Date:         Tue, 7 Nov 2000 01:38:20 -0600
Reply-To:     Hydesmith <hydesmith@MAC.COM>
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From:         Hydesmith <hydesmith@MAC.COM>
Subject:      circulating anti-freeze heater for VW Vanagon
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Advice please:
A few of us up here in Winnipeg are watching the forecast. Just as we
were fearing, they're predicting a return of winter this year, just
when we had forgotten what it was and were basking in the
disappearance of the mosquitos.

So, with visions of cold-starting vehicles, we're thinking of
installing in-line circulating heaters in our coolant (we call it
anti-freeze) lines. We figure they are the best solution to the
Vanagon's lack of frost plugs, the usual location for block heaters.
The circulating heater is probably about 1000watts or something. We
have not bought them yet, but they're common on tractors and the
like. So, the question is 'where to put the thing'. We figured
anywhere in the system might be OK, and if so, how about near the
front of the vehicle? This might be easier to install and gives a
plug-in on the front of the vehicle. If elsewhere, exactly where and
how to perform the surgery? Advice accepted gladly. ...... scalpel?
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B Hydesmith/83 Westfalia/Winnipeg/MB/Canada/hsc@mac.com
Winnipeg Volkwagenverein: wvwv@egroups.com
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