Stick a power generator out there running all night and wait for the *complaints* to start pouring into the office...

Maybe they'll just see it your way!?

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Dale

Best idea yet --- especially if they don't give you permission to run the cord....go out with a bang, do the generator thing as a parting way of saying %#$^&$*&$!!

***OR --- an even BETTER idea...we'll round up the 'Diesel Discussion Forum Posse' for an all out DIESEL attack...we'll swarm your complex - leaving our trusty steeds idling all night, and at the top and bottom of every hour we'll rev the beasts --- A sound that will be a MIGHTY ROAR!!, A ROAR that will tell anyone and everyone --- 'DON'T, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT DISRESPECTING THE DIESEL!! Give us our cords...or give us death! It'll be an event that will 'live in infamy'!

All true Diesel dudes are always up for a road trip and adventure, especially to defend our Diesel Brethren! We will ride to defend and fight for the right to plug in our cars!

HURRY MEN --- Off to the garage to fuel the beasts, air up the tires, check the oil... and oh yea --- better ask your wife if you can go!!!

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71Inka02

62 W121 190DB - Original CA/AZ Car - Excellent Example
99 E300 Turbo Diesel - 362,000...Awesome Daily Driver
01 E320 Wagon - 297,xxx (wife's work car)
01 E320 Wagon - 131,000
02 Land Rover Disco SE- 110,000
87 BMW 325is (E30) Full Restore - Son's
06 Mini Cooper 'S' - Son's
87 Toyota FJ60 Land Cruiser - Showroom Condition - 152,000

84 300D - 142,xxx :cool - "Sold"
83 300D-"Sold" - 211,456
85 300SD-"Sold" - 213,789

How about do the Yukon thing; leave the car idling all night when its cold.

I think the OM617 will run all night on a gallon or so. And after a few weeks the landlord will probably buy you an extension cord himself...

Cheers,

Michael

Okay,

The apartment manager caved. Said I can keep my car plugged in at night. Must have sensed I was going to bail if I couldn't plug my Benz in. Must of also knew that I would rather live in my Benz than live without it. Didn't even try to get the okay from higher up. I guess I'm a little glad to see the recession .


Thanks for your support

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green 85 300SD 200K miles "Das Schlepper Frog" With a OM603 TBO360 turbo ( To be intercooled someday )( Kalifornistani emissons )
white 79 300SD 200K'ish miles "Farfegnugen" (RIP - cracked crank)
desert storm primer 63 T-bird "The Undead" (long term hibernation)

http://ecomodder.com/forum/fe-graphs/sig692a.png

We should still go....and have a Celebration Party.

Now, where are you located?

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

I'd go with a generator. Go out a few hours before you want to start the car, fire it up, and come back later. Propane generator is best and most efficient.

By the way, a stock-in-the-engine-block heater only uses about 275 watts, not 1000. The lower hose style heaters use about 380. (I've tested both types) Engine block style is more effective though, hence why the hose heater makes up for it with more juice.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Cool! I had no idea they were that small. My old Ford is 1000 watts - but of course it is a V8 with nearly two and a half times the displacement of the Mercedes.

275 watts means a much smaller inverter, a 50 amp hour marine battery, and a timer would actually work - and it could power the heater for nearly 2 hours. Wouldn't take nearly so much of the alternator's output to recharge it either.

Therefore it is actually a feasible, almost practical, solution.

Glad to hear the landlord finally saw reason, ConnClark. You're probably a good tenant and in the current economy, he realized it isn't in his best interest to loose a renter who is stable and pays their rent.

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1984 300 Coupe TurboDiesel
Silver blue paint over navy blue interior
2nd owner & 2nd engine in an otherwise
99% original unmolested car
~210k miles on the clock

1986 Ford F250 4x4 Supercab
Charcoal & blue two tone paint over burgundy interior
Banks turbo, DRW, ZF-5 & SMF conversion
152k on the clock - actual mileage unknown