On 24 Nov 2003 14:01:23 -0800, (Javier Gorordo) wrote:

If anyone has experience with the Reiff's HotStrip Oil Sump Heater,
will appreciate any input as to its usefulness/performance.
Specifically, I wonder how well (how fast) this pair of 100W heater
strips can warm up a cold-soaked sump (8-qts) in an O-300 (open
hangar, assume low in the 20s overnight).
Plan is to rig it with a thermostat and an outdoor timer to have it
maintain a certain sump temperature, but figure that the ultimate
worst scenario will be to heat up from the 20s. Plane is in an open T
hangar.

Thanks in advance

Javier Gorordo
c/o N1190F
08C, MI

Aviation Consumer did a review of various heating strategies a few years
ago.

Steve McNicoll (a contributor to this group) had a bad experience with the
Reiff oil sump heater.

I use a Tanis heater -- oil sump and cylinders -- and leave it plugged in
all winter. So I don't have a warm up problem.


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