East of Broken Bow | blden - 12/5/2025 19:52
Have a M11 cummins motor that was thinking about also using a magnetic heater on bottom of pan to go with the block heater. Holds around 9 gallons of oil. Normally plug block heater 2 to 3 hours before starting and was wondering how long to use the magnnetic heater for. Is 3 hours to long, not long enough. Basically will be plugged in when in field and ran off of a generator and come back home then go back after a few hours and was wondering what would work.
To answer your question: I use magnetic heaters here in the winter. I put one on the oilpan, and a second under the transmission of my old chore tractors, in conjunction with the block heater on really cold days. I can say without a doubt that the magnetic heaters help. Are there better heaters? I'm sure there are, but every little bit helps.
I would not worry about having it on 'too long' Every mag heater I ever had said it had a thermostat to prevent overheating. When it is real cold I have left the mag heaters under my IH 656 plugged in except when I'm using it, and never had an issue. |
magnetic heaters?
