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Good tips. I did consider adding a relay and making it latch so that if the switch opens it is no longer latched and power would not be re-applied unless a reset button was pressed. I could also add in a warning light on the outside to indicate overtemp but then I could really get carried away...

So another quick update. I added in a high temperature cutout switch for an additional safety measure. I happened to remember just a couple weeks ago I pulled off a thermo-switch from a heatsink I found in the scrap bin. Dug it out and looked up the specs... Perfect! it was a open on rise switch...

I would like to make some kind of waterproof canvas cover customer fitted to the generator. Right now I just keep a tarp over it. Normally it stays inside my garage which never gets below the upper 30's but for this winter I decided to store it outside and let my truck have the nice protected...

So let me start out by saying that the objective here was a small heater I can plug in to keep the engine in my 803 warm(ish) when I know it is going to be cold and a good likely hood of power outage. I feel pretty comfortable knowing that the genset will start in cold weather but I do not want...