Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 21:51:31 +0200 From: "MH" <nomailnopsamhere.no> Subject: Re: Back from our Scandinavian holiday (incl. Saab Museum)
> >> 3. What are those electrical plug outlets for? I saw a lot of cars = with > >> electric plug outlets fitted to the front of cars. > > Engine and compartment heater. > Can you/someone expand on this? It's an electric heater coil, like in a water cooker, that fits instead = one of the freeze plugs in the side of the engine block. Connected to = 220 V mains through a timer, it will start heating the engine/coolant in = the morning for an easy start. Also used in Canada etc.=20 Many curbside parking spaces have a 220 V outlet, mounted in a box on a = pole. =20 ------------------------------------------- MH '72 97 '77 96 '78 95 '79 96 http://go.to/saab96
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