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Do You Use Your defroster when defrosting Your Windows?

Do You Use Your defroster when defrosting Your Windows?

Using your AC when defrosting your windows. Recently you recommended using your AC and your defroster when defrosting the windows. The reason being the AC acts as a dehumidifier removing excess moisture from the air. This doesn’t work for two reasons. First: the small amount of moisture that cold air can hold.

Why does my AC not work when defrosting my Windows?

The reason being the AC acts as a dehumidifier removing excess moisture from the air. This doesn’t work for two reasons. First: the small amount of moisture that cold air can hold.

Why does air get dehumidified when defrosting windows?

The fact is, car manufactures have dumbed down the defrost setting so it automatically does what it needs to do to best defrost the windows. The very reason the air gets dehumidified is because of the small amount of moisture that cold air can hold. When the warm air is cooled passing through the coils it deposits its moisture on the cold coils.

Why does defrosting foggy windows only work when sucking in outside air?

Tom & Ray said that the defrosting foggy windows only worked when sucking in outside air. Their reasoning was that the air you suck in is not moist and therefore able to pick up the moisture in your car. I always thought it was like this: Hot air can pick up more moisture than cold air.

Using your AC when defrosting your windows. Recently you recommended using your AC and your defroster when defrosting the windows. The reason being the AC acts as a dehumidifier removing excess moisture from the air. This doesn’t work for two reasons. First: the small amount of moisture that cold air can hold.

The reason being the AC acts as a dehumidifier removing excess moisture from the air. This doesn’t work for two reasons. First: the small amount of moisture that cold air can hold.

The fact is, car manufactures have dumbed down the defrost setting so it automatically does what it needs to do to best defrost the windows. The very reason the air gets dehumidified is because of the small amount of moisture that cold air can hold. When the warm air is cooled passing through the coils it deposits its moisture on the cold coils.

What to do if your freezer is not defrosting?

If the defrost heater assembly is defective, the defrost system will not work, and frost will continue to accumulate on the evaporator coils. To determine if the defrost heater is defective, use a multimeter to test it for continuity. If the defrost heater does not have continuity, replace it.

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Ruth Doyle