Michael211_2000
Well-Known Member
For those of us who's SeaDoo's don't get to hibernate in heated garages, I've been pondering the idea of putting a heating pad (or better yet, an actual engine heating pad designed for warming engine oil pans!) inside my SeaDoo for the winter. I found they actually make 2 inch by 5 inche 50W heating pads that adhere to the engine surface and warm the engine when plugged in.
We've had a couple nights below or near freezing this past week or so here near Houson, and just out of curiosity I put a wireless temperature remote inside the hull of my SeaDoo RXT (it's stored covered under an outside carport). I'm noticing that with the seat latched down completely and the cover on, the inside temp of the hull lags the outside air temp by 10 to 15 degrees at all times. When the outside air temp hit 32 degrees around midnight the other night, the hull temp of my SeaDoo was still nearly 50 degrees. The next morning, as the air temp rose to 45 degrees the SeaDoo's hull temp remained near 36 degrees and was very slow to climb. I'm guessing when it's all buttoned up, the hull is actually rather well insulated.
So I'm thinking the addition of a small 50 watt heating pad to the side of the engine would 1) keep the engine warm and 2) keep the inside of the hull warm as well.
Thoughts?
I've already pumped antifreeze thru mine's exhaust cooling system and jetpump, I'm just thinking I'd like to still keep the hull above freezing inside if possible and this might just be the ticket. Surely can't hurt anything can it?
The engine heater pad I'm looking at is designed to attach to ATV's or Snowmobiles to make them easier to start in freezing temps, and isn't very expensive. While I know there's no way to reach the underside of my SeaDoo's engine with it installed in the hull, I think I could slap this pad onto the side of the engine underneith the exhaust manifold near the starter... there's a pretty good area of engine block under there where the pad could be attached to warm the engine.
- Michael
We've had a couple nights below or near freezing this past week or so here near Houson, and just out of curiosity I put a wireless temperature remote inside the hull of my SeaDoo RXT (it's stored covered under an outside carport). I'm noticing that with the seat latched down completely and the cover on, the inside temp of the hull lags the outside air temp by 10 to 15 degrees at all times. When the outside air temp hit 32 degrees around midnight the other night, the hull temp of my SeaDoo was still nearly 50 degrees. The next morning, as the air temp rose to 45 degrees the SeaDoo's hull temp remained near 36 degrees and was very slow to climb. I'm guessing when it's all buttoned up, the hull is actually rather well insulated.
So I'm thinking the addition of a small 50 watt heating pad to the side of the engine would 1) keep the engine warm and 2) keep the inside of the hull warm as well.
Thoughts?
I've already pumped antifreeze thru mine's exhaust cooling system and jetpump, I'm just thinking I'd like to still keep the hull above freezing inside if possible and this might just be the ticket. Surely can't hurt anything can it?
The engine heater pad I'm looking at is designed to attach to ATV's or Snowmobiles to make them easier to start in freezing temps, and isn't very expensive. While I know there's no way to reach the underside of my SeaDoo's engine with it installed in the hull, I think I could slap this pad onto the side of the engine underneith the exhaust manifold near the starter... there's a pretty good area of engine block under there where the pad could be attached to warm the engine.
- Michael
