Tony --

The heater will only be on when the empeg is off - i.e., the car parked overnight and the temperature below zero and the car plugged in. The idea is to pre-warm the empeg so that it is at a reasonable (i.e., around 50-60 degrees) temperature when it is first turned on.

From some of the posts I have seen here, it would appear that the low-temp cutoff isn't working on the empeg, and I am not real keen on the idea of spinning up those hard drives when they are in a sub-zero state.

As for taking the empeg out of the car every time I park it.... forget it. It is tough enough getting in the house with an armload of mail and a bag of groceries while plugging in the car when it is 30 below zero without having to drag my stereo along with me too.

My engine and transmission are pre-warmed before I start them in the morning -- it seems reasonable to do the same for the empeg as well.

tanstaafl.

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