Freeze Plug on 97 dodge ram
From : Annonymous
Q: i thought i could put in a engine block heater on a 97 dodge ram. i removed the front freeze plug on the drivers side but there is not enough room. the hole is the correct diameter but it isint deep enough to install the heater. should i have removed one of the other freeze plugs .
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From : peterd
on sun 27 jan 2008 103613 -0500 nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote the heater core is on the passenger side. always someone rains on my parade! g most block heaters are about 700 watts so two would be 1400 watts. say eight hours thats 11.2 kwh. at six cents a kwh thats a low number you probably pay more thats about $0.67 vs $0.34 for one i pay 10 per kilowatt-hour but my state average is 8.91. its high for the state but still under the national average of 10.4. http//www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/fig7p5.html it costs me 56 to run my single block heater for 8 hours. its been years since i plugged it in. i wonder if it still works. true true... also i dont know about you but around here nh i rarely plug in for more than two hours unless it is *really* cold out. even two hours makes a world of difference. what really helps is an outdoor outlet with a smart timer on it. you can set it to kick on the block heater about two or three hours before you usualy leave and both save money and not have to worry about it. in my case the timer is indoors so i can both disable it easily and turn it out when off manually as needed. .
From : bigironram
i thought i could put in a engine block heater on a 97 dodge ram. i removed the front freeze plug on the drivers side but there is not enough room. the hole is the correct diameter but it isint deep enough to install the heater. should i have removed one of the other freeze plugs the center hole is the correct place for it. if you want lots of heat and can afford the electric bill put one on each side. .
From : nosey
bigironram wrote i thought i could put in a engine block heater on a 97 dodge ram. i removed the front freeze plug on the drivers side but there is not enough room. the hole is the correct diameter but it isint deep enough to install the heater. should i have removed one of the other freeze plugs the center hole is the correct place for it. if you want lots of heat and can afford the electric bill put one on each side. it only costs more when you plug them in. just dont plug the drivers side in until its /really/ cold out. -- ken .
From : peterd
on sat 26 jan 2008 190201 -0500 nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote bigironram wrote i thought i could put in a engine block heater on a 97 dodge ram. i removed the front freeze plug on the drivers side but there is not enough room. the hole is the correct diameter but it isint deep enough to install the heater. should i have removed one of the other freeze plugs the center hole is the correct place for it. if you want lots of heat and can afford the electric bill put one on each side. it only costs more when you plug them in. just dont plug the drivers side in until its /really/ cold out. drivers side isnt that backwards always plug in the drivers side first then the passengers side when really cold that way the drivers side of the truck warms up faster right gdr! most block heaters are about 700 watts so two would be 1400 watts. say eight hours thats 11.2 kwh. at six cents a kwh thats a low number you probably pay more thats about $0.67 vs $0.34 for one .
From : nosey
peterd wrote on sat 26 jan 2008 190201 -0500 nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote bigironram wrote i thought i could put in a engine block heater on a 97 dodge ram. i removed the front freeze plug on the drivers side but there is not enough room. the hole is the correct diameter but it isint deep enough to install the heater. should i have removed one of the other freeze plugs the center hole is the correct place for it. if you want lots of heat and can afford the electric bill put one on each side. it only costs more when you plug them in. just dont plug the drivers side in until its /really/ cold out. drivers side isnt that backwards always plug in the drivers side first then the passengers side when really cold that way the drivers side of the truck warms up faster right gdr! the heater core is on the passenger side. most block heaters are about 700 watts so two would be 1400 watts. say eight hours thats 11.2 kwh. at six cents a kwh thats a low number you probably pay more thats about $0.67 vs $0.34 for one i pay 10 per kilowatt-hour but my state average is 8.91. its high for the state but still under the national average of 10.4. http//www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/fig7p5.html it costs me 56 to run my single block heater for 8 hours. its been years since i plugged it in. i wonder if it still works. -- ken .
From : peterd
on sun 27 jan 2008 162547 -0500 nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote or you could move to georgia like i did. its supposed to go up to 60 today. i just have to stop replying to you thats dirty fighting! i suppose that this summer when it is 95+ with a rh of 100% i can zing you with how it is 80 and 55% rh! .
From : nosey
always someone rains on my parade! g dont let a little rain stop you. it costs me 56 to run my single block heater for 8 hours. its been years since i plugged it in. i wonder if it still works. true true... also i dont know about you but around here nh i rarely plug in for more than two hours unless it is *really* cold out. even two hours makes a world of difference. what really helps is an outdoor outlet with a smart timer on it. you can set it to kick on the block heater about two or three hours before you usualy leave and both save money and not have to worry about it. in my case the timer is indoors so i can both disable it easily and turn it out when off manually as needed. or you could move to georgia like i did. its supposed to go up to 60 today. -- ken .
From : nosey
peterd wrote on sun 27 jan 2008 162547 -0500 nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote or you could move to georgia like i did. its supposed to go up to 60 today. i just have to stop replying to you thats dirty fighting! i suppose that this summer when it is 95+ with a rh of 100% i can zing you with how it is 80 and 55% rh! yep. thats a typical summer day here. -- ken .
From : nunya
snip or you could move to georgia like i did. its supposed to go up to 60 today. -- ken i live in georgia but have a block heater on three of my trucks. since we go to new hampshire every febuary and kolorado once per winter i figure it is worth the extra couple of bucks. i decided to do this the winter of 1993 when we were in cadillac vermont and awoke to -29 degrees temperature not including windchill. the nice tow truck driver that got us started up said all those dodge dakotas have trouble when its below minus 20. ever since all my trucks that i travel in get a block heater. the winter we decided to go through wisconsin and north dakota on our way to canada i added a battery heater. the guys at the local dodge dealership thought i was loony buying a mopar battery heater. the morning we woke up in north dakota to -47 degrees and half of the vehicles in the motel parking lot were not cranking ours fired right up. it was worth every penny that morning. important piece of advice. remove the battery heater during the georgia summer even if you are smart enough to not plug it in. just the extra insulation will cook your battery the first day the thermometer breaks 100 degrees. dont ask how i learned that.... michael .
