bullfrog5.9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5CZJcyyZeg&feature=sub



i never thought it got that hot

wannadiesel

Toasty!

whereswaldo250

Cool I always wondered that.

TIMMY22

Now give em a shot of either!

Jammie Dodger

now give'em a couple of pork chops and fry'em up. ....

lol'z

torquefan

I am actually surprised, considering how much current they draw, that it wasn't glowing red like a stove burner.

bullfrog5.9

i should take mine off and do a vid at night and see if it glows

DNRCustoms

Cool.. Never would have thought it would heat up to 500*.. Good to know

Jim Lane

Now replace the wiring with something capable of the 200-amps and then watch them light up, there is a lot of resistance in the circuit.

92roughstock

I have an old CHilton manual that says the Volvo diesel grid heaters will get up to 1200* IIRC. That is about a bright orange heat, if it's regular steel.

olddodgetrucks

if realy sticks they can burn the paint off intake horn.

JustRamIt91

Yeah you can say that its under wired... but thats sort of a governor for the grid, keeps it from melting anything around it :-P I think anything under 1000* doesn't glow... i could be wrong but thought it was much higher in temp.

I wanna see a turbo housing glowing when your drag racing, that would be an awesome video!

Crazydave

Happened to me, (relays stuck) but i caught it before it caused more problems.

97catintenn

Wow, this is a wake up call! Those guys were serious when they said to disconnect the grid heater first

Just yesterday, I added a remote start button right next to the air box, made it a one man operation for bleeding the injector lines and getting the old girl running with either, I mean ether.

JustRamIt91

I've used ether on engines with grid heaters, never had any problems. On the powerstrokes we just let them sit and grab a gasser. :-P Nothing like an old 390 throwing more smoke than a diesel(it needs ether in cold too).