Block heater or in line coolant heater for my BX2230

[buickanddeere]

GFI's and block heaters are just asking for trouble.
If it rains or some snow melts at any connector 'POP' goes the GFI.
As me how I know!

Not the GFI's fault, it is just doing its job but it can be frustrating on a cold snowy morning.

I am permanently plugged in and have installed a wireless remote control like we use to start our cars in winter.
Usually I switch the heater on 1-2 hrs B4 blowing snow. (Like when I put the coffee pot on the stove)
Most box stores sell them in the $20. or so range.

A recognized problem in the Ontario Electrical Code. Outside receptacles dedicated to block heaters only require AFCI not GFCI.

 

[civilian]

When I bought my used BX2230, the block heater was not working. Verified it didn't work on a very cold morning I needed to snowblow. A trouble light and an electric cube heater blowing through the cab to the radiator finally warmed it up. I didn't get everything cleared I needed to that day. The dealer replaced it and it gets used whenever it sits out in the winter. I even plug it in at a cold stoarage building. I just plug it in like someone above said, a couple hours before needed. On the BX2230 that we bought for dad, it did not have a block heater. Again the dealer installed one. Both of them are on the left side of the engine, in the removable cowling area. Jon