EClancy

Kind of a stupid question but anyways...When i plug my truck in, or have it click on via a timer, what happens if something shorts out while i am sleeping or just not paying attention? Is the truck going to catch on fire? I have seen several farm tractors in the shop up here that were totally demolished because the block heater caused a fire. I have a GFCI equipped extention cord...would that in anyway lessen any risk of anything happening. I am probably over-worrying, but i just wanna take care of my new toy.

pwrtripls1

wow, never heard or thought of that, but I'm getting comprehensive insurance on mine now. Mine will just be sitting plugged in from Nov 1st till I get home some time in Dec.

Deffinatly a good question though.

apwatson50

I've never heard about one burning up, but you don't want to leave it plugged in for a long time, there's really no need to unless you want to run your electric bill up alot!!. Just get a timer and have it turn on a couple hours before you want to start, thats all it takes.

mainer

My truck always started find in the cold. It did run a lil rough untill it wormed up but it didn't have a problem starting.

Coop

G1625S

A GFCI outlet should protect against any mishaps. I put mine on a timer plugged to a gfci curcuit. Both the circuit and the timer are rated for 30A. Last winter, timed for two hours before start @15 below and the grids didn't even cycle!

andyr354

same here, cept it was only 14 below that morning

pwrtripls1

Well I left on short notice so I dont have hardly any anti freeze in it. I dont pay electric so I dont mind. I leave 2-3 heaters on all winter to keep my garage warm too. Man I would hate to see that bill.

pwrtripls1

My sensor is bad too, so mine always cycle at every start up. Been that way for 8 years from what I hear.