -5° with my Coupe's heater.
> (Exception: touch and goes can get cold because of all the low power
> glide-down time.)
>
> Ed
>
