[Vwdiesel] Block heater electrical draw

[Nate Wall]

The standard VW block heater is 400 Watts.

--Nate

Mary Beth and Chris Geiser wrote:

> To all the smarter and better looking dudes:
>
>         What amount of electrical current is needed to run the typical
> VW block heater?  My Jetta requires the block heater to start below 30
> degrees as I'm trying to make it through one more winter on a tired
> engine... my question is if I could run the block heater off a spare
> battery or different vehicle and my 300W invertor if I ever got stuck
> too far from an outlet, or is that invertor too small?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
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