bucholzi
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Hi!
Truck has been doing great this winter, until temperature dropped below -15F. Then it would not fire. I have been speculating about a circulating heater to help for those extra cold days, but those types of heaters are not common around here. Freeze plug block heaters are the standard, and a few lucky ones have fuel-driven heaters from webasto, ebersprächer or ardic. These are great (up to 5000 watts), but will cost more than the truck is worth..
So the circulating heaters sounds like a possible upgrade, thinking about a kat's 2000 w (240 volt). But are these worth the money/hassle compared to the freeze plug heater I already got?
Truck already has new plugs, optima-style batteries with new battery cables, and a reduction gear starter is going in as soon as I can be bothered to crawl in the snow. New IP and injectors also, so I don't think there is much else I can do to increase start-up reliability?
Truck has been doing great this winter, until temperature dropped below -15F. Then it would not fire. I have been speculating about a circulating heater to help for those extra cold days, but those types of heaters are not common around here. Freeze plug block heaters are the standard, and a few lucky ones have fuel-driven heaters from webasto, ebersprächer or ardic. These are great (up to 5000 watts), but will cost more than the truck is worth..
So the circulating heaters sounds like a possible upgrade, thinking about a kat's 2000 w (240 volt). But are these worth the money/hassle compared to the freeze plug heater I already got?
Truck already has new plugs, optima-style batteries with new battery cables, and a reduction gear starter is going in as soon as I can be bothered to crawl in the snow. New IP and injectors also, so I don't think there is much else I can do to increase start-up reliability?