Grid Heaters......Check.
10-15-2003, 11:01 AM
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Grid Heaters......Check.
It was a brisk 48 degrees when I left the house this morning. While idling during warmup I noticed the truck running a little different and the headlights going from bright to dim over and over again. I also noticed the wait to start light stayed on for about 10 seconds instead of the usual 4 seconds. First time experience for me. ;D
Grid heaters.....check. ;D
Grid heaters.....check. ;D
10-15-2003, 12:02 PM
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Re:Grid Heaters......Check.
30F here this morning. I also noticed my headlights dimming and getting brighter after startup. I also noticed my heater fan slowing down and speeding up after start up. Someone has posted that this is a result of the grid heaters operating on cold mornings. As the truck warms up the dimming stops. I guess the current draw is normal as many posters have writte about it.
10-15-2003, 03:39 PM
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[quote author=Hoss link=board=17;threadid=21014;start=0#msg197233 date=1066244439]
It's also mentioned in the owner's manual.
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And it will be mentioned here about a hundred more times before spring thaw................
It's also mentioned in the owner's manual.
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And it will be mentioned here about a hundred more times before spring thaw................
10-15-2003, 04:08 PM
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Re:Grid Heaters......Check.
[quote author=Hoss link=board=17;threadid=21014;start=0#msg197128 date=1066233712]
It was a brisk 48 degrees when I left the house this morning. While idling during warmup I noticed the truck running a little different and the headlights going from bright to dim over and over again. I also noticed the wait to start light stayed on for about 10 seconds instead of the usual 4 seconds. First time experience for me. ;D
Grid heaters.....check. ;D
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Don't you mean cab lights hoss?? :-X ;D
It was a brisk 48 degrees when I left the house this morning. While idling during warmup I noticed the truck running a little different and the headlights going from bright to dim over and over again. I also noticed the wait to start light stayed on for about 10 seconds instead of the usual 4 seconds. First time experience for me. ;D
Grid heaters.....check. ;D
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Don't you mean cab lights hoss?? :-X ;D
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10-15-2003, 06:56 PM
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Mine cycled for the first time here in SW Arkansas this morning. I didn't realize they kept working after the engine started so it took a few seconds to figure out what the clicking noise was.
10-16-2003, 06:04 PM
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Wait 'till Hoss has the truck idling first thing on a cold morning (which he might never see in Texas :
) goes back into the house for his cuppa coffee, comes back out and it's idling higher! ;D
) goes back into the house for his cuppa coffee, comes back out and it's idling higher! ;D
10-16-2003, 08:11 PM
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Grid heater? What is that needed for? Should I have one or go get one? 
77 degrees today, blue skies, and the snook are biting - - better come home, Spots.
77 degrees today, blue skies, and the snook are biting - - better come home, Spots.
10-17-2003, 12:12 PM
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I'm starting to get deja vu from last year about this time when hottubbob was showing off his polkadot bathing suit to all us canucks!
10-18-2003, 01:02 AM
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Just got back from The Bahamas. Saw a few rigs like ours, but I doubt any of them will need to be plugged in.I attended college in Gunnison, Colorado, and with temperatures well below zero (I remember one morning it was -35), my headbolt heater was the only reason my 1950 Ford started right up, and was blowing hot air while other vehicles around town couldn't even turn over.
Where I live now the temperature can also drop below zero, so am sort of anxious to see how the heater on my 2003 works out.