Re: Dipstick warmer for winter storage
Ralph: The JCW, or any blanket for that matter might work real well for condensation. I might give that a try along with a dipstick warmer.<br />On the heaters, I wouldn't use that in an engine compartment. To much chance of fire. But I use something similar in my vehicles. Both my daughter's car and my work van sit outside all year. I have run extention cords thru the firewalls and out to the grilles. I've rigged up extention cords from a timer in the garage, run them out under the doors, then hang them up on a nail atop the garage door outside. When I pull up at the end of the day I grab the cord off of the wall and plug it into the cord at the grill. Around 5 am the heater sitting on the dash comes on and by the time I come out at 7 am there is no snow, ice, frost or dew on the windshield. Dry and clean. I unplug the cord, hang it up on the nail and I'm off for the day. Chill is off the interior too. I got the little 2 temp heater at Camper World. About $35 a couple of years ago. It's called Big Heat 6200. A local plumbing/electrical supply company has them in the winter also.(hope they don't kick me off the boat forum for this)<br /><br />Bubbakat:<br />you think those dipstick heaters would work well in a boat engine compartment? Cars have a lot more air circulation under the hood than a boat would and air circulation helps with condensation.
