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Dec 8, 2008 | 04:27 PM

#16

big poppa

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Hey Sheldon, also what i would do is put your batteries on a good deep charge a day or so in advance. Good luck on the knee and let us know how you make out..

Dec 8, 2008 | 04:30 PM

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preppypyro

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Originally Posted by big poppa pump

Hey Sheldon, also what i would do is put your batteries on a good deep charge a day or so in advance. Good luck on the knee and let us know how you make out..

I would have done that, except I leave today, in an hour or so!

Thanks and I will be online still and bored for most of the day, sitting in a hotel room, so Im sure I will complain about it at one point haha.

Dec 8, 2008 | 04:33 PM

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zx250

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Get your cords and you'll be fine. You could always go out every couple of hours and crank it up and warm it up. Of course that would me you are out in the cold.

Dec 8, 2008 | 04:39 PM

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Like Barry, I had always found someplace to plug my boat in when out for a tournament (I do miss that) and have found one the few times I needed when at a hotel more recently in cold weather. Best bet is near the maintenance door, usually to the rear of the building. Last time I was in your area (Big River), it was a little cooler than that, but I had a rental gasser then.

Dec 8, 2008 | 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 4inchlovin

Get a power inverter and warm your block off your truck batteries... Make sure your batt's are good though

You'd need a bank of batteries to do this. The block heater draws about 8 amps at 120vac. To get the same wattage out of dc, you'd need 80 amps. Now add in the fact that the conversion from dc to ac has some loss, you're talking about 90-100 amp draw just to run the heater.

I'd find somebody on the ground floor who's willing to run a cord out their window for you in exchange for a case of cold ones

Dec 8, 2008 | 04:57 PM

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4inchlovin

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Trevor- Thanks for the info i had no idea they drew that much.

Dec 8, 2008 | 06:04 PM

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1/3gal per hour fuel burnt at idle. Id let her run. Right up close next to the front door so the front desk has to listen to it...I give them about an hour and they will offer up a plug-in.

Dec 8, 2008 | 06:47 PM

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I guess I'm too late to help much Sheldon, But a few good extension cords will reach 14 stories no problem. Just tie the ends together and tie the end in your room to the bed post before plugging it in.

As mentioned, your truck should start fine, but romp in those temps as long as the batteries, glow plugs, and GPR are in good shape. I don't know how long you'll be there, but since it sounds like you'll have plenty of down time, why not go ahead and find a local auto parts store and let them load test your batteries for free, just so you know what kind of shape their in.