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Originally Posted by Ruffus
I have a new 2016 Ford F-350 with a 6.7 Diesel.
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I have the same setup and how I tell if it's running is that I have the heater plugged into an extension cord, plugged into a "kill-a-watt" device plugged into a timer that is plugged into an outlet.
When heating, the block heater draws between 7.9 and 8.0 amps, when not connected it draws 0.
The reason I used a timer is that I have it set up to turn on around 3 hours before I plan on starting the truck. In the Ford manual it points out that there's no thermostat in the heater and after ~3 hours the engine temp won't increase anymore and it's just a waste of electricity at that point.
This was the same as on my previous 2011 F350.