block heater hookup on garage.

[JasonCzerak]

hmm, this could be part of "The Shop" forum I suppose.

I have the Geno's bumper mount plug. I love it. use it at work and home when it's cold.

At home tho, I'm looking for a little more easy on the eye hookup. I plan on building something into the front of the garage that holds the cord in the wall, out of sight and out from under foot.

I was planning on starting with one of those retractable reels that you can buy for $30 or $40 that normally you put in the ceiling of the garage and will retract the cord when your done with a little tug.

Install an end that will fit nicely in the geno's plug (the ones I seen so far have a 3 socket plug on the end). Mount it between the studs in the wall. Use a pully to allow the cords to turn 90 degrees (so the box is flush mounted in the wall)

On the out side, use a standard electrical box with some sort of small door that allows the entire plug to go "into the wall and in the box". I do no want a hole there, I want something that flips (opens) up, but doesn't allow the cord to go though the inside. So when the trucks not plugged in, the weather can be kept out. and things looks blended into the siding

So, I have a garage that has siding on it that I need to match and work with.

Any suggestions as to the box part? How does my retractable wheel + pully idea sound?

What's nice about this is that now you have a code in the front of the garage that can be used for a vacuum and stuff for the vehicles. And it automatically stores it self when not needed!