Powering block heater from a deep cycle battery--crackpot notion?

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11-06-2005, 08:39 PM

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Kinda makes me wonder about a car cover for the truck...all the way to the ground to keep the cold air out. Our 1100lb piece of cast iron should hold heat for a while...and the cover could also keep the junk off the windshield and shiny paint.

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11-06-2005, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Jc9995

its do-able... but heres the problem. Those batteries you have are pretty small. Most likely 7-10 AH (ampere hours). Which means they have the equivelent of 1 amp draw for 7 hours, 7 amps for 1 hour, ar any variant in between.

They're actually bigger than that, it was a UPS for our phone switch at work. They're physically larger than the batteries in my truck. I just went out and checked, they're labelled as 100 amp/hrs.

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11-06-2005, 10:09 PM

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How cold does it get where your at?I could leave my truck sit 9 hours in 0-10 degrees and cycle the grid heaters once and it pops right off.

Truck starts fine, but I like to be warm, and with only a five mile drive home it normally doesn't warm up enough to make much heat before I get there.

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11-06-2005, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Shovelhead

Maybe just find a parking space next to a Toyota Prius and come up with an adapter to plug into their battery system...........

How many volts are those babies? I'd probably need a step-down transformer or something. I have been trying to get the head of facilities to wire me in an outlet down there, but I haven't succeeded yet.

There's power everywhere; if I wasn't afraid they'd get me on a surveillance camera I'd wire into it myself.

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11-06-2005, 11:41 PM

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I invested in an Espar. Just need to make sure the batteries are fully charged by either running the truck or a couple hours on the charger. I have that 2 mile to work problem...