I'm thinking of taking window tinting film slightly bigger than the windshield and sticking hair thin copper wires to the sticky side about 1 cm apart from each other (like the rear window). Then sticking that to the inside of the windshield and trimming the edges. Then painstakingly attaching each heating wire to a larger wire at the left and right sides of the windshield and suppling power to those wires. It should get warm enough to defrost or defog. But I'm worried about the plastic melting, bad visibility, wires breaking on installation or air bubbles. Does anybody know where I can get something like this already made or better ideas on how to build this.
2007-07-20 12:21:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Just use your car's defroster. Leave a window open at least a crack for ventilation. If you have an air conditioner, use that as a dehumidifier. Wash the windshield inside and out with an ammonia-based window cleaner. For a little extra protection, after it's clean, spray a little of the cleaner on the inside of the windshield and leave it there.
2007-07-20 17:17:50 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your vehicle is doubtless equipped with a device to blow warm air over the windshield for this function.
The DOT would look with disfavor on heating elements embedded in, or applied to a windshield as they would decrease visibilty in a critical place.
Ferrite, (not copper), resistance heaters such as you describe are generally restricted to rear window defrosters.
2007-07-20 20:37:42 · answer #2 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