Growing up in Indiana that’s what we did if our car wasn’t parked in the garage. Run a drop light out under the garage door and put it under the oil pan, put a blanket over the top of the engine and close the hood. It usually did the trick.
-D > On Feb 17, 2021, at 5:42 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's why I keep my old incandescent bulbs; heat. I have two bulbs near my > well pump, which is in a below-ground concrete shelter and one in my barn > where the water pipe enters from outside (all on plug-in thermostats). Back > in the day of carbureted cars it was common to run a drop light under the > hood and a blanket on top while parked. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Randy Bennell via Mercedes > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 12:38 PM > To: OK Don via Mercedes <[email protected]> > Cc: Randy Bennell <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Generator > > I think I have told this story before. > New Year's Eve either 1974 or 1975, my wife and I were still living in > Ontario. We lived in a small house heated by oil. About midnight, we realized > the heat was off. I knew from experience that if it got really cold, the oil > might not flow from the 250 gallon tank outside the house as my parents' > house had suffered similar issues while I was growing up. > I got up and got dressed to go outside and then banged on the end of the tank > near the valve. That got the oil flowing again so in I went, but I was hardly > back in bed when it stopped again (couldn't hear the fan running), so got up > and dressed and went outside and got a trouble light from the garage and > plugged it in and hung it on the valve. No more trouble that night. The heat > from the 60W bulb was enough to keep the oil flowing. > It was very close to -50F that night which is why we had an issue. I don't > think I had ever seen it that cold before and I have not seen it that cold > since. > > I don't think you would have any problem at -14F. > > Randy > > On 16/02/2021 6:17 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: >> It's not the engine itself, it's the fuel tank and the lines running >> to the genset that I fear will have issues at-10°F. >> >> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 5:37 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Generators can have block heaters. My old Winpco has a bolt on >>> electric heater attached to the block. >>> >>> Randy >>> >>> On 16/02/2021 5:30 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: >>>> i've been trying to choose between Diesel and propane for a whole >>>> house generator, and decided in favor of propane due to this -14°F >>>> night. I >>> have >>>> doubts that a Diesel genset would have started when they turned to >>>> power off at 7AM this morning. >>> >>> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
