REFLECTOR: Affect of COLD weather

[Scott Derrick]

If you can put your battery on a trickle charger that would help it out 
when its really cold.

Be sure to do a thorough pre-heat. From -30, it would take quite a few 
hours if not overnight to warm the entire engine up. If you have a good 
digital cht gauge, you want to see at least 35-40 F on all cylinders for 
most starts.

If you have mechanical gyros be sure to pre-heat the cabin also!  they 
don't like that kind of cold any more than the engine does!  Also some 
LCD's won't operate below about 30 degrees. It shouldn't hurt them but 
it may take 5 minutes for them to warm up enough for you to read them.


Scott

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     Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will 
within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not 
add "within the limits of the law," because law is often but the 
tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.

     Thomas Jefferson

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