3:00 AM – HOME
It is nocturnal. I was a few hours before sleep. Chico the parrot left his cage this evening: he flew to the floor, walked a long way in the hall, crawled on the bed sheet in my arm for the evening meal in the garden.
A little after a little, a little man crawls somewhere between the covers which are piled up on the bed. How the man manages not to be taken away in the night is a mystery to me. Tomorrow CNN before that time two. Anyway, warms, keeps my body free from the heat, and somehow navigates its way between these two blankets as I do. transfer around the night.
After a few minutes he fell into a deep sleep.
EIGHT MINUTES LATER
In another room in my house, a switch silently closes the circuit that electrifies the extension cord leading outside my house. The power meter on the side of my house is starting to turn a little faster…
THREE HOURS
Soon the alarm clock will ring on , but I am still sleeping confidently. Chico crawls somewhere near my feet to escape the snorting paint of a horrible bear.
Otherwise, these two co-pilots are unlikely to be warm and cozy.
But now, it’s a car.
WILD & A comfortable car?
I agree with the VW diesel Jetta. Best dang car I ever bought. I make my own biodiesel and run my car with it. I also pointed out a way to run on biodiesel without buying a conversion kit.
But whether you’re running a car in veggie oil or a regular diesel, diesel-engine cars can be difficult to start in severe cold Given the colder-than-normal weather this winter, I usually have a harder time starting the car – if the engine block heater wasn’t installed.
My car is really warm and cozy.
After you go to the car, unplug the power extension from the front of the car (see IMAGE) and tie the car cable up to the bottom of the radiator grill. Safe inside the passenger compartment of the frozen car, I turn the key. He immediately started the engine, and in a few seconds it was blowing cold with hot engine and hot air into the cabin.
After half an hour, Timor closes the passage of the house.
Signal block heater
A “heater block” is a device that keeps your car’s engine warm in cold weather.
The “block” part of this terminology refers to the block of mass metal from which the car’s engine is made. This huge piece of metal will quickly burn in cold weather when your engine is running. Cold weather presents particular problems both to the car itself and to the person operating it.
Blocking the heater eliminates – or at least – alleviates some of the problems.
BENEFITS OF THE CASE HEATER
What keeps you warm? Whether your car burns regular gasoline, diesel or even biodiesel, there are many benefits to using a block heater. These benefits include:
* Reduce Cold Engine Stress – Even if you can start and drive the car often. with a cold engine, the time your car is working under load with the engine still cold is very stressful for the engine. As we know, metal parts of the engine expand when the car heats up, and some cars feel that they are operating at their nominal operating temperature. Parts that are not heated and expanded to the correct size can be damaged during cold operation. As many parts as there are in a car, these many unexposed parts working in close proximity to each other can have a cumulative effect, and over time can increase engine damage. By pre-heating your car’s engine, you can eliminate or reduce the damage it costs.
* Heats the cabin air faster – Because the panels of your car are heated by your engine cooling fluid, you can draw hot air almost immediately from the engine heater. This is sheer comfort on a cold morning.
HAE’S CAUSE OF FERVES
So what are the heating blocks? Basically there are two: external and internal.
EXTERNAL AUTHORITY
Log heaters require no installation or permanent attachment to your machine, of which there are several common types.
* Flood Lamps or Factory Lamps: This is perhaps the cheapest and most economical form of heater. Because these lamps are quite hot, and some models are made narrow, you can fit them under your hood and rest them next to your engine. Try putting a thick blanket over the top of your cold engine at night, and lower the hood so that it’s almost all the way closed. Keep the blanket away from direct contact with the heat source. Do this and you will have a warm engine in the morning.
Pros: Cheap, low-tech.
Cons: Maybe not warm enough to make a difference. It does not work on wind power.
* Space Heaters: These are electric room heaters (not to be used outside) also known as a space heater. I know some people who put these in front of the car engine while it is parked in the garage.
Pros: Affordable.
Cons: While it helps to warm the front of your meat, it mostly misses the heat engine itself – kind of useless and ineffective. He cannot (or at least should not) use one abroad
* Forced-Air (Kerosene) Heater: Another outdoor heater is the kerosene-fired forced-air heater – farmers and mechanics like this to heat garages and barns. While this works well for older all-metal cars, newer cars (like my Jetta) with plastic body parts and front grills can suffer paint burn or some wear and tear.
Pros: Great, blazing, great heat.
