How much can a five foot power cord cost? Is this a $50 car? Maybe I
missed
that. The block heater cord in my '78 300D was just a plain old cord
with
perhaps an unique plug at the engine end. And I used it for years.
IIRC, the cord is about $25, or maybe it was $15. The entire heater
(with cord) is $45 or so. The car, unless I misremember, was a $150
special.
I have to think that applying power to a heater that "I've never used"
and
then wondering what could be wrong when sparks fly from under the
front of the
car might reveal that matters electrical are not at the very top of
the owner's interest areas.
People here are generally interested in extending their interest areas.
Most of the advice you get here will assume that. But one is free to
disregard it if they don't feel competent to make the attempt.
Of course not and this has no relation to our discussion. I repeat,
any risk
of applying commercial 120V to an ungrounded sometimes wet metal mass
(the
car) is an invitation to disaster.
The car _is_ grounded, through the heater's plug. And after a repair
cycle this should indeed have been verified before juice was applied.
-- Jim
