My summer is done...

[AirTool]

Wind has an affect.

No wind - natural convection....

Wind - forced convection....

Forced convection has a higher heat transfer coefficient than natural convection. That's why fins work so well....although fins help with natural convection also...just not as much.

Case closed.

IIRC, Wind chill factor is predominately driven by a objects moisture content. As cold dry wind blows by, moisture evaporation occurs more rapidly and evaporation causes the moisture to drop to the dew point of the air at those conditions (IIRC - man I'm getting old).

Rub your hand with some alcohol and wave it around....no smoking while trying this trick.

[ers906]

I forgot to add the partial to the closed cooling system. As long as I dont need knee surgery, I will likely be riding year round again this year. I am thinking a temporary heating unit in the engine compartment is the way to go. For a couple of hundred bucks, it seems like easy insurance. Does anyone use these with a 110V plug? Has anyone used these in between taking the boat out on the water?

[AirTool]

I forgot to add the partial to the closed cooling system. As long as I dont need knee surgery, I will likely be riding year round again this year. I am thinking a temporary heating unit in the engine compartment is the way to go. For a couple of hundred bucks, it seems like easy insurance. Does anyone use these with a 110V plug? Has anyone used these in between taking the boat out on the water?

With a closed system, one idea might be to install a connection on the raw side and just blow it out with air. I'm not sure it would evacuate everything but you could take a look.

[ers906]

That could def work I would imagine. Just attach my air compressor hose up to it and blow enough water out of it that I dont need to worry about it expanding and cracking the block I imagine

[scottb7]

i have 2 circuits each with an extenstion cords @ the boat lift so as to not worry about one tripping the breaker and having no heat. on one i use a simple magnetic block heater. on the other i use a davis air dryer, which i like because it has no moving parts.

http://www.davisnet.com/marine/produ...asp?pnum=01458

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/se...0653/C0076.oap