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Hersbird · 01-02-2019, 05:36 PM

I question the cost of using a block heater regularly compared to 5 mins of idling. If you put the heater on a timer because you know exactly when you will be leaving and then maybe it's less. Some of those things use some serious watts.

01-02-2019, 05:36 PM	#14 (permalink)
Hersbird Master EcoModder Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Missoula, MT Posts: 2,653 Dark Egg - '12 VW Touraeg Thanks: 301 Thanked 1,178 Times in 807 Posts	I question the cost of using a block heater regularly compared to 5 mins of idling. If you put the heater on a timer because you know exactly when you will be leaving and then maybe it's less. Some of those things use some serious watts.