Preheater

That's true... just about the smallest generator would be fine to
power a plane or two. For a 20 degree day, plugging the plane in for 3
hours or so typically seems to bring it up to warm to the touch. That's
only 1.5 kWh of juice, so it's roughly $0.25 worth of gasoline for a
generator.

Seems to make more sense than a portable preheater. Also, I've
read that the flame-thrower type (expecially the propane bottle ones)
don't put enough heat in the right places to help prevent cylinder
scuffing. Leaving a multi-point heater plugged in for a few hours is the
best, and the generator has many more uses elsewhere.

-Cory

Jay Masino wrote:
: Shouldn't be a problem. If I remember right, my cylinder warmers were
: about 50 watts a piece. And, although I don't have the pan heater, I
: think they're usually about 150 watts. So the max, on a 6 cyl, would be
: about 450 watts. I think that's well within the capabilities of even
: small generators. I would think the big pain in the butt would be that
: fact that it takes electric warmers a reasonable length of time to warm
: the engine, which means th generator would be sitting their running for
: many hours.

: -- Jay


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