Good Idea for our Headlights.
Good Idea for our Headlights.
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GTRClive

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4,193 posts

312 months

Saturday 8th November 2003
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Just after I have washed my car in the winter, and when driving in the rain the headlights tend to mist up. I have put vent holes etc in them but what it realy needs is airflow across them.
Then while looking for some parts for my Vette I found this :- www.ecklers.com/product.asp?pf%5Fid=39543&dept%5Fid=1476&mscssid=9QWL0A6PSJLJ9JW61UC3NXFS66839F0B


What a great Idea a small fan. Even a small PC fan might do the trick when properly protected from the rain.

Have fun.

Steve_D

13,801 posts

287 months

Saturday 8th November 2003
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Clive
The fan to use would be the very small fans fitted to the processor chip on some PCs.

The downside of fitting a fan would be introducing dust so we may have to fit something like coffee filter paper to the fan.

Sounds like a distracting little project.

Must get on with the main build, how long can I put off having to stick the alcantara on the dash?

Steve

Steve_D

13,801 posts

287 months

Tuesday 11th November 2003
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Picked up some freebee fans from the local computer repair shop.
40mm square housing X 10mm deep with a fan diameter about 37mm.
12V DC 0.09A
Powerfull little beggers, have to make sure they don't point downward in case they lift the nose.
Steve

GTRClive

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4,193 posts

312 months

Saturday 15th November 2003
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Could we put some on the rear to promote some downforce then ? might counter some of the other threads probs.....

>> Edited by GTRClive on Saturday 15th November 12:47

ultimarobert

110 posts

280 months

Monday 17th November 2003
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I could use two of the small fans: one on the speedometer and one on the tachometer. They mist on cold rainy mornings when the hotel garage is not heated.