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I acquired a Dodge heater grid off an '04. Looks like there are two grids in it, one that has some resistance as far as I can tell and one that is straight up.
Like most of us I grabbed the heater grid only and the 6BT plate which I plan to chop. It is very cold here in Northern Utah as well so the cold start is mandatory.
I'm wondering how to best wire it up. Again it uses two fat wires to it, so my guess is it is a two-stage glow cycle and looks like it grounds through the block like everything else... I was thinking two buttons with the two fat wires to some high amp (like 75 amp) relays under hood. One button for slightly cool mornings if required, and the second (push both) for the really cold mornings 10F and below (it is -5F often in the morning here)... At about 15-10F it starts having some serious trouble but actually will often start. I had nothing other than major damage from using ether, for what its worth, blown head gasket even with very mild/controlled ether use...
Like most of us I grabbed the heater grid only and the 6BT plate which I plan to chop. It is very cold here in Northern Utah as well so the cold start is mandatory.
I'm wondering how to best wire it up. Again it uses two fat wires to it, so my guess is it is a two-stage glow cycle and looks like it grounds through the block like everything else... I was thinking two buttons with the two fat wires to some high amp (like 75 amp) relays under hood. One button for slightly cool mornings if required, and the second (push both) for the really cold mornings 10F and below (it is -5F often in the morning here)... At about 15-10F it starts having some serious trouble but actually will often start. I had nothing other than major damage from using ether, for what its worth, blown head gasket even with very mild/controlled ether use...