matelot wrote:
> Acura TL 2004
> Had engine block heater installed a few days ago.
> Wanted to give it a test - 30F today I pluged in for an hour or so and
> started car.
> But temp needle was at bottom, idled for about 30 secs - no change.
>
> Turned heat on - no difference I could tell than w/o the heater.
>
> Isn't the needle supposed to NOT be at the bottom ?
> Basically I could tell no difference. This sounds right ?

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If you could hear it 'cooking', it's working. Government of Canada
concluded that plugging in more than three hours was a total waste. One
or two hours at -30f is just right, or use a block heater
'economizer'thermostatic extension cord, which senses the temp and turns
it off and on. +30f is shirt-sleeve weather, as far as your car is
concerned.

'Curly'