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Old 01-05-2014, 12:03 PM
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Default Cold weather in southwest ohio

Anyone else live here? Do you plug your truck in? How long? It's supposed to be -12f here yikes!!!
 
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Old 01-05-2014, 03:20 PM
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South of Hamilton . I would all night long , can't hurt and you have a warm truck in the mourning!
 
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Old 01-05-2014, 03:32 PM
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How much power does the heater use in an hour? Any idea
 
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Old 01-05-2014, 03:47 PM
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If I plugged mine in every night from 6 till 6 $30.00 a month or about a dollar a day.
 
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Old 01-05-2014, 03:49 PM
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Oh that's not bad at all. Much cheaper then letting your truck run for twenty minutes to warm up
 
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Old 01-05-2014, 03:52 PM
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Very true and it's easier for the engine .
 
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Old 01-06-2014, 06:34 AM
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well i can say after plugging it in for an hour and running it for 20 minutes the temp gauge was only an 1/8 inch off the left side. It still was blowing cold air. -2f is terrible.
 
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Plug it in!
 
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Old 01-06-2014, 09:39 PM
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Ok so I plugged it in for two hours at work and it was up to normal running temp and still would not blow hot air. The heater just worked yesterday
 
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if you have the option to plug it in when its that cold out do it, i just moved and its street parking (Hershey, PA) were getting some negatives here now too and my truck is also wishing it could be plugged in
 


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