Edit:
Answered as far as being possible, though power draw feasibility is still uncertain.

Thanks y'all!

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My current car has an engine block heater, which I love. Leave it plugged in overnight, and in the morning the engine warms up nice and quick in winter.

Except the plug (which to my non-expert eye looks like a standard NEMA 5-15P) comes out the front grill of the car. That's ideal in my current situation, where I'm plugging it into an extension cord that's plugged into the grid.

But I'm working on a utility van/vanlife plan right now for my next vehicle, where the nearest and most convenient power source will be onboard. This leads to my question:

Is it possible to install an engine block heater such that the plug exits into the passenger compartment (inside the vehicle), preferably without having to run an extension cord around/under the exterior?

(I'm not looking for the engine block heater to be plugged into the car's fusebox/battery. I'd just like to plug it into the independent electrical system I install inside the van.)

(I know very little about cars and even less about engines, but I'm trying to rectify that. Also, I've tried looking this up online and have come up empty, though maybe I'm not wording it correctly. If AskFedi doesn't answer it, I'll probably have to call a service centre directly and ask.)

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