[Vwdiesel] Block heater electrical draw

[Nate Wall]

It takes about 2 - 3 hours of use to get the engine warm. That's like leaving
your lights on for 8 hours (based on 125 watt current  draw for the lights).

--Nate

LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:

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>   I'd guess the heater to take 300 to 400 watts.  You'd need overkill on the
> inverter, also my luck with inverters is if you run close to max then you
> need
> FULL voltage going in to get full output.  This means the alternator running.
>
> Also think about how many amps that battery can put out for however long.
> A little ohm's law should tell you how long you can run the heater without
> alternator input, but the output will drop as time goes by so the heat from
> the heater will also.
>      Loren
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