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echo: alaska_chat
to: BJRN FORSSTRM
from: JIM WELLER
date: 2004-02-08 21:09:00
subject: The best for the season

-=> Quoting Bj”rn Forsstr”m to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> Batteries loose half their cranking power
 JW> every 10 degrees C and cars won't start when its colder than -40
 JW> without the blanket even if the block heater is on.

 BF> I have never heard about this although I live in a "winter" country
 BF> myself. If my battery would need a blanket I would change it. I believe
 BF> modern cars are so easy to start, only a couple turns are enough, even
 BF> at -30 C

There's a big difference between -30 and -40!




Cheers,

Jim



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