"Calling" my tractor

[Quebecguy]

I keep my tractors in a shed that just has a couple of electrical outlets. In the winter I leave one block heater plugged in (depending on which tractor I'll be likely to use) and then turn it on or off by use of the breaker in the main electrical panel in my house.

 

[jk96]

I'm using a combination of timer and thermocube outlet. Timer is on at 4am and off at 6pm. Thermocube turns on if temp is 20 or below and off at 30 or above. With this combo its always warmed up when needed and excess electrical usage is minimal. No need to worry about turning it on and its always ready if something comes up and I need it.

 

[Looking4new]

General electric wireless outdoor outlet transmitter and receiver. I have three of them. One for the tractor, one for the Jeep and a spare. I can see both the tractor AND the Jeep from the nice warm house. I have a short set of L.E.D. Christmas lights T'd off the receiver of both. The opposite side of the T goes to the block heater. When I finish with either the Jeep or the tractor after I shut them down I plug them in. No juice goes to them until I light up the lights. 2 separate transmitters, 2 separate receivers.
PT-448B
Maximum Resistive Load 1440Watts
Maximum Tungsten load 1000Watts
i got them at **** depot a few years ago

 

[ishiboo]

I use Insteon in the house and barn, easy to turn on the block heater when I need it. In fact, pretty sure I could program Indigo to turn it on automatically if the temperature was < X.