If you're plugging your truck in at night and seeing your electric bill climb this winter......
Head to the hardware store, buy an intermatic mechanical timer, a few feet of 10 or 12 gauge romex and a male and female plug end. Wire the male side to the line/supply side of the timer and the female to load side.
Even in the coldest temps your truck should only need a couple hours of time to heat up enough to fire right up. Set the timer to come on a few hours before you regularly leave in the morning, plug it in at night but don't pay for all that electricity!
All told, the materials for this job is <$100 an takes about 20 minutes to set up. If you plug in every night, this will easily pay for itself in the first month.
Standard plugin timers for lights aren't rated for high enough wattage and will burn out or can catch fire so use a mechanical timer.
Head to the hardware store, buy an intermatic mechanical timer, a few feet of 10 or 12 gauge romex and a male and female plug end. Wire the male side to the line/supply side of the timer and the female to load side.
Even in the coldest temps your truck should only need a couple hours of time to heat up enough to fire right up. Set the timer to come on a few hours before you regularly leave in the morning, plug it in at night but don't pay for all that electricity!
All told, the materials for this job is <$100 an takes about 20 minutes to set up. If you plug in every night, this will easily pay for itself in the first month.
Standard plugin timers for lights aren't rated for high enough wattage and will burn out or can catch fire so use a mechanical timer.