[Vwdiesel] Anyone try this? (To have a warm, toasty car)

[James Hansen]

FYI Will. 
That heater was originally built by Temro in Winnipeg, 5 hours east of here,
well, designed by them anyway...  I've personally had 2 of these burn in 2
different cars.  The fan quit, and the heater elements got the plastic
going, in a very minor way in one, in a pretty major way in the second. The
interior had a chlorine-burning plastic stench for a year after... blech.
After the first one went up, I figured what are the chances.... and only
saved it from going up purely by coincidence- I ran out to the car late at
night for something only to find the car warmer burning. Real surprise.
-james

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
> On Behalf Of Will Taygan
> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 9:50 PM
> To: vwdiesel
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Anyone try this? (To have a warm, toasty car)
> 
> I plug a Kat's #37100 900w interior car warmer in with the stock 300w
> block heater.  2 hours later I'm quite comfortable and the 1.6TD starts
> beautifully.  -13F right now.
> 
> http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_2003
> 95513_200395513
> 
> Will in Alaska.
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 17:51 -0800, Erik Lane wrote:
> > How cold is cold for you Eric? I forget where you live. But a car
> >
> > > warmer on a timer is pretty bulletproof.
> > >
> >
> > It's Dave that is thinking about putting this in his car. I live in
> the
> > Willamette Valley in Oregon, so temperatures here aren't really all
> that
> > cold for the most part. Sometimes I'll use a block heater when it
> gets
> > really cold out if I can, but I have no intention, at least at this
> time, of
> > putting in this kind of gadgetry.
> >
> > Thanks, though!
> > Erik
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