Another idea is to get one of those light timers (for when your away)
and you can set it up to turn on automatically in the morning before
you even get out of bed.
Michael Luich
On 9/25/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I used to plug in my old 300SD only a hour or so before
That would be a good idea - make sure it's up to the load.
Michael Luich wrote:
Another idea is to get one of those light timers (for when your away)
and you can set it up to turn on automatically in the morning before
you even get out of bed.
Michael Luich
On 9/25/05, *Mike Weaver*
This is another way to heat a car in winter.
http://www.wohlfuehlklima.de/index_en.php
At least it means you are not dependent on an electrical outlet. I keep
meaning to buy one myself, but have always forgotten. The modern TDI engines
have a preheating circuit anyway, so the conversion kit is
Jeff
When you reply to a message in a digest please don't send the entire thing!!!
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Rob,
In the list archive I found a product from Espar
http://www.espar.comwww.espar.com that burns diesel to heat engine
coolant.
Actually, I've worked with both Webasto and Espar heaters from semi's and
never thought of them. We're doing hydronic heating of a 1600 sq ft shop
with a modified Webasto now running on WVO. I forgot that a smaller one
could warm an engine pretty quickly. Thanks!
I don't really see a good reason why it should not burn biodiesel, except
that the stuff will have already gelled at the temperature you would need to
use it at! This is probably the only reason for this suggestion.
I always threw 10 % or so petrol into normal mineral diesel in winter
anyway,
I'd also be interested in non-electric solutions, as a cabin PV system
isn't happy with a 300 watt block heater all night. And often you
have to park at the bottom of the driveway instead of at the house
half a mile up the hill
I was thinking of some sort of biodiesel powered heater, with an
I used to plug in my old 300SD only a hour or so before starting. I
usually didn't keep the block heater on all night.
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Tom or anyone,
Have any advice on non-electric, or at least non-grid engine heating in
cold months? I got caught at -27C (-16F) last year once, at a
Hi All,
I've just begun to run my
82 Mercedes 300DS on BD100. Motivated by a
reluctant start this chilly (35F) morning, I went to JtF to develop a plan for
winter use.
Re: Testing Glow Plugs, it
says that "the glow plug controller shuts them off after about a minute with
most cars and
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KellySent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 11:45 AMTo:
biofuelSubject: [Biofuel] Glow Plugs 82
Mercedes
Hi All,
I've just begun to run
my 82 Mercedes 300DS on BD100. Motivated
.
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KellySent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 11:45 AMTo:
biofuelSubject: [Biofuel] Glow Plugs 82
Mercedes
Hi All,
I've just begun to run
my 82 Mercedes 300DS on BD100. Motivated
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Glow Plugs 82
Mercedes
Furthermore,
Tom. Go change your oil and oil filter right away and run pure synthetic
all winter long. You'll never haveconductedsuch a worthy
procedure. Make sure your block heater functions well (you'll hear a
little **fizzing
Tom or anyone,
Have any advice on non-electric, or at least non-grid engine heating in
cold months? I got caught at -27C (-16F) last year once, at a cabin in the
woods. (We expected it, and I drove the 240D anyway...) I got it started
by putting hot coals from the stove in a pot under the oil
and a filter right now.
Thanks again,
Tom
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From:
Joey Hundert
To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 2:34
PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Glow Plugs 82
Mercedes
Furthermore,
Tom. Go change your oil and oil
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