"Engine Preheat" vs. "Engine Heater"

[Jack and Liz Pearce]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
wrote:
>
> As I watch the snow accumulate outside the window, I realize that I
> have two switches that would seem to refer to the same function:
>
> On the panel on the left above the driver's head, I have an "engine
> preheat" switch with a green light that comes on when the switch is
> activated. I also have a red, home-style switch on a panel just below
> the galley sink, next to the Konstant Hot switch that reads "engine
> heater" and the switch glows red when it's turned on.
>
> Do these switches turn on the same thing?
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Howdy, Pete.

Sure glad you started this thread. We are in Buena Vista, CO and we have
snow and 20 degree temps. We have the Webasto (conversionof Primus)
hydronic heating system. We also have that electric engine heater
switch on a panel just below the galley sink, next to the Konstant Hot
switch that reads "engine heater" and the switch glows red when it's
turned on. We were wondering if running the hydronic heat will also
heat the engine??



TIA,
Jack and Liz Pearce

Fulltiming in a 1993 Wanderlodge