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Re: REFLECTOR: keeping warm
Emanuel;
A couple of comments. With a second cooler in the engine compartment
plumbed in parallel it seems likely that the majority of flow would take that
route, particularly when once it gets warmed up and the longer route is
cold. In other words, just when you need some heat. It seems you
would need some way of controlling heat rejected by the aft cooler (controlling
oil flow or air flow, but best oil flow).
Also, the amount of heat you can expect from an electric heater in our
limited electric system isn't going to help much. Probably about 500 watts
is the max (that would be over 30 amps) that you safely support, which is a
small fraction of what you 'should' be able to get from an effective oil cooler
installation. It could help as a supplement, especially since you could
get that heat as soon as your engine is running.
Al Gietzen
I've given up trying to get engough heat out
of the oil cooler to keep warm during winters in the northeast. Does
anyone have any experience with electric heaters such as those sold by
Aircraft Spruce?
Manny Lewis
ruman@worldnet.att.net