Block Heater, Smoked & Barbequed(well done)

Block Heater, Smoked & Barbequed(well done)

12-14-2004, 05:21 AM

#1 (permalink)

Buffalo

Offline
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Phoenix,Az. Posts: 1,489

Block Heater, Smoked & Barbequed(well done)

Last week, it cooled down a bit, here in Phoenix (yah, sure), and I thought I'd try my block heater to see how well it worked. Plugged it into the HD extention cord and it, immediately, blew the circuit breaker and my block heater. Big cloud of white smoke came out of the right side of the trucks engine compartment. It's a 20 amp. circuit breaker and the polarity checks out OK. 31,000 miles on the '03, 3500. I've never read of anyone blowing one of these up. Any of You guy's heard of this happening? Thanks. Joe F.(Buffalo)

__________________
'03, 3500 QC, HO, 6-sp., 4X4, White, X-Monitor, AFE PG-7 Air Intake, Magnaflow,ARE-MX, Dee Zee Run. Bds., Dually Depot 115gal.Tank, Inyati Bedliner. Mag-Hytec.
'91.5 W-250,Wh/Silv, 16 sq.cm. Turbo, Inj. Pump Recalibrated, Banks Exh., Isspro Guages, ATS St.4 Trans.w/ TripleLok TC, Brown's Weld. Bumpers f/r, Alcoa Whls.

Non members can only view the initial post on threads more than 7 days old. There are 10 additional replies on this thread that you could view if you were a member.

TDR Membership offers many benefits including:

4 issues of the TDR magazine per year including these columns:
- Tailgating - A Letter From The Editor
- Letter Exchange - Responses From The Readers
- Member2Member - Members' Solutions To Members' Questions
- Technical Topics - Service/Parts Update
- First Generation - Owner-Specific Articles On The '89 - '93 Dodge Diesel Trucks
- 12-Valve Engines - Owner-Specific Articles On The '94 - '98.5 12-Valve Dodge Diesel Trucks
- 24-Valve Engines - Owner-Specific Articles On The '98.5 - '02 24-Valve Dodge Diesel Trucks
- Third Generation - Owner-Specific Articles On The '03 And Newer Dodge Diesel Trucks
- Blowin' In The Wind - Industry News
- Shadetree - Back To The Basics
- Celebrity Corner - The Shadetree Mechanic - Sam Memmolo
- From The Shop Floor - Tips From Turbo Diesel Repair Shops
- Products Showcase - Featured Products
- TDRelease - Vendor Press Releases
In many areas of the country a local chapter with events
A yearly printed copy of the TDR Travel companion listing approximately 700 TDR members across the country willing to help you if you have trouble on the road
Complete access to the TDR website including:
- Ability to do advanced searches over 1.1 million posts
- Access to members only forums (Truck 911, FAQ Forums, Discontinued parts support, Rigs spotted, Pay it forward, Other, and Political)
- Posting ability to the forums
- Ability to read an unlimited number of posts from the forums
- Can customize your forum list to your interests
- Can choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd gen, or rotating header graphics
- Limit searches to forums your interested in
- View posts since you last logged on
- Private message ability to other members
- Chat room access
- Diesel truck specific TSB listing by model year
- Online access to the Travel Companion database (with most current information)