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David Lesher wrote:
Blanche writes: I'm still astonished at 1) all the people who have 4-wheel drive and think they are invincible and can travel thru anything Click & Clack say: 4-wheel drive means you can get farther away from help before you get stuck. Love those guys. -- Gene Seibel Tales of Flight - http://pad39a.com/gene/tales.html Because I fly, I envy no one. |
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Tanis heaters
Here in Colorado, we keep the airplane plugged in with an oil pan
heater and a battery maintainer (think float charger that shuts off). Note that the oil pan heater is plugged into another device. If you think about it, an engine heater (oil pan or tanis) may get too hot if left on all the time... A heater is a resistive device. Usually, they are 600 watts or less. Now think about a normal light bulb... resistive. What I did was build a breakout-box with a "light dimmer", calibrated and turned down to "75%". So, we have our heater plugged in all the time (300 watts), turned down to 75%, so the engine and oil are "warm", but not "hot". Our last engine (IO-520)/206 went 750 hours beyond TBO. The previous two (O-470)/182 went 2X TBO. I grew up in northern Wisconsin. We do not have real winters in Colorado. It just looks like that on TV. :-) In article m you wrote: I live in northern lower Michigan where we have real winters some years (not this one yet). My partner and I own a 2000 Cessna 182. We are currently debating the proper use of the Tanis engine heater. It has been our practice in the past to plug the heater in after a flight and leave it plugged in until the next. We have heard lately that best practice is to only use the heater for a few hours prior to flight. Any opinions among other owners in cold climes? Thanks. CPW Best regards, Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocations!" -- Jer/ (Slash) Eberhard, Mountain Flying Aviation, LTD, Ft Collins, CO CELL 970 231-6325 EMAIL jer at frii.com http://users.frii.com/jer/ C-206 N9513G, CFII Airplane&Glider FAA-DEN Aviation Safety Counselor CAP-CO Mission&Aircraft CheckPilot BM218 HAM N0FZD 247 Young Eagles! |
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Roger wrote: Which should be defeating the purpose of spending the money for a temperature limited device. One of the reasons the Tanis is expensive. Right, which is why I bought my pan heater at Tractor Supply. It's a 50 watt unit and costs $25. No need for a thermostat. With a nose mitten from Kennon the engine compartment is nice and warm. Oil gets to 100 and all the cylinders are 80. The oil needs be hot enough to get rid of all the water and *acid*. Which you will never accomplish with any type of external heater. Only running the engine will do that. |
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wrote in message ... Here in Colorado, we keep the airplane plugged in with an oil pan heater and a battery maintainer (think float charger that shuts off). http://www.reiffpreheat.com/tbo.htm How to Warm a Cold Engine By Kas Thomas TBO ADVISOR, Nov/Dec 1998 Note that the oil pan heater is plugged into another device. If you think about it, an engine heater (oil pan or tanis) may get too hot if left on all the time... A heater is a resistive device. Usually, they are 600 watts or less. Now think about a normal light bulb... resistive. What I did was build a breakout-box with a "light dimmer", calibrated and turned down to "75%". So, we have our heater plugged in all the time (300 watts), turned down to 75%, so the engine and oil are "warm", but not "hot". Our last engine (IO-520)/206 went 750 hours beyond TBO. The previous two (O-470)/182 went 2X TBO. I grew up in northern Wisconsin. We do not have real winters in Colorado. It just looks like that on TV. :-) Especially the last couple weeks... -- Matt --------------------- Matthew W. Barrow Site-Fill Homes, LLC. Montrose, CO (MTJ) |
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