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- From: tbmorris@acs.ucalgary.ca (Thomas B. Morrison)
- Subject: temperature block heater heats block to
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 02:52:35 GMT
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- Hi there,
-
- It is -30 degrees C outside. None of the cars are starting even though
- they are all "plugged in".
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- Two questions:
- 1) What does the "block heater" heat, engine block, anti-freeze, and so on.
- I really want to know.
-
- 2) To what temperature does the block heater heat? A friend of mine said
- "To a temperature such that the car can start". Numbers please.
-
- E-mail or post. Thanks. My guess is the engine block is heated to
- the -10 to -15 C range.
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- Tom Morrison
- Morrison Scientific Problem Solving
- Suite 400, 604-1st Street S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2P 1M7, CANADA
- Internet: tbmorris@acs.ucalgary.ca
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