the heaters that go in oil are black heat and dont glow like that or they would set light to the oil. the heaters that go in the water cooling loop can glow but dont as they have water flowing over them all the time stopping them from heating up that much
Appreciate the offer and may take you up on it one day. I heard you can get some pretty cold nights though and some parts of the summer would be unrideable for many.
@@rhodeisland_roadking It can get a little chilly down here. I broke the leathers out maybe 4 or 5 times this last winter? And it is kinda hard to build a snowman sweatin yre ass off too. LoL Da doors always open. 🇺🇸😎
I used to ride metric and they're great bikes. If you like riding older stuff like I do it's a lot easier to ride Harleys as you can always get parts in a few days unless you're getting into antique stuff.
This one may have had a fault as coolant will boil at 300 degrees. I think these are really for below zero and submerged in coolant. If I could find one that just hovered at 200 it would be perfect.
@@rhodeisland_roadking yes I think that one is like. , would be found in a small water heater. I do know you install a water heater in your house and electric one and you make sure that you have water in it before you ever energize the coil. Otherwise they just pretty much explode ..
I had a semi that had the artic option on it and it had a heater in the oil pan only when the truck was parked and pluged in, it also had a bunk heather that when it was on at night when I was on the road it heated the coolant and keept the engine warm and also the fuel warm as long as the bunk heater keept running it worked great as soon as the low voltage cut it off (it would run about 12 hrs I would have to start the truck to charge the battires it had 8 group 31) the alternator was a 375 amp.
seeing as basically no other HD other than the revolution 975 are water cooled... i call CLICK BAIT on a boomer who has no idea how to use a block heater.
Way younger than a boomer. We'd have to watch the other videos to understand why I was trying this but apparently if these things aren't submerged in fluid they will have a thermal runaway like this and be dead after seconds just like this. I'll stick with the other block heaters that I used in the other videos as there's too much potential for a bad outcome going this route. Also you might have missed the part that this would be used on a shovelheads oil tank and would it fit perfectly even if it was a terrible idea.
@@loligagger85 No one uses block heater for anything in RI as it doesn't get that cold. I had no experience with them and this eBay special came with no warning or instructions. I do all my own work on the 3 bikes.
@@rhodeisland_roadking no one? So I'm a nobody? Bro you have no clue. I have a block heater I installed on my TDI . It's not our fault you cheaped out on eBay. You clearly have never worked on a hot water heater!.
@@loligagger85 Do you live in the NE? I'm not a plumber. When the water heater went after 10 years I paid a professional to put a new one in. Few would know what to do within my profession. I wrench on old bikes and classic vehicles for fun but again no experience with diesels or plumbing. I think most are the same. Glad you are knowledgeable on the subject.
when ordering elements you can speck black heat or red heat
the heaters that go in oil are black heat and dont glow like that or they would set light to the oil. the heaters that go in the water cooling loop can glow but dont as they have water flowing over them all the time stopping them from heating up that much
Yep I had to pay this stupid tax for not knowing anything about block heaters
The heaters on none of my Harleys have ever worked. Winter Rides in Minnesota are COLD ❄️🥶 🤣
I had a lot of luck with the silicon versions in the prior videos even using 50 weight oil in cold weather
You just ruined that by not having it submerged. Next time, suspend it in a bucket of oil and monitor the oil temperature.
Yep it's dead now... I had to pay the stupid tax
We don't have that problem down here in S. Tex. Come on down, I got a cold one for ya.🍻🇺🇸😎
Appreciate the offer and may take you up on it one day. I heard you can get some pretty cold nights though and some parts of the summer would be unrideable for many.
@@rhodeisland_roadking It can get a little chilly down here. I broke the leathers out maybe 4 or 5 times this last winter? And it is kinda hard to build a snowman sweatin yre ass off too. LoL Da doors always open.
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if you read the directions it said Do NOT plug in unless submerged in liquid.
No instructions...eBay special
You can use it to heat a drum of water with, as long as it's vented.
Now that I know more this is a bad idea on a variety of levels
If it's too cold to start a bike, it's too cold to ride one
It's in the 40's so this was just an experiment to get a shovelheads 50w to play ball without having to switch to 20/50 or 15/40 for a few weeks
just dont buy a harley. prob solved
I used to ride metric and they're great bikes. If you like riding older stuff like I do it's a lot easier to ride Harleys as you can always get parts in a few days unless you're getting into antique stuff.
I do know in diesels they like to heat up the water not the oil..
Of course that can't be done here
This one may have had a fault as coolant will boil at 300 degrees. I think these are really for below zero and submerged in coolant. If I could find one that just hovered at 200 it would be perfect.
@@rhodeisland_roadking yes I think that one is like.
, would be found in a small water heater. I do know you install a water heater in your house and electric one and you make sure that you have water in it before you ever energize the coil. Otherwise they just pretty much explode ..
I had a semi that had the artic option on it and it had a heater in the oil pan only when the truck was parked and pluged in, it also had a bunk heather that when it was on at night when I was on the road it heated the coolant and keept the engine warm and also the fuel warm as long as the bunk heater keept running it worked great as soon as the low voltage cut it off (it would run about 12 hrs I would have to start the truck to charge the battires it had 8 group 31) the alternator was a 375 amp.
This seems like one of those "almost" good ideas..
Yep if there was a great way to have it get up to 175° and stay there It would be great but if anything went wrong it's not worth the negative outcome
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seeing as basically no other HD other than the revolution 975 are water cooled... i call CLICK BAIT on a boomer who has no idea how to use a block heater.
Way younger than a boomer. We'd have to watch the other videos to understand why I was trying this but apparently if these things aren't submerged in fluid they will have a thermal runaway like this and be dead after seconds just like this. I'll stick with the other block heaters that I used in the other videos as there's too much potential for a bad outcome going this route. Also you might have missed the part that this would be used on a shovelheads oil tank and would it fit perfectly even if it was a terrible idea.
@@rhodeisland_roadking if you did not know that a heating element needs to be submerged... You might want to rethink if you have the skill to do this.
@@loligagger85 No one uses block heater for anything in RI as it doesn't get that cold. I had no experience with them and this eBay special came with no warning or instructions. I do all my own work on the 3 bikes.
@@rhodeisland_roadking no one? So I'm a nobody? Bro you have no clue. I have a block heater I installed on my TDI . It's not our fault you cheaped out on eBay. You clearly have never worked on a hot water heater!.
@@loligagger85 Do you live in the NE? I'm not a plumber. When the water heater went after 10 years I paid a professional to put a new one in. Few would know what to do within my profession. I wrench on old bikes and classic vehicles for fun but again no experience with diesels or plumbing. I think most are the same. Glad you are knowledgeable on the subject.
Sorry....but I have a heated garage.