Condensation and headlight ventilation

[UltimaCH]

I found this on the Koenigsegg site and an elegant solution to headlight venting. Can it be incorporated in an Ultima? Need to get the thinking cap on. Or perhaps Steve's solution is simpler.

Any ideas welcome.

The Koenigsegg #Regera has a little ventilation system to keep the headlamp housing cool clear. The fan at the bottom pushes air up the housing, evacuating it through the vent at the top.



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Edited by UltimaCH on Tuesday 12th January 12:53

[UltimaCH]

I've added to this topic Steve's solution to this issue

Steve_D said:

I don't have a pic of the first stage so will just describe the I have drilled 3 holes (5mm) Through from the back of the clip through to the headlight housing. These come through right at the top of the housing and are hidden behind the glue line of the clear perspex cover. The same is done to the bottom of the housing.



In this picture you can see an ali cover bonded over the lower set of holes being outside the the area covered by the rear headlight cover. On the cover itself you can see another ali cover bonded to cover the fan outlet.

This is the fan bonded inside the rear cover. The fan is fitted with a coffee filter.

The fan pressurizes the rear cover pushing the air through the top set of holes. The air then comes out of the bottom set of holes.

Hope that helps.

Steve

[DKHudson]

A low tech solution might be to copy Range Rover (who plan for lamps to get wet!).

LandRover simply bonded in two 8-10mm air hoses, one at the bottom of the lamp and one at the top, running the hoses back up inside the engine bay the top lamp hose venting high up. The heat, from the operating lamp, causes a convection current drying out the lamp.

( sorry but I don't seem to be able to upload images, so try these pictures: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-RANGE-ROVER-P38-gen... )

David