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Author Topic: Why I Need Heated Screens!  (Read 4721 times)

oilstain

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Re: Why I Need Heated Screens!
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2020, 09:54:03 AM »

Definitely !..I can't see many of today's yoof scaling a 7ft wall carrying a Bren gun somehow..
I can't see health and saftey allowing that >:(
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Re: Why I Need Heated Screens!
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2020, 02:23:54 PM »

I was only in the cadets attached to Duke of Wellingtons but we had to do all that stuff, and at 16 years old that b----y Bren was bigger than me (well , nearly).
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Re: Why I Need Heated Screens!
« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2020, 05:02:56 PM »

Brens are 'orrible heavy lumps, I have huge respect for the blokes that had to lug them half way across Europe..
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Re: Why I Need Heated Screens!
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2020, 06:37:52 PM »

Robin, I think they date back further than that, I have a couple fitted in my S2

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Re: Why I Need Heated Screens!
« Reply #19 on: January 26, 2020, 05:37:56 PM »

Dont think that having a lovely garage makes things easier. I have a large dry (and cold) brick detached garage for my S2. I open the door and there it is frost free, so I drive it out. Within about 2 minutes, on these damp mornings it is covered in a dew-like mist, on windows and paintwork alike. So I have to clean it off then beetle off up the road to keep it clear.
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Re: Why I Need Heated Screens!
« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2020, 05:56:47 PM »

I don't fit electrically heated screens to get rid of frost. We get so few frosty days here, that it wouldn't be worth the effort and cost just to shift frost.
 
No siree ...

The electric screens are 100% effective in shifting condensation within a couple of minutes.
If yours is a daily driver, then you'll appreciate electric heated screens.  :first

You only have to climb in with wet boots or damp coats (or dogs) and the windows will steam up - but not with heated screens.

I have mine switched independently.

Once the engine is up to temperature  the heater can maintain some background heat and with the Rocky Mountain door tops front sliding glass, you can get a little ventilation coming in and clearing humid air (a bit like the old quarter lights).

The other cold/damp dodge I do is I have a small electric fan heater in the back with the thermostat set to come when the temperature falls towards zero.
I can maintain an internal temp of around 9 to 10 degrees C and this keeps all but the worst/coldest frost/snow off all the windows. And it means I get no damp (or mould) inside, everything is nice and dry.
No ice scrapping for me....

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Re: Why I Need Heated Screens!
« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2020, 06:04:57 PM »

I need heated screens to clear frost when needed and condensation and misting up when  my Good Wife, me and two damp dogs get in on cold mornings.
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Re: Why I Need Heated Screens!
« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2020, 06:58:38 PM »

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Re: Why I Need Heated Screens!
« Reply #23 on: January 26, 2020, 06:59:40 PM »

Candle on vent still works!!!!  :-\ :whistle
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