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Date:         Sat, 2 Jan 2016 16:21:46 -0600
Reply-To:     jpalmer@MYMTS.NET
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From:         Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Warming the oil in cold weather?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
In-Reply-To:  <201601021835.u02IZ43t002171@mail106c45.carrierzone.com>
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But how do you point a spot light up when you're parked in a snowbank :) easy to slide the box underneath the oil pan. Oil pan heaters work better than you'd imagine given the "fin" issue.

Jeff in balmy Winnipeg (-2c!)

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> On Jan 2, 2016, at 12:35 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > > At 11:51 AM 1/2/2016, Jeff Palmer wrote: >> I've made a little box with aluminum foil and a 100w bulb. You'd be surprised how much heat that produces. >> Jeff > > Around 350 BTU/hr if all the visible light gets turned into heat. Your basic 1500 watt electric heater makes about 5200 BTU/hr. A heat lamp bulb doesn't waste much as visible, and has a built-in reflector. I think they might be 150 watt. And I've used a halogen work light to remove microprocessor sockets with a couple hundred pins from a circuit board. > > Yrs, > d


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