Cons: Unless you have a truck bed in which to put this baby tote around, you should leave it at home after you go out. Risk of suffocation in small areas with limited ventilation. The property price does not work in the wind.
* External magnetic heaters: External magnets use these magnets to attach themselves to the external jacket of the closed engine.
Pros: Small, cheap, easy to apply and remove.
Cons: Some engine blocks are irregularly shaped or surrounded by mechanical gizmos. These obstacles may prevent you from having access to a flat surface where you can attach the flat surface heater to the machine. So no heat transfer. Even these pups only put out a couple of hundred watts at peak, not much to make a noticeable difference in your engine’s pre-heating. Do not drive off with one still attached to the car. It will either break or fall into a critical part – like the belt – possibly damaging the engine.
*Warm Room: Nothing beats putting your car in a warm garage or other warmer room to help your engine warm up faster. Most people I know don’t like cars that way.
Pros: Easy, available.
Cons: Garage only. It could be expensive because you heat the whole room instead of just the car engine. Not very green either!
* Coals & Wood Embers: I have heard this, and I have also heard how this method of heating can be dangerous. (BOOM!) Don’t even try!
INTERNAL SOCIETY
This variety of block heater works better overall, as it applies the heat anywhere on the machine itself – where you want it to go.
Oil Dipstick Heater: This functions like a regular dipstick in that it goes directly down into the oil in your oil pan. The lower end of the dipstick contains an electrified element that applies heat directly to your engine.
Pros: Cheap. No installation – just plug it in and go
Cons: Cars with plastic dipstick tubes are not recommended, as these may melt. Because the dipper applies such intense heat to such a small surface, some people say that the dipper heater actually burns your engine. oil – which in turn can lead to damage to the engine. Also, with such a small heated area, it doesn’t really heat up your engine block. For the most part, it makes your oil hot, but this oil quickly returns to near-cold temperatures when it is pumped into your cold engine at startup. The heat provided by the dipstick heater is almost negligible
Heated Oil Drain Plug: This usually runs on a 12-volt car. It contains an electrified heating element (similar to that in a heated dipstick) inside the plug.
Pros: Easy installation.
can change. oil. These are harder to find (VW used to make the car), I think, because they really do such a poor job of hearing. These faults are quite similar to the heating dipstick mentioned above.
Oil Pan Pad Heater: This runs on 110 volt regular house current, or sometimes 12-24 volt auto-run. Peel off the sticky side and put the oil in the bottom of your pan. Add some glue and it’s good to stay. This is a decent step up from the oil dipstick and the heater plug debris, so they can really put in some juice.
Pros: Easy installation.
Cons: Makes your oil hot again. And this oil is quickly brought to a near freezing temperature in your engines at startup. Whom the heat often transfers, he hid.
THE BEST
I saved the best for last. This is an internal block-style heater.
Coolant-Water Block Heater: This home runs on regular 110 volt, powerful electrical applications. heat directly to your engine water cooling system. If installed correctly, water continuously flows through your engine liners through natural convection. Top-end models include a thermostat that shuts off the heat in your engine at a certain temperature.
Pros: By far the best thing is to put it back in the engine and actually lack heat.
Cons: Something difficult to install by itself. May require mechanical skills.
About my car…
I used a coolant-water style heater for most modified Volkswagen TDI cars, made with a core core made by a company called FrostHeater. As I said before, the car has a diesel engine, which can be a little difficult to start unless pre-heated. By pre-heating the car’s engine with the trunk heater, it fires up without hesitation and produces a large cabin within a minute or two after starting – compared to over 15 minutes after starting on a cold spring morning.
Like more on my TDI, my heater heats the water directly adjacent to the water-oil heat exchanger; and so, in turn, some of the engine heats the oil as well. Not bad for a gizmo designed to heat only one vital fluid.
I use a timer
To avoid running up a huge power bill, I use a timer set to start heating up my machine about 3-4 hours before I need to turn it on. In cold and spring winds, all this heat is easily dissipated. I leave this heat on overnight. Please see the accompanying IMAGE of the fear switch, which you can buy at hardware. If someone buys it, it is definitely forheavy duty use.
BE SAFE, TOMB!
With all of this warming up around me, I can focus on how other horrors are doing badly on the road.
Unfortunately Mr. Chico cannot come with me to most of my client’s work sites. But it’s fine. His pole is electrically heated, too!
Let’s enjoy!
– John
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