On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:16:53 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Are we talking about HANGARED planes here? Or tied down?

I can perhaps understand not allowing "permanent plug-ins" for tied down
planes -- after all, the cords all over the ramp are a "trip hazard", if
nothing else.

But if they are telling you that you can't leave your plane plugged in
inside your own hangar, I'd tell them to get screwed.
--

When I was based at ASH, my a/c was outdoors at an "electric tiedown".
These were set up by the city, and they charged a bit more for the tiedown.
Everyone left their a/c plugged in; and yes, there were extension cords as
one "post" would supply four a/c.

So far as safety from shorts, etc., all of the outlets had GFCI plugs that
would trigger if there were any electrical shorts, grounds, problems, etc.
Sometimes they would trigger for no apparent reason, but that was rare.

A Tanis install on my four cylinder Mooney (four cylinder heaters plus the
oil) draws about 300 watts. That comes to about 220 kWh/month. With
electricity at, let us say, $0.10/kWh, the cost of leaving it plugged in
all the time would be $22/month.

But if the electricity "belongs" to the FBO, there's not much one can do
about it, except take one's business elsewhere, or complain to the landlord
if they are violating the terms of their lease.


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)