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From: SE Wisco
Originally Posted by powerstroke1869
alrite one more question can you feel by where the heater element is plugged and and if it warm you know its working or wont you be able to feel it. i dont have a plug tester so i cant do it like that.. also i tried listening but i duno if a distinct hummm you'll hear or what.. just wondering if you can feel somewhere to see if its warm or not
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Originally Posted by KelVarnson
Are you SURE it's the heater and not the cord? That is, did you disconnect the cord from the heater and get down there and measure the resistance right on the terminals of the heater itself?
I just have a hard time believing that these heaters burn out. It appears that some people have had this happen, but I would put my money on the cord in 95% of the cases. Just trying to save you from a nasty repair job out in the blowing snow.
I just have a hard time believing that these heaters burn out. It appears that some people have had this happen, but I would put my money on the cord in 95% of the cases. Just trying to save you from a nasty repair job out in the blowing snow.
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well i found out that my plug is working but when i went out there i could hear a slight hum i duno... but others say it will sound like water is boiling i can hear this and now ik that when i splice on an extentsion cord that i did it right
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When I replaced mine I just ran the new cord where the old cord had been and ziptied it to the plastic holders that the old one was taped to so that I didn't brake them trying to remove them.
As far as if it is working, when I plugged my new one in you could feel right where the cord plugged into the heater and it got warm.
As far as if it is working, when I plugged my new one in you could feel right where the cord plugged into the heater and it got warm.
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My block heater doesn't appear to be working and is tripping the ground fault circuit that it's plugged into. It reads~205 k ohms at the end of the cord. Haven't checked at the heater. Sounds like mine is open rather than shorted but not sure why it would trip the breaker.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
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that means you are getting a direct short to neutral or ground(way too much experience messing with gfci's)
so in other words your cord is bad. it could be your extension cord and it could be your block heater cord.
so in other words your cord is bad. it could be your extension cord and it could be your block heater cord.
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Something that I think wasn't mentioned other than check the ex cord...
Uncap the plug hanging off your bumper and take fine grit sandpaper to the prongs.
Every year the salt here does a number at crumming it up and I don't have 15 ohms.
A little sanding/cleaning and I'm back up to 15!
I like the KISS theory first....
Uncap the plug hanging off your bumper and take fine grit sandpaper to the prongs.
Every year the salt here does a number at crumming it up and I don't have 15 ohms.
A little sanding/cleaning and I'm back up to 15!
I like the KISS theory first....
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From: SE Wisco
Something that I think wasn't mentioned other than check the ex cord...
Uncap the plug hanging off your bumper and take fine grit sandpaper to the prongs.
Every year the salt here does a number at crumming it up and I don't have 15 ohms.
A little sanding/cleaning and I'm back up to 15!
I like the KISS theory first....
Uncap the plug hanging off your bumper and take fine grit sandpaper to the prongs.
Every year the salt here does a number at crumming it up and I don't have 15 ohms.
A little sanding/cleaning and I'm back up to 15!
I like the KISS theory first....
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On mine the cord failed at the plug in front of the radiator, I just cut it off there and spliced in a short heavy duty extension cord.Use heat shrinkable butt splices to seal it up water tight.
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