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Does'nt the 'turbo blower' setting shift it quickly?. Always used to on my 993 (and it was a cabriolet) and I remember it being a massive improvement on my previous 964 and SCPrevious poster said:Quote: Originally posted by DB500 on 05 January 2006
Do you guys get this at the moment? My windows fog up something terrible in the evenings after work-any quick fixes?Am getting bored of sitting waiting for them to clear....
Previous poster said:Quote: Originally posted by nicola on 05 January 2006
If anyone knows the real reason, or even if you just want to tell me how clever I am, feel free
Previous poster said:Quote: From another site
Dear Tom and Ray:
As soon as winter arrived, my sweet wife and I started our yearly battle over running the defroster. Do you recirculate the air within the car, or allow that fresh, freezing, outside air to come in? She claims the outside air prevents fogging and frosting up, but I disagree. Please end this dispute. Thanks. -- Bob
Tom: Oh, Bob, you lucky fellow. Your wife is not only sweet, but smart, too (you were afraid we were going to say that, weren't you?). [redtruck.gif]
Ray: The reason you get fog on the inside of the windows is because moisture inside the car condenses on the glass. The water vapor -- from your breath, your wet shoes or your panting, 120-pound Bernese Mountain Dog -- hits the cold glass and turns back into water, which is hard to see through.
Tom: If you just leave your ventilation system on "recirculate," you are simply recirculating that same moist air. Whereas if you set the vent on "fresh air," you'll bring in fresh, drier, outside air to replace the moist air that's condensing and fogging up your windows. And believe it or not, even when it's raining, the outside air is drier because you're not adding your breath to it.
Ray: An even better approach is to add the air conditioner to the mix. The air conditioner "conditions" the air -- that is, it removes the moisture. That's one of the reasons it makes you feel cooler and more comfortable in the summer. And if you use the air conditioner along with the defroster on the fresh-air setting, you'll do an even better job of getting the moisture out of the air and, therefore, off the windows.
Tom: Many cars automatically turn on the air conditioner when you select "defrost." But if yours doesn't, go ahead and turn on the AC. You'll be amazed at how much faster the windows clear.
Ray: And using the AC to clear the windows in the winter doesn't mean you have to freeze. You can turn the temperature selector all the way up to hot while the AC is on. This will give you warm, dry air, which is exactly what you want for defrosting. But of course, your wife could've told you that!
Previous poster said:Quote: Originally posted by DB500 on 05 January 2006
Do you guys get this at the moment? My windows fog up something terrible in the evenings after work-any quick fixes?Am getting bored of sitting waiting for them to clear....
Previous poster said:Quote: Originally posted by Chris Fellows on 06 January 2006
. Other than that it is a fact of life I'm afriad - just like getting dew on grass.
Thanks, I shall certainly try that.....Previous poster said:Quote: Originally posted by Chris Fellows on 06 January 2006
Getting back onto your point and how to prevent it. Basically as in smtk's post, on your way to work, you are in a warm car and breathing water laden air. Warm air can hold more water than cold air (hence why it rains harder in the tropics). Then when you get out of the car the air cools and some of the water that was in the air condenses onto the nearest cold surface, the windscreen.
To prevent this when you are coming into work, for the last 800 yards open the windows and let cooler fresher air into the cabin (or run the air-con on cold), this is unless it is raining when it will make no difference anyway. This should get rid of some of warm water laden air. Other than that it is a fact of life I'm afriad - just like getting dew on grass.
I knew qualifying as a weather forecaster would come in handy at some point