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DCM · Sep 22nd, 2004, 03:34 PM

I noticed today using my heated front screen that the switch kept turning itself off after a couple of minutes, is this normal, shouldnt the button stay lit until i turn it off ?

Thanks

minimaxime · Sep 22nd, 2004, 03:42 PM

yea mate .....
once the screen has cleared it does go off..... think it about 5mins or so
i think it so u dont leave it on all the time
cant wait till the winter to try it out

ALD0 · Sep 22nd, 2004, 03:49 PM

Yeah it's normal and saves burning out the elements on the front. You will also notice if you turn it on and it's heated up your vision will be ever so slightly distorted!
Is weird when you first see it

Davislove3rd · Sep 22nd, 2004, 06:40 PM

can you guys with heated screens see the elements running through the windscreen sometimes?

DCM · Sep 22nd, 2004, 07:41 PM

Thanks for the replys guys, makes sense that it turns itself off i suppose, you can see the wires in the windscreen, i dont find it off putting though !

SteveM3 · Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:06 AM

If I remember the man-well correctly it starts on full power then the light goes out but it
remains on for longer at reduced power and then goes off completely. Or does the light
stay on for full/reduced power and go off when the power goes off completely? Two stage
heated screen, very clever except I've never used mine

.

Sep 22nd, 2004, 03:34 PM	#1
DCM Ding Dang Do ! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Mereyside Local Time: 06:47 PM Posts: 334 Offline	Heated Front Screen Question I noticed today using my heated front screen that the switch kept turning itself off after a couple of minutes, is this normal, shouldnt the button stay lit until i turn it off ? Thanks

Sep 23rd, 2004, 12:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
SteveM3 MINI2 Master Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Malmesbury, Wilts Local Time: 07:47 PM Posts: 1,807 Offline	If I remember the man-well correctly it starts on full power then the light goes out but it remains on for longer at reduced power and then goes off completely. Or does the light stay on for full/reduced power and go off when the power goes off completely? Two stage heated screen, very clever except I've never used mine . Some people are like a Slinky ........ not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs

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Sep 22nd, 2004, 03:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
minimaxime u just love your mini's Join Date: Mar 2004 Local Time: 06:47 PM Posts: 154 Offline	yea mate ..... once the screen has cleared it does go off..... think it about 5mins or so i think it so u dont leave it on all the time cant wait till the winter to try it out

Sep 22nd, 2004, 03:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
ALD0 Hacking the IBUS Join Date: Jun 2003 Local Time: 07:47 PM Posts: 9,528 Offline	Yeah it's normal and saves burning out the elements on the front. You will also notice if you turn it on and it's heated up your vision will be ever so slightly distorted! Is weird when you first see it

Sep 22nd, 2004, 06:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Davislove3rd Riding on JCW power! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Essex Local Time: 07:47 PM Posts: 401 Offline	can you guys with heated screens see the elements running through the windscreen sometimes?

Sep 22nd, 2004, 07:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
DCM Ding Dang Do ! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Mereyside Local Time: 06:47 PM Posts: 334 Offline	Thanks for the replys guys, makes sense that it turns itself off i suppose, you can see the wires in the windscreen, i dont find it off putting though !

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