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Therefore an iced windscreen is a big problem.
Is there an option of a second battery, a solar panel and a small 12v heater?
I don't want to be tethered to the mains our have anything to unplug.
Any thoughts anyone?
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Solar panels don't work in the winter.
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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facade wrote: Get one of those ice covers for the windscreen, just lift it off and drive away.
Solar panels don't work in the winter.
Wind turbine it is then
I have an insulated sheet I use but if it trains then freezes its a mare.
I have solar on the house and yes its not as good as in the summer it still works to some degree. The heater would only need to luck in at freezing temps then off again and the battery would get some charge on the way to work.
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Maybe not in seconds but certainly helped clear the windows fast
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or get a garage to put it in if you have off road parking may be a car port
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I had this when I was on the local Lifeboat crew but garaged my car in the end solving the issue.
The Jimny does heat up quickly though, so it's not the end of the world, but then I never would've liked to have said that to someone in the Thames when it's cold enough to freeze my screen and they are waiting for me to save them, but when my windscreen has cleared!
I've never dared it, but how long does warm tap water stay too warm to re freeze. It's not too warm to crack a screen apparently. If it stays warm long enough for the engine warmth and heater to take over and stop it re freezing it might be a solution but I fancy it will cool and re freeze too soon. Anyone got experience at -14c as we have had here the last two winters?
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little jimny wrote: If you park close enough to your house you could run a mains cable to the car and use a portable fan heater in it
and if you read the first coment all the way through he dont want to be pluged in to the mains
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markyp2000 wrote:
little jimny wrote: If you park close enough to your house you could run a mains cable to the car and use a portable fan heater in it
and if you read the first coment all the way through he dont want to be pluged in to the mains
Ooooops
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