Egon
Epic Contributor
For what works check out what's used in cold country.
For what works check out what's used in cold country.
I lived in REALLY "cold country" for 24 years. A place known as Minnesota.
Minnesota is one he11 of a lot colder than Nova Scotia.
At 76 years of age I have had quite a variety of block heaters, and tank heaters.
I would not use a magnetic heater in Minnesota.
I do not now live anywhere near Minnesota!
Up here in Canada, anything below -10C, I plug in the block heater and leave it plugged all night and day as long as it remains that cold, I also have a battery tender that goes along with this and in -20C, two or three fast turns of the starter and she starts right up. 4 cylinder perkins in my hoe.
Sometimes folks put the block heater on a timer to save electricity. ( on/off for ?? Minutes )
The problem with 24/7 block heating is the electricity consumption. It can really add up! And we paid absolutely obscene prices for electricity here in Ontario.
It is below -10°F lots of the time up north where my tractor is, but I just plug-in the OEM Kubota block heater on my BX25 maybe a couple of hours before I need to start it. Seems to work fine, because the tractor starts right up!
:laughing:You got er done that's what counts!