I recently installed a sump heating pad system in my RV7A. Works great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3t9VgPcUrE
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I recently installed a sump heating pad system in my RV7A. Works great!
I would encourage you to do some more research on leaving the heater on or plugged in all the time during the winter. There are plenty of folks here on the forums that have had experience with that. I do not live in the cold country so I can't comment but I still do have a heater pad on my oil sump and only turn it on the morning of my flight.
I'm not offering a recommendation but only a datapoint because this subject gets some folks all bent out of shape.
I've run a Reiff sump heater on my RV-6 24/7 for four months out of the year for the past 19 years. I have found no issues thus far.....the plane thinks it is spending the winter in Florida.
What size or model number did you install? I have an O-360 in my -4 and would like to know what size to buy before I remove the cowling.
Thanks,
Dean
That's a pretty convincing data point, especially for those of us in the humid south
And do go down the rabbit hole further, I spoke to Lycoming this am and the rep suggested that I do not keep it plugged in 24/7. The reason being that the moisture released from the oil could collect on the cooler parts of the engine above.
This got me thinking, it the oil sump is keeping both the oil, engine and cylinders around 75F or so consistently would this apply?
J