In a message dated 1/24/2006 2:59:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,
europa-list-digest@matronics.com writes:
> I am using a Bob Reiff preheater. It has a patch on the block and a band
> that goes around the oil tank. The heater on the oil tank has a thermostat
> on it. With what I know now I think I would have just bought a couple of
> heater pads from JC Whitney and made up a thermostat myself. I would have
> cost me $90.00 instead of $200 some dollars.
>
> I've installed a 200w pad from JC Whitney on my Jabiru. It was about $50, I
> think. It is almost identical to the EZ Heat pad installed on my Pawnee and
> Citabria that cost about $300 each. Such is the cost of an STC.....
Haven't run the Jab yet, but I can tell you the heaters on my Citabria and
Pawnee make a huge difference in engine start up in the winter.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Lawton
> Dunlap, TN
> A-245 (Cowls primed, wet sanding today. White paint to follow shortly.
> Getting dangerously close to seeing daylight under the wheels.....)
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