Originally Posted By: Smokescreen
Originally Posted By: Clevy
Originally Posted By: abycat
Originally Posted By: bigt61
How do those millions of poor Canadian engines survive every winter on 5W-30 dino? They must be blowing up and wearing out in droves. I'm sure there will be a news story soon.
ha ha yeah I don't even plug in my truck. I plug in my car when it's below -25c warms up faster for the wife and kid.
I plug in my truck every day. It almost immediately starts blowing warm air thus lowering my warm up times prior to driving.
It'll stsrt unaided at -40 however at idle it takes 40 minutes to start blowing warm air.
The pennies I spend in electricity saves me dollars at the gas pumps.
Get an inexpensive timer and have it trip on 3 hours before you leave to get the same results and save some coin compared to all night power usage.
I've got it on a timer actually. It kicks on for 2 hours then off for 4. I've found in the extreme -35c and colder nights that's as far as I can push it.
My electric bill is 45 bucks a month with this timer set up. Last year if plugged in steady for 12 straight hours it was closer to 60 a month.
So even 15 bucks more a month in power means 30 minutes less daily in warm up so over the winter I save more in gas than I lay in electricity.
I do appreciate the advice though. Had I not already had a plan I would have jumped on a derivative of yours.