Date:         Thu, 31 Dec 1998 01:55:16 -0600
Reply-To:     Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
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From:         Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Subject:      Any Opinions regardsing Battery Blankets for Cold Climes?
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Hi Readers:

No, I don't mean 100% woollen ones. I mean electrically heated pads that provide 50 to 80 watts of heat to the battery, so it doesn't freeze in -30 C weather here in Winnipeg.

My FLA(service center) said, "Nah, just point da van outta da wind, anja be all rite, eh".

I think a battery blanket is a good thing, and will help. Do any other Cannucks (local idiom for Canadian) have any opinions or experience with this? Non Canadian opinions are grudgingly (suspiciously) accepted as well. ;)

There are two concerns I have:

1. There isn't much free space in the area for the blanket

2. I will have to run an extension cord through the window, I think. Any solution, even magical, to this?

Regards to all in the New Year

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy 

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