Anyone use Arctic Fox fuel tank heater with TK Evolution?

so no talk for the batteries. all the above are good. but i would still use anti gel my self. if zero degrees. i would double up on anti gel. but the truck mite not crank. if batteries get low

 

The Arctic Fox 703-BTEH inline fuel heater has a block heater like plug capability with a pre-installed 70 watt heater (you have to buy the plug) and installs within 24" of the first filter. You can daisy chain from it to your in tank elements and it also has the warmer temp shutoff valve on it. I had a truck that I would plug in it, the block heater, I also had a 110w oil pan heater and the inverter which had a trickle charge battery capability. Saves you nearly $15k on the Tripac.

If you went with the Tripac, Arctic Fox makes an intake element with a spiral draw tube around the outside of the coolant pipe that is designed to feed an APU.

I never had a failed start with mine no matter how cold. No guarantee that your Espar doesn't gel in that config though. I find the D4 Espar is much more dependable than the D2

 

I have a 1st gen tripac and I think you’ll be disappointed with the expectations of keeping the motor warm. I have the water temp sensors and it will kick on around 32* but it doesn’t run long enough to put much heat in the motor. You’ll probably see a 10* rise if there’s not much wind.
Maybe @reeferwrencher knows if the evolution does better or can have parameters changed for longer run time.

 

Isn’t there a super arctic package that has the block heater only 600W and a oil pan heater too......?

According to the new generation fuel never gels and all those things are a waste of time/money.....

But I’m with you ....... -20F and more separates the weak trucks out pretty quickly.......

 

The evolution from what I hear is better than first gen tripac,which as mentioned above weren't very good.The thing to remember with tripac is that it s not a factory install.Even though the unit is brand new the quality of installation can make all the difference.I saw so many failures in them when I worked at tk that I have a hard time being positive about anything that isn't a factory install.Just my thoughts on apu

 

oil pan heater works great

 

Yes I have a few trucks with the same apu and the artic fox in tank heater. It works well.

for example I had to move a truck this morning, 7 degrees out, it sat for a week. Batteries are charged and it has a maxwell starting module. I didn’t plug it in, it is too far from the building to do that. So I got into it, cranked up the apu and let it go for 45 minutes, went into the office than back out and it started right up, no issues starting and it was nice and warm.

I had one issue with artic fox heaters a while back, I got two of them which were cracked at the bends, they promptly replaced them.

 

I just switched from the D2 to the D4 in my new truck, a Peterbilt Ultraloft and that heater will have you sleeping naked