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LordBrock

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heated front windscreen - is it blurry?

Hello all, a chum tells me that the night view through the front windscreen is a little distorted by the heater element, is this the case? Does it bother you?

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Wed Mar 22 2006 10:39pm

Tim in Scotland

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Hasn't bothered me. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Wed Mar 22 2006 10:42pm

M@verik

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It’s very rarely noticeable as you tend to naturally focus beyond it.

VA – I don’t suppose you’ve got a heated screen have you? 11 XFR

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Wed Mar 22 2006 11:10pm

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Off Topic - Tim do you ever sail into Royal Portbury Dock?

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08 RRS TDV8 HSE with the good bits taken off the first RRS

05 RR Sport TDV6 HSE Rimini Red (Rimini Brown at events), Stormer wheels (original 19's for events), PTI, towpack. TV tuner (now driven by an employee)

1923 Ford Model T (serious ground clearance)

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Wed Mar 22 2006 11:11pm

Tim in Scotland

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Mav, many years ago I used to call in Avonmouth but these days my ship doesn't even come back to the UK. I trade between Hong Kong,Yantian, Shanghai,Kwangyang, Balboa(Panama Canal), Manzanillo (other end of the canal), Cartagena (Colombia), Kingston Jamaica, Cartagena, Manzanillo, Yokohama (Japan), Kobe and back to Hong Kong - it takes 8 weeks for a round trip. The ship's I drive are too long to get into Portbury's locks. In the UK we use Southampton and Felixstowe if we come to the UK.

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Wed Mar 22 2006 11:17pm

M@verik

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No probs Tim, you probably covered that in one of the previous 1100 posts sorry if I missed it.

It'll have to be an event then. 11 XFR

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plus some other bits n' pieces

Wed Mar 22 2006 11:21pm

Tim in Scotland

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You have a PM Mav. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Wed Mar 22 2006 11:30pm

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M@verik wrote:
It’s very rarely noticeable as you tend to naturally focus beyond it.

VA – I don’t suppose you’ve got a heated screen have you?

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Thu Mar 23 2006 12:49am

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Re: heated front windscreen - is it blurry?

LordBrock wrote:
Hello all, a chum tells me that the night view through the front windscreen is a little distorted by the heater element, is this the case? Does it bother you?

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Thu Mar 23 2006 1:16am

Tim in Scotland

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One thing I have noticed is if the heater is on at night I do get some very weird effects with the headlights of oncoming cars. I also wear glasses when driving which might have some bearing on the matter. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Thu Mar 23 2006 10:00am

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Most noticable at night, where you can get a little bit of refraction ( )

You do tend to get used to it, but I think this is a bit of Ford technology which hasn't really moved on.

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Thu Mar 23 2006 10:04am

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Likewise... sometimes you get to see it in the headlights of oncoming cars at night, but during the day it's invisible (well, to me anyway).

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Thu Mar 23 2006 10:07am

PaulB

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Supertrotter wrote:
Most noticable at night, where you can get a little bit of refraction ( )

You do tend to get used to it, but I think this is a bit of Ford technology which hasn't really moved on.

This is no better than the one on my late Dad's Granada Scorpio he had eons ago.

The reason it hasn't changed is, I suspect, because it is the thin film of mildly heated air in the outside of the screen that is causing the distortion and not the glass itself. Its i similar effect to that seen above a warm road surface i.e. heat haze.

Paul

Thu Mar 23 2006 2:49pm

shmoogle

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Clever clogs! But this doesn't necessarily happen when the heated screen is turned on...

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Thu Mar 23 2006 2:53pm

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Agree Shmoogle.

Haven,t actually driven with heated screen on yet, so must be happening as a direct result of the filaments themselves, not any heat generated by them. Runner up - 2009 Best Avatar Award
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Thu Mar 23 2006 3:14pm

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