When do you plug in??

[Big K]

Depending on what ya pay for KWH, it should be around $0.08-$0.10 an hour to leave it plugged in.

Cost Per Day:
4 hours every day = ~$0.36 A day (using a average of KWH of $0.09 and 1000 Watts)

Cost Per Month:
31 Days @$0.36 = ~$11.16

Cost to Easily Start a Diesel :

PRICELESS!

 

[jvencius]

Depending on what ya pay for KWH, it should be around $0.08-$0.10 an hour to leave it plugged in.

And when it's below zero, it's worth every damn penny to leave the block heater running continuously.

 

[jharvey]

With the 7.3 I plugged in around the freezing mark, on a timer set to come on about 4 hours before I'd leave for work.

I didn't know if the 6.0's were different, she fired up fine and dandy this morning at 27* without being plugged in.

 

[whatabudro]

buy an invertor, plug the block heater into it. Then charge your batteries all night. Free electricity right.


Sorry, had to do it. I have had this conversation so many times with guys that say they can get free electricity. They always looked stumped when I ask how much it costs to charge the batteries, and cool the room down that they just put all that heat into.

 

[jharvey]

Now that's funny Bryan

 

[Trapper77]

How does it affect your mileage? I have found that by plugging in I get considerably better mileage until I reach full warm up. With Diesel at $2.69/G it is saving me money to plug in even at $20 month.



Trapper

 

[Big K]

Yea, You will be bad MPG till the truck warms up!

 

[strokin]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was told by a dodge owner, that you shouldn't plug in all of the time when it's cold. And his reasoning was to make sure you have all eight glow plugs working and you GPCM is working right. And that way if the truck sits without being plug in you know it'll start. I plug in if it's going to be really cold and i'm leaving early in the morning. I thought this was a pretty good way of looking at it but someothers might not. Let me know your thoughts about it

 

[W4RLR]

Yeah, but what do Dodge owners know? The glow plugs are there for a reason, but the BLOCK HEATER is also there for a reason. Why be hard on your truck engine? Starting when it cold soaks overnight makes you miserable, runs up yor fuel costs, and can decrease your engine life.

 

[strokin]

this is true