Just after my Wolverine order and install, I read in BITOG that pan heaters could cause add pack depletion with long term heating on good synthetic oils with esters in them. Apparently long term heat without circulation can cause problems in oil, this info come from a very reputable source in Bitog, I have not been able to shake this oil pad heat issue every time I plug in my pad heaters at night.
Wolverine maintains no oil damage, also, Wolverine has 14 watts per sq heat in pads, they say this is too mild for damage. Wolverine actually now sells outlet timer with thermostats that will kick in on out electricity if temps go over +4C and under 2C, meaning a heat pad could be on 24 hours a day just above freezing point.
(I installed a 50 watt pad on 4 litre oil pan on Nissan because pan to ridged for the proper 125 watt pad, 12 hours is quite close to 5 hours at 125 watts in my calculation)
Would say 12 hours of 50 watts on 4 litres XD3 group 1V syn 0-30 oil deplete oil pack? Or 5 hours 250 watts on 11 litres on my cummins diesel on XD3 0-40 syn oil?
Am I paranoid here or is there something to long term heat damage on certain oils without circulation?
Cyprs
Wolverine maintains no oil damage, also, Wolverine has 14 watts per sq heat in pads, they say this is too mild for damage. Wolverine actually now sells outlet timer with thermostats that will kick in on out electricity if temps go over +4C and under 2C, meaning a heat pad could be on 24 hours a day just above freezing point.
(I installed a 50 watt pad on 4 litre oil pan on Nissan because pan to ridged for the proper 125 watt pad, 12 hours is quite close to 5 hours at 125 watts in my calculation)
Would say 12 hours of 50 watts on 4 litres XD3 group 1V syn 0-30 oil deplete oil pack? Or 5 hours 250 watts on 11 litres on my cummins diesel on XD3 0-40 syn oil?
Am I paranoid here or is there something to long term heat damage on certain oils without circulation?
Cyprs