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Originally Posted by slownugly
I found one 12 by 24 inch and I could attach it to the inside windshield using suction cup thingys and running the cord through the engine compartment next to the block heater plug
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In my electric car I've taken to running heavy gauge extension cord from the charging plug to locations where I want stuff like heaters to plug in and I bought a
Woods programmable timer with battery back up to turn my heater on and off.
My electric car is old enough that it just has a standard cord end inlet:
And it works really well! for a while for the heater I just had the heater cord dangling out the passenger door and plugging an extension cord in to a cord that is dangling gets old after a while, a ridged mounted inlet is much easier to deal with and the weather tight cover keeps the contacts clean!
A small dehumidifier is the other thing that I really like having in a plug in car, I have a
Amazon.com: Eva-dry Electric Petite Dehumidifier: Health & Personal Care that works really well to keep the inside of the car dry so the windows don't fog up, one small modification that I did was installing a thermostat that turns it off when it's below freezing, otherwise it ices up, a better solution would be to have it cycle on and off when it's below 50F to allow it to melt the ice buildup off.
One guy I know of has a hair dryer under the seat of his EV that is timed to turn on in the mornings, it warms the steering wheel and windshield and stays hidden.