I moved to South Dakota recently, and I hear that the winters are far more brutal here than I am used to in Ohio. I had already planned to add an engine heater to my truck before, but now I think it should be a priority. The town here is so small that the engine wouldn't even get a chance to heat up driving across town and back. My new apartment has an outlet with a light switch on it that sits in front of my parking spot. I could just plug the engine heater into that and flip the switch whenever I want, but that's too simple. I might not wake up early enough to turn it on. I plan on getting Google home set up in my apartment already, so I want to tie the engine heater into that system. The easiest method I found is to use a smart outlet. They actually make outdoor ones that would work great. The one I am looking at now is the iHome ISP100. This one is rated at 1800 watts, so it may not be enough. I will research that more later. If it comes down to it, I will just install a smart light switch to control the outdoor outlet. That might be better so people can't steal my smart plug.