Posted by rusty6 on December 15, 2017 at 07:23:08 from (207.195.86.248):
In Reply to: Cold weather starting posted by Wildride47 on December 14, 2017 at 17:13:32:
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I never leave an engine heater plugged in. Heard of too many fires starting from shorted cords. I've always planned my needs so that I can plug in the heater a few hours (or minutes) before I need the tractor and its ready. Those frost plug heaters work just fine. My 2090 Case starts better at 0F than it does at +80 thanks to the frost plug heater being plugged in a few hours. And that 504 engine has a lot of coolant to heat. The old Massey Super 90 has an external 1500 watt circulating type heater. I'll leave it plugged in a few hours in super cold weather but normally anything over an hour is overkill. The engine is warm to touch and starts on one turn of the starter . And this is Saskatchewan winters.
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