awesome info

 

Boy it was cold this morning here. -11C at sea level. I think there is something wrong with the car so I fired the truck this morning. It cranked over fine and the high idle came right on. Boy does that make a lot of noise.

I have 2 battery blankets and run them on the same system that my block heater is hooked to and they work fine in the cold moist air out here. I haven't needed them or the block heater yet though.

 

They sell a foam called Armaflex it's available in different sizes.It is very soft and used to insulate home furnaces against heat loss. That should fit between the tightest space.It's cheap compared with a blanket. It's good enough to improve the cranking ability.

Can you add one additional heater into a coolant hose? 1500W sounds much better to heat up the coolant!
A small plastic bottle with diesel should be enough to run the espar, they don't use more than 0.3liter to 0.5liter per heating process.

Dang, minus 30 °C thats really cold. Haven't had the fun to feel that cold in my life.

 

We've seen -20* below winter with at least a month of the same weather. Since I went with red top on my last diesel,I installed them on my '03. They have been the best cold weather starting battery I've own. But its 10* above and starting to snow,so maybe I'll get my new block heater installed before the next big freeze. I have to get it in the shop first!