Go to WWW.GENOSGARAGE.COM THEY HAVE THE CORDS IN STOCK FOR ABOUT 20 BUCKS

 

It's acording to what you pay for power but it calculates to around 3 to 6 cents an hour.Which if you do the math, its not that much money to keep your truck warm and happy. Maybe buck a day if plugged in all the time and never moved.
650 watts is not that much power.
Hair dryer takes around 1500 .

 

If it's only 650 watts, what temperature does it heat the coolant to?

 

Intuitively, I was sure that it would cost too much, so your comment got me curious as to how much it would cost me with and without a timer.

Assuming the truck is plugged-in over night (10 hours) every night all month (30 days).

650 watts x 10 hours = 6500 watt hours or 6.5 kWh x 30 days = 195 kWh per month.

I pay 0.1296 per kWh, so it would cost me $25.27 per month.

Assuming the truck is on a timer for 1.5 hours prior to start-up every night all month (30 days).

650 watts x 1.5 hours = 975 watt hours or 0.975 kWh x 30 days = 29.25 kWh per month.

29.25 kWh @ 0.1296 = $3.79 per month.

So, a little over $20 more a month. Call me a cheap bastard, but a $20 timer will pay for itself in less than a month.

 

Home Depot has the heavy duty timer's with the ground for $10. I only have mine on for 3.5hrs before I leave for work because I'm also a cheap bastard.

 

Im to dang sorry to plug mine in, I guess that makes me a LAZY CHEAP BASTARD!!!!!!

 

In case anyone is wondering, the grid heaters are able to create enough heat to light the truck off at temps as low as -40 degrees without plugging it in. They don't like it though! Very noisey for a minute or so. Dodge deleted the cord unless you buy the cold weather package with the truck otherwise you have to buy it seperate. All diesels come with the block heater installed regardless of the trucks location, just some don't have cords. Adds up dollar wise for them to leave the cord out. It will be back in future years, enough people have complained about.

 

Unless I did calculations wrong, it would only be about $35.00 to leave plugged in 24/7 at 0.0753890 per kWh.

 

My electric bill went up $30 last month. Just from plugging my truck in. It got down to -36 here the last couple ofnights. The first night i pluged it in and it fired off with no problem. Last night i didn't plug it in and it was about -15 and this morning the whole thing was dead. Had to plug it in for about 3 hours and it finally started. Also, one other question, what is the beeping sound inside the cab when cold starting? Whether pluged in or not it beeps.

 

Do like was mentioned above.

Home Depot has the heavy duty (15 amp) mechanical timers for liek $9 - $10.

I have mine set to kick on at 3 am (I usually start it up at 5 am). It automatically turns off at 7 am. Obviously, if the truck is not plugged in, it doesn't matter.

That little timer will save you a bunch on th bill. I think my bill went up a grand total of about $8.