From : roy
on thu 31 jan 2008 085511 -0500 nunya nunya@nunya.net wrote before i retired from the coast guard in 2005 in portland maine one of our favorite trips was to the kancamagus highway in new hampshire....never made it to mount washington......thinking out loud dave snip i have spent a good deal of time on the kancamangus hwy. mount washington is really nice in the winter if you catch it on a day when the winds are reasonable. not terribly near mt. washington but today i had to walk around my parking area and pick up all the next door kids toys and toss them back towards their house! winds naw just a gentle breeze. cant blame the neighbors they are new to the area and dont realzie that a gentle winters breeze is about 40 mph or so and that anything not tied down including the kids! will blow eastwards! was on the summit in 100+ mph winds one particular trip and that was plain miserable. if you want an experience you can volunteer to work on top of mt washington at the weather observatory in the winter. that one week tour of duty will give new respect to the term winter weather note the caps! yup and a whole new meaning to term wind chill. roy michael .
From : peterd
on mon 28 jan 2008 194829 -0500 nunya nunya@nunya.net wrote snip or you could move to georgia like i did. its supposed to go up to 60 today. -- ken i live in georgia but have a block heater on three of my trucks. meanie! rub in that warm weather... since we go to new hampshire every febuary ok youre forgiven... where in nh and kolorado once per winter i figure it is worth the extra couple of bucks. important piece of advice. remove the battery heater during the georgia summer even if you are smart enough to not plug it in. just the extra insulation will cook your battery the first day the thermometer breaks 100 degrees. dont ask how i learned that.... michael battery heaters are very useful as much use as a block heater. ill agree with the fact that they also insulate the battery so in very hot cliimates that observation can be valid. one alternative is a bottom pad heater for teh battery one that goes under the battery and not on the sides. .
From : nunya
snip meanie! rub in that warm weather... since we go to new hampshire every febuary ok youre forgiven... where in nh we go to north conway every febuary. the wife has been sick for the past three weeks so our trip is on hold this year until we see if she is going to get to feeling better. michael .
From : dave young
before i retired from the coast guard in 2005 in portland maine one of our favorite trips was to the kancamagus highway in new hampshire....never made it to mount washington......thinking out loud dave roy wrote snip meanie! rub in that warm weather... since we go to new hampshire every febuary ok youre forgiven... where in nh we go to north conway every febuary. the wife has been sick for the past three weeks so our trip is on hold this year until we see if she is going to get to feeling better. michael that is a real pretty area winter or summer. .
From : peterd
on wed 30 jan 2008 100749 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote snip meanie! rub in that warm weather... since we go to new hampshire every febuary ok youre forgiven... where in nh we go to north conway every febuary. the wife has been sick for the past three weeks so our trip is on hold this year until we see if she is going to get to feeling better. michael that is a real pretty area winter or summer. i like it better in the summer myself... but im biased since i have it all year round! .
From : nunya
before i retired from the coast guard in 2005 in portland maine one of our favorite trips was to the kancamagus highway in new hampshire....never made it to mount washington......thinking out loud dave snip i have spent a good deal of time on the kancamangus hwy. mount washington is really nice in the winter if you catch it on a day when the winds are reasonable. was on the summit in 100+ mph winds one particular trip and that was plain miserable. michael .
From : nunya
on wed 30 jan 2008 100749 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote snip i like it better in the summer myself... but im biased since i have it all year round! we have all the summer we want down here in north georgia and north carolina. we like the skiing and ice climbing around conway. the white mountains have the best low altitude winter mountaineering i have ever experienced. michael .
From : peterd
on thu 31 jan 2008 085511 -0500 nunya nunya@nunya.net wrote before i retired from the coast guard in 2005 in portland maine one of our favorite trips was to the kancamagus highway in new hampshire....never made it to mount washington......thinking out loud dave snip i have spent a good deal of time on the kancamangus hwy. mount washington is really nice in the winter if you catch it on a day when the winds are reasonable. not terribly near mt. washington but today i had to walk around my parking area and pick up all the next door kids toys and toss them back towards their house! winds naw just a gentle breeze. cant blame the neighbors they are new to the area and dont realzie that a gentle winters breeze is about 40 mph or so and that anything not tied down including the kids! will blow eastwards! was on the summit in 100+ mph winds one particular trip and that was plain miserable. if you want an experience you can volunteer to work on top of mt washington at the weather observatory in the winter. that one week tour of duty will give new respect to the term winter weather note the caps! michael .
From : nunya
snip was on the summit in 100+ mph winds one particular trip and that was plain miserable. if you want an experience you can volunteer to work on top of mt washington at the weather observatory in the winter. that one week tour of duty will give new respect to the term winter weather note the caps! every time i have been on washington it has been blustery. in the winter if they predict less than 70mph winds at the summit i consider it perfect weather. over 100 is miserable especially if the temps are less than 0 degrees farenheit. michael .
From : roy
snip meanie! rub in that warm weather... since we go to new hampshire every febuary ok youre forgiven... where in nh we go to north conway every febuary. the wife has been sick for the past three weeks so our trip is on hold this year until we see if she is going to get to feeling better. michael that is a real pretty area winter or summer. .