Remote Block Heater Controller

In general, an engine block heater helps the engine start and reduces fuel consumption and engine wear. Block heaters are electric heating elements that warm up the engine via different methods depending on the specific design. It prevents the coolant from gelling or freezing and stops the oil from turning into tar. In regions with cold winter private and public parking lots provide an electrical outlet for the car’s block heater. Typically, the electrical outlet’s heating timer is set manually. In this paper, we propose an IoT element to the existing electrical outlets that enable the heating timer to be set up remotely with automated heating time.