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Default De-icing the car or van with an electric fire

On 11/12/2017 18:05, Andy Burns wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:

It works rather well. I have the fire on the lowest setting (1kW) and
leave it on a board on the seat for 20 minutes. It's worth the fourpence.


Having had a couple of early/cold morning starts, I was thinking of
popping the fan heater from the garage in the car, ready to switch on in
the mornings, but not sure whether the door seals would take a cable
thick enough for a heater, or I'd end up with a chopped extension and a
live car :-)


Just leave the door slightly open, that's what I do. I always make sure
the cable goes in the driver's door so I can't just roar off and drag it
down the street.

I have also used a 120W greenhouse heater for this and left it on overnight.

Bill