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Today Diesel at the Marine Basin is $3.79, but I expect that could change at any time because there is very little turnover in the tanks this time of year and that price is probably based on a delivery during the winter. I currently pay $4.29 up island for my car.

I run a 33 FBC from MTK, not a B31, but would like to share timely offshore fishing info with other Bertram diehards.
Would be interesting to know where the most B31 are around the country in addtion to LI.

Frank
I sent you a email with a Excel file to help figure the cost to run your block heaters. Could not figure how to attach a file here. Any questions let me know.
Rich

BTW. Be careful if you consider magnets to hold the pad heater in place, magnets can become demagnetized with heat. The may not lose all there strength when subjected to heat, but each cycle they will lose a little. I like the fish wire to retrieve them, you could always replace them after they lose...

Great Input. My motivation for the block heaters is solely to keep the engine and engine room warm to eliminate condensation, thus reducing rust and maintenance to keep them looking good.
They fire right up with no smoke even when the temp is in the 30's.

Last year I purchased Zero Start immersion type block heaters, still have not installed them. These require removal of a freeze plug to install. I have been a little concerned about removal of the freeze plugs in spite of the local Cat mech input that it is a very easy procedure (although he has not...