Saskatoon invention solves winter plug-in problems
Many have done the drive of shame: trying to drive off with the block heater still plugged in. Now, two Saskatoon engineers have come up with a solution to that problem they call the MagnoPlug.
The invention uses magnets to connect your block heater cord with an outlet. It works in temperatures as cold as -80 C and breaks apart easily when pulled.
“You don't have to push, you don't have to struggle, you don't really have to fight with any cables, just a nice click and it's done,” said co-inventor William Topping.
Arash Janfada, the other co-inventor of the MagnoPlug, came up with the idea after he drove away while still plugged in and ripped the front of his car off.