block heater KW
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Mountain Pass
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From: arlington tx
block heater KW
Was wondering what the KW is on a block heater. I have two trucks plugged in tonight. I know I can see a difference on the light bill when I have them plugged in.
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my girl says our electric bill only runs about 20 bucks more a month during the few plug in months. But I dont go to work until 1 so i can plug in for a couple hours before i leave.
i have thought about building a little cart equipped with a solar panel, a couple of batteries, and an inverter for this task, but it seems that it would take a few years to pay for itself. Would be cool though.
i have thought about building a little cart equipped with a solar panel, a couple of batteries, and an inverter for this task, but it seems that it would take a few years to pay for itself. Would be cool though.
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Only you can know that. Look at your electric bill and figure out what the per kWh cost is. Since the heater draws exactly 1 kW, as said, it draws 1 kWh for each hour it runs. Here, it's about 15 cents / kWh, so running it for 3 hours is 45 cents. And it's a waste to run it more than about 3 hours before you start it up. A timer pays for itself within a week if you drive it every day.
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Only you can know that. Look at your electric bill and figure out what the per kWh cost is. Since the heater draws exactly 1 kW, as said, it draws 1 kWh for each hour it runs. Here, it's about 15 cents / kWh, so running it for 3 hours is 45 cents. And it's a waste to run it more than about 3 hours before you start it up. A timer pays for itself within a week if you drive it every day.
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Timer. Intermatic. has a cover to keep snow and assorted animals out. think it was around $20ish at local hardware store
It's only rated to 15A, 1800W so would probably not want to run 2BH's off it, but 1 is fine.
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Mountain Pass
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GE are pretty good breaker not as good as Square D. Now a Federal breaker that is scary. I couldn't trip one if I tried.
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x3 on timer. Mine's on a separate "block heater" circuit in the breaker box. 20A w/ GFCI.
Timer. Intermatic. has a cover to keep snow and assorted animals out. think it was around $20ish at local hardware store
It's only rated to 15A, 1800W so would probably not want to run 2BH's off it, but 1 is fine.
Robb
Timer. Intermatic. has a cover to keep snow and assorted animals out. think it was around $20ish at local hardware store
It's only rated to 15A, 1800W so would probably not want to run 2BH's off it, but 1 is fine.
Robb