I have a square tail.
I had to go look and it does say "Heat/Defrost" on one end of the heater
control. I guess it really is an operator problem.
At one point I did have the hot air on and it made the fog worse.
Now all I have to do is remember that next time.
Thanks again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
To: "spitfires-list" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Spits] Foggy windows
> On 10 Aug 2009 at 13:58, Grant Buss wrote:
>
>> Something in Richard's answer made me think 'it's an
>> operator problem", I had the heat turned off.
>
> Ah, how times change. Nowadays a car's defroster automatically turns
> on the ubiquitous AC to dry the air. In the old days you had to turn
> on the heater to blow heated air across the windshield. (Cold air,
> hot air, how does it know what to do?) The old VWs would blow hot
> air up from the engine cooling shrouds in the back. During the first
> few minutes it would dry the inside of the ducts, and all that water
> would immediately condense on the windshield.
>
> You have a round-tail Spitfire? Does not your heater control say
> "Heat/Defrost" on one end of the heater control?
>
> --
> Jim Muller
> jimmuller@rcn.com
> '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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