I recently installed a shore power connection that supplies a battery conditioner and supplies the block heater off a thermostatic switch. The project was pretty straight forward, everything works pretty well. I will be modifying the block heater control. My garage isn't warm enough to reliably turn off the block heater. I will probably be installing a manual switch for the block heater. My garage holds in the mid to upper 30's most of the winter, so the block heater really isn't that critical.
I ordered the shore power connection and 60" block heater cable from Amazon, had the mounting box locally fabricated, and of course purchase of Kubota paint. Originally I was going to paint it orange, but the Lovely Mrs. P overruled that decision. All told it was about $150 with the battery conditioner. The conditioner sits above the battery.
I have had two regent cycles since installing the box and wires, have not had any excessive heat on the wires.
The block heater 60" cable is a zerostart 3600001
The shore power plug is a NOCO GCP2
I ordered the shore power connection and 60" block heater cable from Amazon, had the mounting box locally fabricated, and of course purchase of Kubota paint. Originally I was going to paint it orange, but the Lovely Mrs. P overruled that decision. All told it was about $150 with the battery conditioner. The conditioner sits above the battery.
I have had two regent cycles since installing the box and wires, have not had any excessive heat on the wires.
The block heater 60" cable is a zerostart 3600001
The shore power plug is a NOCO GCP2