Block heater fried
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Block heater fried
Anybody have a problem with their block heater burning up the cord. While pulling the plug from extension cord, a short melted both the truck plug & extension cord recepticle without tripping the electric panel circuit breaker!. Put a new plug end on truck & manufacturer replaced cord (yellow jacket 10G). Still notice sparks while disconnecting. ???
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I'd guess that the block heater is an inductive load. Assuming that it is, a bit of sparking when you unplug wouldn't be that unusual as the energy in the inductive field collapses.
I wouldn't expect any big old arc welding type of spark though, now that would be problem . . .
Daryl
I wouldn't expect any big old arc welding type of spark though, now that would be problem . . .
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From: Ohio
Originally Posted by 04 LARIAT STROKER
when it is really cold out here (like in the teens) i leave the truck plugged in all night and sometimes all day...does that hurt the heater or is it cool to leave it plugged in
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Hmmm
I live in St. Louis, Mo. the weather gets down in the single digits and teens, so far I have never plug my 6.0 deisel up yet. And it starts blowing heat within a few miles. Is this normal for a 6.0?
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Originally Posted by Brcuda
I live in St. Louis, Mo. the weather gets down in the single digits and teens, so far I have never plug my 6.0 deisel up yet. And it starts blowing heat within a few miles. Is this normal for a 6.0?
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And it starts blowing heat within a few miles. Is this normal for a 6.0?
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My wifes 2004 fires up fine up to 5 below, complains a bit, but running synthetic it seems to start and run (at startup) better than with non synthetic.
If it gets colder than 5 below we plug it in to a timer for 2.5 hours before she leaves. Works fine without the 1500 or so watts making the meter run.
If it gets colder than 5 below we plug it in to a timer for 2.5 hours before she leaves. Works fine without the 1500 or so watts making the meter run.
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Stall and restart; Stall and restart...............???
If I don't plug in my truck below 20 degrees, it will start (with remote) and run rough for about 10 seconds, then continue to run for approx two minutes. Then it will shutdown, wait for 15 seconds and restart. Depending on how cold it is, I have seen it do this routine 5 or 6 times. Is it stalling when the glow plugs shut off? Do glow plugs shutoff after 2 minutes? 
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Does it do this in the summer also? The question is, did the knuckleheads that installed it set it to a two minute shutdown? I set mine to 15 minutes so the old lady has to get to the truck once she starts it!
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No, the remote start timeout timer is set to the longer of the two options which is 25 minutes. I have verified this as I have been though the programming options of the Code Alarm system a few times. My feeling is that it just hasn't warmed up enough to stay running after the glow plugs shut off. And no it only does this approx 20 degrees and below.
